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“Why do you want to go halfway around the world to go kayaking?” was the question I was asked when I took my son Matthew on a kayaking trip to Fiji for his 16th birthday.
The way I figured it, there were three reasons. One, we needed to truly get away from it all — somewhere that afforded plenty of time for us to talk, which we don’t normally have at home. Two, we were to be part of a family adventure trip with explorer Richard Bangs, planned especially for parents and kids. Three, I wanted to give my son the experience of a lifetime, which I felt could only come from exposure
to another culture in a far off land.
When we arrived on Viti Levu, Fiji’s biggest island — with lush rainforests, rugged mountains, sugary beaches, rustling palms and tropical breezes — it was easy to see we’d made the right choice. We settled in mid-morning at our base, the Pearl South Pacific Resort in Pacific Harbour, and got to know the others on our trip. The kids were all boys, and Matthew
Most of the 300 Fiji islands provide spectacular kayaking, snorkeling and diving because the water is crystal clear, with delightful temperatures.
Matthew and I learned about another culture and just how fragile and precious our environment really is.
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