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Trip around the world in 63 days, 2003
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The departure at Los Angeles was not without problems. The security insisted Birgitt had a corkscrew in her hand luggage. But we had no. The luggage was checked over and over again, but they couldn’t find it, while it showed on the röntgen. It appeared that Birgitt had my long ago “lost” pocketknife, razor sharp. We had to speed back to put it in our backpacks, luckily we were not too late.
We boarded the plane on the 18th and were scheduled to land the 20th as we crossed the date line. The 19th was gone. What would have happened if Birgit had her birthday in the 19th in stead of the 17th? Then she would not have a birthday and so stay a year younger! We landed according schedule on 02.00 in the night and had nothing arranged. It was hot and moist, with that typical smell of the tropics. A lady tried to convince us she had a nice program for us and we booked a trip to the volcanic island on the west coast, a motel at the Coral coast, the south of main Fiji island and a hotel the last night. A few hours later we boarded the trimaran to Waylaylai resort. The boat passed several islands to drop off and collect passengers. We had to leave the boat a few kilometers from the coast and were transported by a small fast boat. It was stormy weather. There were huge waves and we were showered by the seawater, but reached the coral coast safely.
The resort was located on the coast and operated by locals. It was full and we were lucky to get a cabin. We booked for a sunrise climb op the volcano, but the guide knocked on the wrong door at 04.00 (they surely were not too happy with that!) so we decided to see the sunrise from the terrace. Seldom we’ve seen such stunning colors at sunrise. In the background you can see the main island at the horizon.