Day 8 and 9 Honolulu, Fiji with a stop at Christmas Island

Becky and Chris took Bridget to school this morning while Bill and Katie stayed home to have breakfast.  Then on to the the airport and our first international leg.  About 3 hours into the flight we made a "technical" stop at Christmas Island, dropped off 4 fly fishermen and picked up a dozen or so others.  No idea why it was called a technical stop but it seemed like it was an arrangement with Quantas that happens irregularly. After an hour on the runway we were off for the rest of the trip to Fiji. 
Fiji consists of 300 islands of which 4 have significant population, total is about 800,000.  We are on the main island Viti Levu .  More after we see something other than a beautiful resort hotel that is pretty much like many others around the world.
Today is August 25th we crossed the dateline and lost a day, my world clock says it is almost 6pm on the 24th  in DC and the time here is 10am on the 25th.  
We truly loved reconnecting with the Norton's, felt like leaving home, thank you for sharing your home and your beautiful girls!