tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21733836.post115390086302937482..comments2024-03-28T00:13:03.960-07:00Comments on Babasiga: The baka banyan tree in FijiPeceli and Wendy's Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01165668047817341837noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21733836.post-63629008655580707162011-04-24T16:38:06.269-07:002011-04-24T16:38:06.269-07:00Thanks for the explanation on the baka tree and ho...Thanks for the explanation on the baka tree and how its other names were derived. Happy to gain a little bit more knowledge on a tree that fascinated me as a kid growing up in Vuda Point. There used to be a baka tree outside the Shell Oil Depot (guess its now Total). It provided great shade during the hot weather.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21733836.post-1154225848237910792006-07-29T19:17:00.000-07:002006-07-29T19:17:00.000-07:00Anonymous - I do have some have pics of that tree ...Anonymous - I do have some have pics of that tree with the tractor parts. I'll scan them when I have time and post them as you request.Pandaboniumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08352197350806179930noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21733836.post-1154084639694150552006-07-28T04:03:00.000-07:002006-07-28T04:03:00.000-07:00We visited Mauritius back in April, and apart from...We visited <A HREF="http://mandjadventures.blogspot.com/2006/04/mauritius-trs-magnifique_08.html#links" REL="nofollow">Mauritius</A> back in April, and apart from the French influences, it's the closest country that I've found to being like Fiji.<BR/><BR/>Banyan trees, sugar cane - so similarnzmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03160346268566279764noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21733836.post-1154011963058772202006-07-27T07:52:00.000-07:002006-07-27T07:52:00.000-07:00Panda, if you have a pix of the Taveuni banyan wit...Panda, if you have a pix of the Taveuni banyan with the tractor parts entwinned can you please post it on your site?<BR/>Vinaka!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21733836.post-1153985396478939542006-07-27T00:29:00.000-07:002006-07-27T00:29:00.000-07:00Banyans are beautiufl trees. That is really inter...Banyans are beautiufl trees. That is really interesting to learn of the story behind the "justice tree". <BR/>Thanks. <BR/><BR/>There are two banyans which are favorites of mine. One is in a park next to Lahaina harbor on Maui and is over 125 years old. It covers the entire block-square park.<BR/><BR/>The other is next to the marina of Taveuni Estates, Fiji. That one was partly damaged by cyclone Ami in Jauary of 2003. Overgrown and tangled within the trunk at its base are the flywheel and some other parts of a 1920's steam powered tractor!<BR/><BR/>In Hilo, on the Big Island of Hawaii (which is about the size of Viti Levu by the way) is "Banyan Drive" where a long row of banyans have been planted by a number of interesting people over the years including Cecil B. deMille in 1933, Louis Armstrong in 1963, Amelia Earhart in 1935, Babe Ruth (George Herman) in 1933, Franklin Delano Roosevelt in 1934, Richard Nixon in 1952, and King George V in 1935.Pandaboniumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08352197350806179930noreply@blogger.com