After one night in a treehouse  we started at 8:30 am and after breakfast drove to our first destination: Suva, the capital of Fiji.

Our tourguide showed us the most important buildings and told us many stories about the history of Fiji. It was very interesting and I learnt a lot.

Our next stop was at a village an one- hour- drive from Suva. Because the other guy of our group had left, I was the only guy left in our group, and so I became the chief of the group. In Fijian villages each group of visitors has to appoint one member as a chief, who has to  represent the group, it’s supposed to be a male.

For our welcome we were introduced into a traditional Cava Ceremony and I was the first, who had to take the bowl and drink the traditional drink like a shot.

Before I did that, I had to clap in my hands to signalize, that I was ready for the drink. Then a guy from the village came to me with a bowl in his hand.  I took it,  had the drink  and then I had to say “vinaka” , thank you. It tasted like the roots of the cava smell and I liked it.

shaking hands with the chief

For lunch the citizens of the village had prepared a huge buffet for us which was really tasty. I started to eat and sat next to the chief of the village all the time. It was an old, wise and intelligent man, who showed me a lot. In the beginning I was a bit nervous, because I didn’t know, what Cava will taste like and so I struggled with some Fijian words.

After lunch I bought some braceletts in the village ( the money will be taken to build up schools, buy stationery and help the cititzens). Then we went for the traditional bamboo-rafting. It was really funny in my position as a chief, because I could do whatever I liked. So I did a handstand, jumped a forward somersault from the bamboo float and swam in the river.

After that I had some more Cava and slowly realized what’s the effect of Cava. It’s like a strong drug which make you feel very happy. I said Vinaka! to all citizens of the village, and we had a nice dancing session in the end, the Fijians showed us their dancing moves and me and my group showed them ours.
Then we drove to our last destination “the tanoa hotel” . We were all really tired from the day.