Back from Beqa

Think long sandy beaches, palm trees lining the sea, and a small village on the water front with beautiful green flora rising up the mountains. This is Bega, the island of the firewalkers. This last week we spent 3 days with a Peace Corps Volunteer (PCV) living in a beautiful two bedroom home on the western oceanfront of this small island. Beqa only has 9 villages, 4 resorts, and no cars in sight. The people live off of the land and the sea, and they truely seem to embrace the beauty that surrounds them. During our stay we got to visit the school that the PCV is a librarian at, we snorkeled the beautiful coral reef that surrounds her village, and we even got to hike up into the mountains to the villager's gardens. Drew also learned how to harvest cassava plant with the village pastor. This was truely the Fijian Peace Corp experience we imagined. The visit was such a nice break from our host family and language classes everyday. It is becoming more of a challenge everyday to not have privacy, cook what we would like to eat, and to babysit several children all the time. We are truely looking forward to living on our own. Only 4 more weeks!