1 May - 3 July 2004

May 2004 Pics Text

	1 May 2004 The friendly reception that welcomes all to Castaway Island Resort (even us, only passing though).
	5 May 2004 Another amazing Raviniake sunrise.
	6 May 2004 Yup - just about every day at brekkie, here's what we see.
	8 May 2004 Sunset, from what is affectionately known as Fraggle Rock.
	8 May 2004 The corridor from lounge/reception area to the east wing at Raviniake. Erm... also happens to be my bedroom for a week.
	9 May 2004 Hammocks slung outside the main veranda at Raviniake. I hear a sad end came to all these through various 'bundle' (aka. overloading) activities.
	9 May 2004 Leaving Raviniake, home for only a week, and a complete madhouse!
	9 May 2004 Castaway Island resort. The boat in the foreground (Teivov) is allegedly the fastest in Fiji. Around 28 feet with twin 200's, our MO has experienced a medivac onboard at speeds of up to 125mk/h!
	12 May 2004 Our bure, kitchen, dorm and (under the blue tarp) medical tent kindof at the back of the Safe Landing Resort. Home for eight weeks.
	13 May 2004 Sunset from outside our Bure, Safe Landing Resort.
	15 May 2004 A hole in some coral, while diving at The Zoo. The 'dots' seen though this gap are actually schooling fish a further 10-15m below.
	15 May 2004 Rob on our first rec. dive at The Zoo (courtesy of Stuart).
	15 May 2004 Abraham, our very talented chef poses with a buffet banquet prepared, I believe, in honour of a visit from Raviniake EL Henry.

16 May 2004 The main beach at Safe Landing Resort.
	20 May 2004 Grounds outside our dorm, kindof behind Safe Landing Resort. See the volleyball court? See the palm trees, constantly dropping coconuts!
	20 May 2004 Very picturesque hammock hanging by the beach at Safe Landing. Many a sleepy Sunday afternoon was spent here.
	20 May 2004 Abraham (the chef of course) and a huge Jack about to be cooked up for our delight. Lovely in steaks covered in garlic butter. Well, that's how we ate it fresh, but the rest of this fish was frozen and actually fed ten-ish people for three meals!
	21 May 2004 The setting for our 'romantic dinner'. Notice the sunset in the background? Ah - nothing special - just part of the daily grind here
	22 May 2004 Tree soft coral, while on a dive at The Zoo.
	22 May 2004 Glass Fish, while on a dive at The Zoo.
	22 May 2004 Pink Aneneme Fish, while on a dive at The Learning Support Room.
	22 May 2004 Reticulated Dascyllus (above branching acropora), while on a dive at The Learning Support Room.
	22 May 2004 A Sea Whip, while on a dive at The Learning Support Room.
	27 May 2004 Mid-jumpy, twisty stuff... part of the leaving ritual that goes on when people... erm... leave.
	27 May 2004 Rob, taking it easy while waiting for the first team to finish their snorkel survey. Very nice it is here too. The resort behind is Oarsman's Bay, BTW.

June 2004 Pics Text

	2 June 2004 The group gathered round to inspect the results of an algae search on the beach. Note the coats worn by all - it does get chilly here sometimes. Must have been... ooooo... 24 Celsius at least
	5 June 2004 Rob serving bread for breakfast, as cooked by his own fine hands. Recipe: 4 spoons yeast, 8 spoons sugar (mix and leave 30 mins), 1.5 spoons salt, 3 spoons oil, 6-7 cups flour (mix in, kneed & leave for 30 mins). Kneed once more, leave for further 20 mins before banging in hot oven for 35-40 mins. Reheat for 20 mins in the morning and voila!
	5 June 2004 Rather arty curvy piece of Black Coral, from rec. dive on N5 survey location.
	5 June 2004 Feather Stars, from rec. dive on N5 survey location.
	5 June 2004 What's that thing on the reef with the big shiny teeth?... it's a Moray! There are many more lines, but I won't bore you. The consensus was this is probably a White Mouthed Moray, from rec. dive on N5 survey location.
	5 June 2004 Very nice tree soft coral, from rec. dive on N5 survey location. I have rather a lot of pictures of this tree stuff, it is very abundant in this area, and all looking really nice too.
	5 June 2004 As see on rec. dive on N6 survey location.
	5 June 2004 As see on rec. dive on N6 survey location.
	5 June 2004 Another spellbinding subset at Safe Landing, Nacula.
	6 June 2004 Boat maintenance day on our trusty vessel Cheeky Monkey. Slightly amusing to some locals is the fact that in Fijian, 'Monkey' means... erm... one who pleasures oneself... if you know what I mean Obviously there is a plan to rename her, but we just didn't get round to it yet.
	6 June 2004 Oreo, the safe landing cat, and a mouse who's not having a very good day!
	6 June 2004 Oreo relaxing after a nice Sunday lunch
	12 June 2004 As seen at the world class dive site, The Zoo.
	12 June 2004 As seen at the world class dive site, The Zoo.
	12 June 2004 As seen at the world class dive site, The Zoo. Fishy fact: Members of this genus are characterised by having two penisies!
	12 June 2004 Lunch being prepared for us in Naisisili village.
	12 June 2004 Guests and Coral Cay guys eat away after being invited to the fund raising day, here at Naisisili village.
	13 June 2004 The Coral Cay dorm on Nacula. My home for eight weeks is the single bed, far end on the right. Mozzies aren't really a problem here, the net is only up to keep the flies off during the day. Actually, it also helps mark one's territory which is rather limited to say the least.
	14 June 2004 Playing volleyball as the sun goes down, Safe Landing Resort, Nacula.
	18 June 2004 A moss covered tree, here on a peak on Waya.
	18 June 2004 Not the highest peak on Waya, but pretty impressive all the same.

18 June 2004 The view from a peak high above this cove, Waya.
	18 June 2004 The Fijians certainly do love their rugby, here's the local ground on Waya, a short distance from the local village, I think this was kindof in the school grounds. A very good game it was too.
	18 June 2004 The gang of happy backpackers enjoy dinner at Ade's place, Waya.
	19 June 2004 Some sort of local monument? And the peaks above. The smaller peak on the left is where we climbed the previous day.
	19 June 2004 Sunset by the beach, Waya.
	20 June 2004 Rob leaving Ade's place, Waya.
	20 June 2004 Mmmmmmmm... Beeeer!
	26 June 2004 As tradition dictates, the Lovo dinner is served to the women first. Here at Safe Landing it's quiet a good spread. That's outgoing EL Nancy on the left and the replacement Lene in the centre/
	26 June 2004 Coral Cay vols, and guests at Safe Landing alike, all tucking into the traditional Lovo dinner.
	26 June 2004 Our survey 'scoreboard' at Safe Landing on the day of my departure. Three divers out of the water, my Rabbitfish finally won Fish of the Day, and am quiet pleased to have racked up the 50th survey that morning.

July 2004 Pics Text

	1 July 2004 Sunset on my last night at Safe Landing.
	2 July 2004 As is the tradition, my send-off sees the rest of the gang spelling (or rather trying to) out my name as the boat leaves. Left to right: Keith, Luis, Adrian, George, Nick, Drew, Will (top effort!) and Lene. Cheers guys!
	2 July 2004 From the Yasawas Flyer, on the way back to Nadi.
	3 July 2004 The pool at the Nadi Bay Hotel, not a bad place to lounge around.

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