Icom America has sent me a brand new SSB radio directly to Fiji. It came in yesterday afternoon, and with some help from Henk of the Sogno d’Oro, we installed it right away. It works perfectly well, so much so that my friends in Tonga had to ask me to turn the power down because my signal was coming in too loud… Then I went to and back across the city streets several times to make purchases, and I even found the place where my mother and I had our picture taken some fourteen years ago. It hasn’t changed at all over the years. There is a lot of coming and going with all the car traffic here and it is obvious that I am not used to it anymore…The people over here drive like madmen and driving on the wrong side of the road.. A trip by bus is an adventure of its own too, with loud music playing, the bus’ suspension making you jump up and down as the driver keeps pushing the accelerator pedal to the floor. This is quite a contrast for someone like me that is usually travelling at 5 knots only…

Laura