#Suva

[rahiwatching]

Finally, after all these years!

I HAVE THEM ALL!!

[suvacat]

Night eyes

[unlikelyprincesslady]

काशी में ब्राह्मणों ने अफवाह फैला दी थी कि शिव जी भगवान ने काशी को वरदान दिया था कि जो काशी में मरेगा, उसको स्वर्ग मिलेगा। जब ब्राह्मणों ने देखा कि काशी में वृद्ध व्यक्तियों की भीड़ बढ़ने लगी तो एक भयानक षड़यंत्र रचा।

करौंत को प्रभु की तरफ से आया कहकर श्रद्धालुओं को भ्रमित किया। यह षडयंत्र ब्राह्मणों द्वारा बुज़ुर्गों की समस्या से पीछा छुड़ाने और पैसे कमाने के दृष्टिकोण से रचा गया था।

[travelella]

Suva, Fiji

Taken by Vijesh Datt

[goodthings777]

Dowry free

MARRIACES

under the quidance of

Sant Rampal Ji Maharaj

Breaking Stereotypes: Challenges the

societal perception of women as a burden

[shadyqueenninja]

मगहर से सतलोक गया कबीरा, ताका पाया नहीं शरीरा

आदरणीय मलूकदास जी कहते हैं कि परमेश्वर कबीर जी मगहर से सशरीर सतलोक गए। जपो रे मन सतगुरु नाम कबीर। काँशी तज गुरु मगहर आये, दोनों दीन के पीर। कोई गाड़े कोई अग्नि जरावै, ढूंडा न पाया शरीर। चार दाग से सतगुरु न्यारा, अजरो अमर शरीर।

[fijiantransplant]

Suva Point , Fiji - Well known Picnic Place .

This photo is from maybe 60's or 70's.

[dailystreetsnapshots]

Suva, Fiji

[someoneoutoftown]

reconnecting to roots in Suva (June-August 2024)

[postcard-from-the-past]

Harbour of Suva, Fiji

British vintage postcard

[afrotumble]

📷 Galen Frysinger

[suvacat]

Bliss

[craig-parker-cravings]

Craig went back to Fiji for his greencard interview and shared photos of his home town Suva.

Baby Haldir 😁🥰

[haveyoubeentothiscity]

Population: 93,970

Urban population: 185,913

Time zone: UTC +12

[captainmartinisblog]

Shooting The Rapids!

Tuesday 18th February 2025 – Suva, Fiji.

Captain Bligh first charted the Fijian Islands when he sailed HMS Bounty through the waters between Viti Levu and Vanua Levu in 1789 and for a time they were called the Bligh Islands.

Overnight, we made the passage of 99 nautical miles from Lautoka and docked on the other side of Viti Levu in Suva, the capital.

Today, our excursion was something of an adventure, with a Fijian canoe trip up river, with the opportunity to swim at a waterfall!

However, our adventure began with a 1-hour bus journey to Koromakawa, an authentic village on the Navua River where, unlike as promised yesterday, we were greeted by the Chief and his family in the Meeting House.

Here we observed the famous ‘kava ceremony’, a traditional Fijian welcome. Kava is a local drink distilled from kava root but which has what was described as ‘an acquired taste’! Drunk in sufficient quantities, it has psycho-tropic effects and it can be highly addictive.

As part of the ceremony, our ‘chief’ (ie a male bus passenger chosen at random) is offered the drink; we just observed!

Then there was the usual ‘folkloric’ singing and some warrior-prancing by some rather fit young guys in grass skirts before a buffet lunch was offered.

The fact that it was only 10.30am was a bit disconcerting but this was because all the boats were already being used by the first two coach loads!

Anyway, soon it was our turn and we boarded our ‘authentic’ Fijian river boats for an exhilarating ride up the Navua River, past forested banks and up through a gorge with a number of waterfalls.

Each boat had a very low freeboard, so they were quite ‘splashy’ and at one point, we had to disembark the boats, so that they could navigate safely past some ‘rapids’ (quite gentle ones really but rapids nonetheless), re-embarking a bit further up.

After about 45 minutes, we arrived at our destination, which involved a light uphill ‘trek’ up a small tributary with what seemed like impenetrable jungle on either side. Onward we climbed, wondering how much further – and would it be worth it?

Suddenly, the narrowing gorge opened up to reveal a rick-pool and rather impressive waterfall! Having been promised the ‘opportunity’ to swim here, we had come prepared and I decided to brave it.

It was quite exhilarating, although standing up on the uneven slippery bottom to get out again was not as easy as it looked! Andrew, meanwhile, kept safety watch from the bank!

The journey back down river was even more exciting than the trip up because this time, we didn’t disembark for the rapids but did a bit of ‘shooting the rapids’ instead – very wetting but I was wet already! Great fun!

We were really fortunate with the weather today, with temperatures 28-33 degrees and sunny with broken cloud. The guides and boatmen were wonderful, friendly and so intent on us enjoying the experience.

All in all, it was a fantastic experience and an amazing adventure! After such dreadful weather and a disappointing excursion in Lautoka yesterday, I was so glad we were able to see Fiji today in a much better light and leave with the memory of a brilliant day in Fiji!