The Pain & The Passion

In Nadi ("Nan-dee") there is an amazing Hindu Temple. We happened to stop by during one of their religious festivals.

The main temple is a spectacular array of colours. 

Various people were setting up carts with various offerings of flowers and fruits.

Then we spotted this guys with all the needles, a devotee who was wandering around in a trance, murmuring chants, after 3 days with no sleep.

Quite crazy.

And then they hooked up the cart of offerings to his needles and he proceeded to tow it around the temple.

Sadly, because it was such a religious occasion we weren't allowed to enter the main temple.

But they did invite us to partake of the free curry lunch that everyone was receiving... pretty cool!

Tubakula in Korotogo

While we were exploring Korotogo we stayed at a cute little place called Tubakula (Tumba-koolah), that seemed  rather reminiscent of a 1960's family holiday camp/resort.

It was really nice though, with a little cottage (not shown) that had 3 private rooms sharing a bathroom, big kitchen and ample livingroom/diningroom. And as you can see had a lovely pool, as well as being right on the sea.

 

We were just about the only people staying there... except for the cows that is!

 

There was even a nice BBQ next to the pool, so Tadd showed off his grilling skills.

While I relaxed in the pool (cocktail off shot!)

Meanwhile the cows continued to roam around, trimming the grass and adding a little fertilizer here and there.

After a couple of days, we were headed west again, so we walked to the front gate and flagged down the first coach headed to Nadi (Nan-dee). We struck it lucky and it was one of the fancy Coral Sun buses... can you hear us say, "aaaaaaah! air conditioning!"

We got to check out more of the countryside that we drove through obliviously jetlagged when we arrived back in October.