2 leftover stories!
posted Feb 25th 2017 Towards the end of last year, things were so busy that we hardly had time to brush our teeth!!! Here are 2 stories from the last part of the year that we didn’t find time to … Continue reading →
Books for Vanua Balavu island!
Posted December 11th After Koro, Vanua Balavu was the second most severely damaged outer island after Cyclone Winston. It’s part of the Lau group & is serviced by a weekly ferry, plus it has a grass airstrip, like Koro, with … Continue reading →
November 2016 newsletter
posted November 3rd Read about our exciting trip to Koro island in Fiji’s Lomaiviti group of islands! It suffered more than any place in Fiji when Cyclone Winston tore through the island last February, ripping roofs off even the most … Continue reading →
Books for Koro island!
Posted October 6th As we mentioned last time, the Ministry of Education gave us a list of 24 cyclone-damaged schools in 3 of Fiji’s outer islands, the first of which was Koro. We just came back from a one-week trip … Continue reading →
New boxes of books for Fiji, part 2
Posted Sept 11th We waited all morning for the shipping company to bring the remaining 15 boxes of books to our house but had an uneasy feeling about it, as promises in Fiji can be very ‘flexible’! We phoned to … Continue reading →
new boxes of books for Fiji schools!
Posted September 4th Susan & I were away from Fiji for one year due to medical reasons. We’re happy to announce that we’re now back though, & will have a lot to share in the coming months as we actively … Continue reading →
Cyclone Winston
copied from ‘Good News Blog’ March 5, 2016 Julie: Some of you might have heard about Cyclone Winston, which hit Fiji a couple of weeks ago. One article stated: Tens of thousands of people in Fiji are living in evacuation … Continue reading →
Adventures in Sumatra part 3: Lake Toba
posted Jan 4th 2016 From Berastagi, the ‘volcano town’, we took a bus & tuktuk to Lake Toba where we planned to spend the next few weeks. It’s the largest volcanic lake in the world & is supposed to be … Continue reading →
Adventures in Sumatra part 2
Posted Dec 1st We were happy to get out of Medan & take a local bus to Berastagi — a scenic 3 hour bus journey up through jungle-covered slopes & little villages. The town is situated at an altitude of … Continue reading →
Adventures in Sumatra part 1
posted October 27th Lonely Planet puts it well: Don’t come here looking for a holiday –that’s Bali. Sumatra is an adventure; the kind of demanding ride that requires a dusty knapsack & tough traveling skin… The adventures started as soon as … Continue reading →