Those Crazy Fijians...

I recently spent a night drinking Kava with a group of Fijians who are doing security work in Southern Iraq. In the typical Fijian tradition of welcoming a new friend they brewed a large bowel of a popular drink in the South Pacific called Kava. Kava (Piper methysticum) is an age-old herbal drink that was the beverage of choice for the royal families of the South Pacific. Believed to originate from Melanesia, kava grows abundantly in the sun-drenched islands of Polynesia. It produces a kind of "high" that, ah, well lets say I was feeling no pain when I finally hit my rack. We spent most of that night in the middle of a warehouse in Southern Iraq talking about Island life and getting baked. Very cool...

The Fijian Team

Me and some of the Fijians