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Coming back from our holiday on the coast, we were the only inhabitants of our home. Enter Garrett and Lindsay, man and woman of the household.

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Man, the internet is fantastic. I love unlimited, free wireless internet and all the fruit it delivers. Check out my basket this week!
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Excellent Travel Writer Advice
I don’t know how to introduce this piece by Jeffrey Tayler, nor can I sum it up better than by displaying the following excerpts. Basically my advice is for you [...]

Christmas in Fiji. The first time zone to experience 2010. We were two grateful kaivalangis on holiday…

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A 45 year-old man died of a heart attack at the top of the hill near Namando river. The village was hit hard, especially his widow and eight children. The entire week was a blur of death, rain and sadness. Experience with us a Fijian funeral in the highlands…

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In case you were wondering, we’re doing a lot more than just observing animal slaughterings and swimming in the river. Check out the real work.

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Would you eat this?

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Two Yankees survived a cyclone that knocked out an entire city near the coast. Check out our personal storm story from start to aftermath. And yes…I know in this part of the world, this sort of storm is called a cyclone, not a hurricane.

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While half our day is spend documenting and planning educational activities, the other half involves doing all things villager…playing rugby, working at the farm, swimming with the kids and just being a member of the community. Take a peak into village life in Nakavika.

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Babe had never been so violated…until now. This is what happens when Nakavika gets hungry.

P.S. Do you have 30 seconds to tell me why you keep coming back to Nomadderwhere?
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From the trip’s conception through rigorous planning to a day-long trip into the Namosi Highlands, we finally got to Nakavika. Here’s what we’ve figured out thus far…

Check out the next video of the gruesome pig slaughter we witnessed.
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Since we didn’t have time to publish our NP video this week, we didn’t want you to go through withdrawal from Nakavika. This video was made on the World Traveler Internship this summer in the same location we are in right now!

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Ah, the wonders of 26 hours of transit time across the world. Garrett and I make our way across America and the Pacific Ocean to Nadi, Fiji, where we begin our adventure with an interesting start. The Nakavika Project has begun.

Check out the next video when we finally make it to Nakavika.
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Since we didn’t have time to publish our NP video this week, here’s but a taste of the good times to be had in Nakavika. This video was made on the World Traveler Internship this summer in the same location we are right now!

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We’re leaving in two days! A successful fundraiser in our wake, sponsor materials pouring in, bags packed and at the door — we are ready for this challenge to begin.

Check out the previous Nakavika prep videos here: NP1, NP2 and NP3. And be sure to follow the next video as we’re fiji bound.
Who is excited [...]

After three weeks of knowing we’re on our way to Fiji, we’ve started getting the word out there by publishing website pages, selling goods for funding, collecting supplies, bargain shopping and preparing for our last week at home for 2009!
Departure date: December 1st for The Nakavika Project

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I traveled with my parents recently to Chicago, Illinois for a week of displacement and the entertainment that ensues. My time was enjoyable and low key, full of new discoveries and ample free wifi time at Borders for work.
I thought I would share some of the things that made this trip stellar. Here are ten [...]

Now you know where we’re going (Fiji), but who is the other side of this “we”? And what are we heading to Fiji to do?

Check out the next video on our outreach.
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Ahh, back from Chicago and back to my armchair office. And here are the interesting tidbits for this week!
Being a Good Global Citizen
Brave New Traveler brought my attention to a website this week that barks right up the tree I’m climbing these days. Project Explorer makes free educational videos for school children as a non-for-profit [...]

Hope this makes for excellent coffee shop reading material this Sunday morning. Gooooo travel!
We’re #1! No, really!
Even though our tourism numbers are going down the pooper because of the economic downward “flush,” we still managed to beat out countries like New Zealand and Japan in the Country Brand Index, which is “an online survey of [...]

A week at sea, 14 hours on land and a whole lotta time lapse footage; come along for the ride.

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