Christmas lunch in Fiji

I live a pretty chaotic life – always have. And there are not many traditions that I stick to. But spending christmas with my family and – especially – eating the most amazing meal of the year: the christmas turkey of my grandmother was one of them.

A house in the beautiful little villageOpening the Lovo, the traditional earth ovenKnox preparing coconut milkPure nature, pure freshness

And although I’m sad that I can’t see my family this year, we found a good replacement for the lunch itself. Two days ago we were invited to spend the 25th with a family in a village near Savusavu. Spending christmas in tranquility is a luxury most people of the western countries don’t have. And spending it out in the middle of nothing in a village with 123 inhabitants is a blessing.

The feast can begin.Drinking cava in the shadow of a mango treeThe head of the family (left) leading the musicEveryone can play the guitar it seems

The food got prepared the traditional way with heated stones, covered with palm and taro leaves. In the lovo were prepared: wahoo, chicken, pig, taro, breadfruit, little packages of fish with onions wrapped in taro leaves and steamed in coconut milk, etc… The feast was awesome ! After that we hopped in the nearby river for refreshment and  the men (yes: only the men) sat together to drink cava and sing traditional songs. The kids spent all afternoon in the water, jumping from trees or paddling along with a little bamboo raft. This christmas will be one of my favourite memories of that journey so far !

The kids having fun with a little 'raft'Just beautifulJumping from the roots of another mango treeHours later - still in the water

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3 Responses to Christmas lunch in Fiji

  1. Husamuddin says:

    klasse! Herzlichen Glückwunsch zu dieser tollen Weltreise. Was Eure Kinder alles erleben dürfen, spitze!

    • Jan Müller-Gaud says:

      Liebe Los Locos,

      Euch alles Gute für 2014 und viel Erfolg bei Euren weiteren Abenteuern auf hoher See.

      Amalia, Catalina, Diego, Irene, Jan

      • dafdaf says:

        Yeyeye !!!! Euch auch ein wunderschoenes 2014 !

        Tausend Dank und sonnige Gruesse aus Fiji,

        David (ps: die drei ‘Locos’ sind Gestern in Buenos Aires angekommen.)