On the Sand Dune

The most impressive point in Fiji is Sigatoka Sand Dunes. Just before the sunset and as the park office was closing I went there and the girl at the office offered to accompany me through the trail. The sense of desolation was fabulous. You actually have to crawl the sand slope up to the top. And there! The ocean with its accompanying very strong wind awaits you. Numerous logs are washed ashore and this reminds me the word "Karekinada," the coast of drifting trees. To protect the national highway (the only road that connects Nadi and the capital, Suba), they planted the mahogany, which now makes up a forest after thirty years or so. Again, Fiji is like islands in the Antilles. The walk took a little more than forty minutes. The horizon, the ocean, looked slightly round from the top of the sand dune.