You can see the waves breaking on the distant reef...
Bouwaqa Koro, and its Methodist Church...
Bouwaqa's ponds. Yes, they are the source of all water used for every purpose except drinking...
The women pound tapa, the source of most of the island's income...
Lomanikaya Koro...
The men grow the skinny Masi tree, which is the easy part of the process. Here you can see all phases of what the women do - they peel the park from the tree stem, roll it into strips, soak it in water, then pound-pound-pound it into big sheets, which, dried, feel like thick paper. The sound of their tap-tap-tapping permeates every village on Vatulele...
A piggery...
A $170k ecotourism project, including the very nice boat, intended to ferry tourists from the "mainland" (Viti Levu) to Vatulele. There have been 2 trips, one for government VIPs, one for a Korean TV crew. Nothing's happened since...
Lomanikaya's church, vale-ni-soqo, and a Dispensary under construction...
Every home has its pictures. Photos of English royalty are very common...
The town dump, simple, effective...
Another piggery, once under construction...
The village generator. (Sorry, i'm into infrastructure.)...
Ratu Semi, chief of Lomanikaya, and Anasa, Turaga-ni-Koro of Taunovo...
