After a night of little sleep, I stood on the side of the road (with 3 horses, 2 cows, a pig and a dog for company) waiting for a bus to take me to Suva. What amazed me was that whenever a car would drive past, the animals would all move away from the road, some even looked for cars before crossing! After an endless bus ride along some fantastic coastline I found myself in Suva - Fiji’s capital - and busting for the toilet! The local policeman had a grin on his face when he told me where the nearest [View Full Entry]

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During my time in Lautoka I met a 19y.o. Ausy guy from Canberra called Kieran who was in Fiji trying to convince the family of his Indian girlfriend not to give her away to another man as part of an arranged wedding. Not a pretty situation… While he was waiting to meet with the family we went for a ride into the surrounding hills to see the Fiji highlands. After paying a stupid amount of money and pushing 2 trucks out of a river we finally made it to the Koroyanitu village. After being given a dodgy map and vague instructions [View Full Entry]

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Arriving in Fiji after a 10 year absence, I was keen to both relive my childhood memories and discover new areas that I had not been to. Not wanting to stand out like every other tourist I immediately caught the bus that would take me away from Nadi to Lautoka and checked in to a cheap hotel on the outskirts of town. The first thing I did in town was go to the roadside stalls that sold Indian sweets and food which I had missed all those years. After spending $4 I had eaten enough to last me until morning when [View Full Entry]

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