Bula vinaka from Fiji with intergenerational family...

 

Bula vinaka from Fiji! Yes, you heard it right, as I'm currently in Fiji with my family of five. Initially, we had six travellers, but our eldest needed to stay for summer school to finish off her law degree.

It's an intergenerational party, with my mum, my beloved, and our three children. I've enjoyed visiting Fiji over the years as I got married there with my beloved and our close family, friends and some who just wanted to come along for the ride.

We are also going to be celebrating our 24th wedding anniversary on the 24th of November and my birthday the following day.

Today I got to spend time at a morning church service by the sea, and it was a real blessing too. It's one of my favourite holiday break destinations as they truly know how to take things easily.

We're considering going to the Spa to have a body massage or facial, and quite possibly a boat ride to a nearby island for a quick, enjoyable trip.

There's definitely so much to do that I don't think there's going to be enough time to do everything and just enough make it enjoyable.

Another reason we're here is to celebrate my thesis finally approved for examination. This is daunting as I did do things a bit origin in not wanting to follow standard academic western thinking paradigms and will soon find out what the three examiners think of it i.e. one from Samoa and two from NZ.