Our Hike-about Continues - New Zealand & Beyond
Our welcome into Fiji Fiji - December 7th or 6th. (The international dateline can really mess with one’s mind and, timepiece—21 hours ahead of S.D.) Bula, The greeting, the equivalent of Shalom, is the traditional salutation of Fiji. We commenced the next leg of our adventure in fine style–in the competent care of the TSA (Transport Security Administration) and the Airlines–what a combination. It's like the ol’ one-two combination from Muhammad Ali. For you youngsters, I am not referring to a modern day terr...oops. Think Cassius Clay. It was time for us to move on down south, real south. Six weeks in San Diego with the onset of another winter looming, our editor felt the need to visit the southern hemisphere. She has a fine grasp of nature. What with the likelihood of blizzards, snow and icy rain in San Diego, we think she has a good point. Temperatures were already plummeting. Why just the other day, the thermometer failed to read above 60 degrees for the first couple of hours of...