tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21733836.post117107980626592803..comments2024-03-28T00:13:03.960-07:00Comments on Babasiga: Are these the sea snakes in Survivor 14?Peceli and Wendy's Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01165668047817341837noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21733836.post-21028907652722671542010-08-27T08:28:18.955-07:002010-08-27T08:28:18.955-07:00What like most of air breathing sea snakes is thei...What like most of air breathing sea snakes is their colorful design and the strips around and along their length body.Viagra Onlinehttp://www.safemeds.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21733836.post-51449997510991859682007-03-01T21:02:00.000-08:002007-03-01T21:02:00.000-08:00What did the Sea Snake spit out tonight?What did the Sea Snake spit out tonight?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21733836.post-28896852285293377882007-02-15T14:02:00.000-08:002007-02-15T14:02:00.000-08:00There are lots of comments when I post about seasn...There are lots of comments when I post about seasnakes, toads, etc. but no-one comments on the political posts!<BR/>Which island was it, do you remember, Julie?<BR/>When you lived in Labasa, was it at Bulileka? Further up that road is the area that copped so much flood damage, a place called Vaturova. I've never been there but I guess it's where there are several streams feeding into the Qawa River.<BR/>w.Peceli and Wendy's Bloghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01165668047817341837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21733836.post-56891129771607167162007-02-15T10:19:00.000-08:002007-02-15T10:19:00.000-08:00We once holidayed on an island that was covered in...We once holidayed on an island that was covered in dadakalaci. My brother (at the time about 4) thought that it would be a good idea to offer holidays to businessmen on the island. Then there should be competitions held to see how many of the snakes the men could catch. The man who caught the most would get a small prize and the snakes would then be used to make snakeskin belts. Little wonder that he's turned out to be the one who's made the most money out of us all!Julie Oakleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01561525327058025185noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21733836.post-7199915692460606322007-02-11T16:45:00.000-08:002007-02-11T16:45:00.000-08:00"Jeanette - yes, that was her fifteen minutes of f...<I>"Jeanette - yes, that was her fifteen minutes of fame, kissing Prince Charles on the beach!"</I><BR/><BR/>I remember seeing the photos in the press. It was a sweet kiss. :)<BR/><BR/>Macadamia NutAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21733836.post-61561188063666598492007-02-11T14:26:00.000-08:002007-02-11T14:26:00.000-08:00Thanks for your reply nzm. You are too young to ha...Thanks for your reply nzm. You are too young to have gone to school with the Kennard girls. They were teenagers in the 60s. I know Nawela. I stayed there for two weeks when I first went to Fiji to teach. Then I went to stay at Navuso with Dorothy Inglis (later Rika) and eventually settled into a flat in Samabula. A long, long time ago.<BR/>Jeanette - yes, that was her fifteen minutes of fame, kissing Prince Charles on the beach!<BR/>w.Peceli and Wendy's Bloghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01165668047817341837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21733836.post-66465278364671556482007-02-11T05:40:00.000-08:002007-02-11T05:40:00.000-08:00Wendy: We lived in Duncan Road which was above Alb...<B>Wendy:</B> We lived in Duncan Road which was above Albert Park (and Nawela Hostel where my maternal grandmother was the matron), and our last 5 years in Fiji were in Stirling Place, Lami.<BR/><BR/>Can't remember the Kennard girls. What age would they have been, and what year did you teach them? I went to Suva Infant School, Veiutu Primary and then Suva Grammar. We left Fiji in 1976 when I was 15.<BR/><BR/>My father worked with Peter Stinson, and of course, everyone knew Charles and Molly - the parents! Charles was Minister of Finance for Ratu Mara's goverment, amd I think a former mayor of Suva too.<BR/><BR/>My aunt was good friends with Peter's sister - Jeanette. She died in Sydney (cancer) a few years back. She had her 15 mins of fame in the press, pictures cavorting on Vomo Island with Prince Charles!<BR/><BR/>A lot of kids from Fiji went to boarding schools in Australia and NZ, and because of this, we never got to mix with them. It must have been hell for them to come back to Fiji during the holidays and have no friends to hang out with - they just weren't in the local schoolkids' social circles.nzmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03160346268566279764noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21733836.post-87774380303884443932007-02-11T01:49:00.000-08:002007-02-11T01:49:00.000-08:00No wonder they made the Anaconda films in Fiji - i...No wonder they made the Anaconda films in Fiji - in the Pacific Harbour and up the Navua river region I expect.<BR/>Now I was forced to change to beta. They just wouldn't allow me to continue as I happily was doing. I do NOT like being told what to do, but I did this time....<BR/>wPeceli and Wendy's Bloghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01165668047817341837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21733836.post-1171173236759525432007-02-10T21:53:00.000-08:002007-02-10T21:53:00.000-08:00I am averse to all things that look like snakes. ...I am averse to all things that look like snakes. How about those eels? I've seen some that are as huge (in thickness) as one's thigh ....... a Fijian thigh I meant and that's huge! Oilei! They have some really big ones at Vaturu Dam ..... and the people of Nadi and Lautoka are drinking the water from there. Yuck! As for those that eat them, I'd rather made do with vegetables.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21733836.post-1171157897976539042007-02-10T17:38:00.000-08:002007-02-10T17:38:00.000-08:00Thanks Macadamia Nut - I looked up the first link ...Thanks Macadamia Nut - I looked up the first link and I'll check out the others soon. Sea snakes are certainly a good gimmick for the Survivor story-line.<BR/>Nzm<BR/>Yes, I remember you posting that picture from Dubai. Did you live in the Lami area when you lived in Suva? By the way, did you go to school with the Kennard girls? Barbara and Christine, I think their names were. Father English, an architect, and mother from the Stinson family. I used to go to their house in Tamavua and play their grand piano and teach Christine to play. I wonder where they all are these days?<BR/>w.Peceli and Wendy's Bloghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01165668047817341837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21733836.post-1171138775925035492007-02-10T12:19:00.000-08:002007-02-10T12:19:00.000-08:00It's called a dadakalaci (darndark-ah-la-thee) in ...It's called a dadakalaci (darndark-ah-la-thee) in Fijian.<BR/><BR/>There used to be really big ones all over the islands in the bay where the Tradewinds Hotel was in Lami, Suva. My father said that they came ashore there to breed. <BR/><BR/>As a kid, I remember one poking its head out of the water to hiss at me as I walked along the sea wall at the Tradewinds. It's the first and only time that I ever saw aggression from them. I chucked a stone at it and it disappeared!<BR/><BR/>We recently found one washed up on the beach in Dubai - blogged about it <A HREF="http://mandjadventures.blogspot.com/2007/01/snake-watch-and-bracelet.html#links" REL="nofollow">here</A>.<BR/><BR/>I thought that I had found one in Mauritius in April last year, and followed it for ages waiting for it to surface and breathe. Then it suddenly went into a tiny hole in the sand and disppeared. I was somewhat confused, as it had held its breath for at least 15 mins and then went into a hole without surfacing!<BR/><BR/>On examining my photos later, I discovered that what I had been following was an eel with the same markings as the sea krait. What gave it away was that the eel had a dorsal fin running down the top of its body, and it had a different texture to its skin - more furry than scaly.nzmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03160346268566279764noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21733836.post-1171127200878114072007-02-10T09:06:00.000-08:002007-02-10T09:06:00.000-08:00I gave credit to the site that captured and hosted...I gave credit to the site that captured and hosted the photos of the snakes, but as Wendy said earlier, <BR/><BR/><I>"There are several websites now with stuff about episode one, but if you don't live in North America, you may not want to know who loses, etc".</I>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21733836.post-1171123548771904322007-02-10T08:05:00.000-08:002007-02-10T08:05:00.000-08:00Wendy, I found some additional images of Survivor'...Wendy, I found some additional images of Survivor's snakes on Survivorphoenix.com. I think I see a yellowish head in the first image:<BR/>Macadamia Nut<BR/><BR/>http://img258.imageshack.us/img258/9196/snake1nc5.jpg<BR/><BR/>http://img322.imageshack.us/img322/5163/snake4pk9.jpg<BR/><BR/>http://img322.imageshack.us/img322/9154/snake2ky5.jpg<BR/><BR/>http://img107.imageshack.us/img107/8845/snake3ac1.jpgAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21733836.post-1171094803547718382007-02-10T00:06:00.000-08:002007-02-10T00:06:00.000-08:00Yes! That's the snake! Thank you for all the inf...Yes! That's the snake! <BR/><BR/>Thank you for all the information, Wendy. :)<BR/><BR/>The link (below) is from a commercial for next week's Survivor, Episode 2, entitled, ""Snakes Are Misunderstood. We have an understanding." <BR/><BR/>(Blog didn't accept html so copy/paste the url)<BR/><BR/>http://img118.imageshack.us/img118/3137/seasnakeah4.jpg<BR/><BR/><BR/>Macadamia NutAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com