Happy Anzac Day... Day 70

I've accomplished absolutely nothing today, thank you very much. I need to start feeling better, stat. Anyways, today is ANZAC Day, which is the equivalent to Memorial Day in the US, kind of. It is when the Australian and New Zealand (and some other South Pacific nations) had their troops land in Gallipoli, Turkey, during World War I. So not exactly the same, but they are commemorating the troops that died, so it's kind of all about the same thing, really. This is a big celebration in both NZ an Oz, as well as a few of the other South Pacific nations, including the Cook Islands and Samoa.

Another point of interest, one that I forgot to mention whilst in Fiji. When I was in Labasa, staying the night when my flight left without me, I got into a conversation with two Fijian men. They couldn't figure out why I, a young Caucasian girl, was in the middle of Fiji, during political unrest. Even when I tried to explain to them what I was doing (I think they were a little buzzed...), they kept coming back to the same question. "Are you on that Survivor show? Where's your camera crew?" I wanted to say yes, but I'm not a liar. Survivor Fiji was filmed super close to where I was in Fiji though, I don't remember if I said it before, but the Survivor guys wanted Vorovoro for 'Survivor Island'. Too bad, we got there first... coupled with the fact that Tribewanted is a sustainable venture for Tui Mali's tribe, where Survivor is not...

Here's one of the many islands that were used for the taping of the show. By the way, it's not just one island, like they'd want us to think, it is actually countless locations... How strange.
The one in the middle of the shot is one of the Survivor islands, the one on the right is Mali Island, where I had to go for both the school and Mali Day. This photo is kind of weird though, it looks to me like the island is floating in mid air. Hmm.