Bart Bear's Blog

It seems like almost everyone in Fiji wears flowers in their hair when they dress up. You have to know what you are doing when you put the flower in because you could get into some awkward situations if you get it wrong. The flower is a signal to everybody about your married state. If you wear it on the right side, like Mum is doing, it means that you are married, hopefully happily. If the flower is on the left side, like I am wearing, then it means that you are single and available. Scruffy and I wore our flowers on the left for the whole trip, but no luck. I guess that there are just not many small female bears in Fiji. Of course, if you can't make up your mind about what signal you want to give, you can always adopt my "shy" mode. Just borrow a huge flower from your Mum and wear it in the middle so that you can hide behind it if necessary.

Labels: Captain Cook, cruising, Fiji