Saturday: We walked the Vunikura pipeline with Taranga Ni Koro William and Arone and spent the afternoon writing the Loa Summary Report.
Sunday: We visited the water source and slow sand filter for the Mission Clinic. In the afternoon we hitched a ride to the neighboring island of Kioa for an afternoon of relaxing on a deserted beach. This is a privately owned island by the Polynesian residents of Kioa – we needed permission to spend the afternoon there. Roger and Joe from Vunikura kindly dropped us off with 6 coconuts and a machete and told us they’d be back – we were glad they didn’t leave us there, “Survivor” style!
Monday: Close-out meeting with Loa. Unfortunately Malakai, the head of the water committee and our main contact in Loa, was suddenly called up to serve on the UN forces in Iraq and had to leave immediately. We still were able to have a serious talk with the Taranga Ni Koro – Tomu, and Simeli, another important figure in town. We are also lucky that Roger Lutz’ right-hand man, Amini is now available to be our translator. He is Fijian and is originally from Buca, but has lived in Sacramento for many years… In the afternoon we did more boring wrap-up stuff that you probably don’t particularly care about.
But! Here are some photos to keep you entertained until the next post, which honestly may be a bit more sporadic from now on than our usual daily blogs. Only 5 days left! L
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