Post a Comment. Search This Blog. Hey so I promised I would take some pictures of what it's like living in Suva. We stayed in Suva this weekend because our resident director threw us a BBQ last night and some of us already have some assignments due this week. Plus, three of our kids joined the USP basketball team and their first game was this weekend so we went out and cheered for them!
Our apartments are called the Waqavuka Flats, but in Fijian, the "q" sounds like "ng", so its pronounced "Wangavuka". Technically we are located on campus grounds. The walk on the main road to my classes is like minutes but if we "cut through" the back way we can get there in It's not that big of a campus, but you'll see in the pictures below that there are lots of covered walkways. If necessary, you can get to anywhere on campus under some sort of shelter, which has already been tested as I've been caught in the rain several times.
I've learned to bring both my sunglasses and my umbrella with me at all times! There's one huge vegetable market right in the center of downtown. It's what I've been using as a reference point to maneuver through the city. Every stand is almost exactly the same and there are hundreds of stands! Lettuce can be expensive here, but they always have coconuts, carrots, green beans, bananas, and eggs along with local fruits like papaya and breadfruit. The buses are nuts here, they drive so close to things and are always blaring music.
Some even have LED lights and decorations on the inside. The bus bay can be quite confusing, but there are two or three places to pick up the bus on the route to USP. You always see people squeezing between the buses, even when they're pulling out, its a miracle I haven't seen anyone get hurt.
No comments:. Newer Post Older Post Home. Subscribe to: Post Comments Atom. Inside of the Faculty of Business and Economics building. Typical lecture room-none of them are AC'ed so there are usually ceiling fans and they'll keep all the doors and windows open. Digicel and Vodaphone are the two cell phone companies in Fiji. Bargain buy shops-you can find one on every block.
