The luggage has arrived. Here is an update email about the luggage from the Morgan family followed by a tip from Holly Murray. Enjoy.
Just talked to my son Brad. They got back from their little boat ride and their luggage finally made it. They are having a terrific time although ate a lot of Tums because of the luggage ordeal. He said his roommate was Armon Rejai who also lost his luggage. Brad said they needed deodorant pretty bad. Brad bought some Fiji shorts which ripped on him the first day. Some of the girls who lost their luggage spent over $200 on items...I told him he should have done the same..must be a boy thing!!
He said the airplane food was horrible (several times)..apparently they were suppose to have sandwiches, but ran out. They were served curry vegetable rice instead.
Tried Vegemite - didn't like it. They did have Mongolian BBQ which was much more satisfying. They are drinking lots of bottled water.
Every place they eat has an outside view or access to the beach.
The place is beautiful but the people do not have a lot and their houses are on cinder blocks.
The village defender which had his face painted black and carried an ax, paraded them through town.
They have several handcrafted shops..busy buying souvenirs for everyone.
They played rugby with the local kids, made friends at a local school,
Taking lots of pictures. They are having a wonderful time. I think my child can relax now that his luggage is with him and enjoy his trip even more.
The Morgan Family.
p.s. Would like to also add that their curfew is 9:30pm..lights out at 10pm. Rise at 6:00am ready to leave their rooms by 7:00am.
As far as posting what and when the kids are doing for the day, their itinerary is listed in detail for each day on the People to People website. Parents can log on there if they want to know what they are up to.
Holly Murray
3 comments:
I actually was hoping they'd have "horrible" food... at least by Abby's standards when she left home. Hopefully, this will make an impact on her complaints about what I feed her when she gets home! You all are lucky to have heard from yours. I'd LOVE to hear from Abby!
Actually, I had to call my son. I was getting worried about the luggage situation and noticed he had not charged much on his Visa Buxx. So we set our alarm at 4:30am to catch him before he went to bed 9:30pm their time. He was glad we called him because he said he heard that it took $25 dollars to call just for the first couple of mins. and he only has a $20 card with him. Where they are now they have phones in their room and the Hotel puts you through quickly.
Laurie Morgan
$25.00???!!!???
I bet I know where that came from...
I was given a 200 minute ATT phone card. So I check the availability and in Fiji a call from there to here charges 25 minutes for every one minute used. ie, 8 minutes of phone call. However, in Australia the charge is only 5 minutes per minute.
So I told Jacob to call in case of emergency from Fiji but that I'm fine if he waits to call until NZ or AU. Sorry for the confusion ...oh, well.
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