{"id":218,"date":"2008-05-27T05:47:31","date_gmt":"2008-05-27T05:47:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sabbatical3.net\/blog\/2008\/05\/27\/heading-for-fiji-or-at-least-trying\/"},"modified":"2025-10-01T16:55:53","modified_gmt":"2025-10-01T16:55:53","slug":"heading-for-fiji-or-at-least-trying","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sabbatical3.net\/blog\/?p=218","title":{"rendered":"Heading for Fiji (or at least trying)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We expect to leave for Fiji tomorrow morning (Wednesday, May 28) about 10 am local time.\u00a0 (That is May 27 at 2200 UTC).\u00a0 It has been raining torrentially all day but there should only be scattered showers when we leave.\u00a0 The forecast is good, although after about 4 days forecasts are not very reliable.\u00a0 We may stop at Minerva Reef, about 780 miles away and a bit to the east of the rhumb line to Lautoka, Fiji, if we need to rest and reassess the weather.<br \/>\nYesterday the weather was nice so we borrowed Risho Maru&#8217;s old Subaru from it&#8217;s news owners, Dieter and Renata of &#8220;Symi&#8221;,and drove to the town of Kerikeri.\u00a0 Kerikeri is in the middle of a major fruit growing area &#8212; kiwis, mandarin oranges, avocado, persimmons.\u00a0 Walking through town we saw a little sign for the Cafe Jerusalem in English and Hebrew.\u00a0 We stopped for lunch and Laura spoke Hebrew to the two proprietors, both young men from Israel.\u00a0 We then hiked up to a small waterfall on the Kerikeri river and stopped for flat whites (expresso coffee with steamed milk) and a chocolate slice (brownie) at a little place on the river. &#8212; M.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" align=\"middle\" src=\"http:\/\/farm3.static.flickr.com\/2034\/2526213278_fd932727ab.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Laura at the historic Kerikeri Mission<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" align=\"middle\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3211\/2525414451_13808349a5.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Laura with a bag of mandarin oranges at an orchard outside of Kerikeri<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" align=\"middle\" src=\"http:\/\/farm3.static.flickr.com\/2132\/2525404391_75600fe2b8.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The falls on the Kerikeri River<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" align=\"middle\" src=\"http:\/\/farm3.static.flickr.com\/2339\/2526240046_87d1603916.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Avocados!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We expect to leave for Fiji tomorrow morning (Wednesday, May 28) about 10 am local time.\u00a0 (That is May 27 at 2200 UTC).\u00a0 It has been raining torrentially all day but there should only be scattered showers when we leave.\u00a0 The forecast is good, although after about 4 days forecasts are not very reliable.\u00a0 We &hellip; 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