Background: Fiji became independent in 1970, after nearly a century as a British colony. Democratic rule was interrupted by two military coups in 1987, caused by concern over a government perceived as dominated by the Indian community (descendants of contract laborers brought to the islands by the British in the 19th century). A 1990 constitution favored native Melanesian control of Fiji, but led to heavy Indian emigration; the population loss resulted in economic difficulties, but ensured that Melanesians became the majority. Amendments enacted in 1997 made the constitution more equitable. Free and peaceful elections in 1999 resulted in a government led by an Indo-Fijian, but a coup in May 2000 ushered in a prolonged period of political turmoil. Parliamentary elections held in August 2001 provided Fiji with a democratically elected government and gave a mandate to the government of Prime Minister Laisenia QARASE.
June 13th 2008Oceania » Fiji » Mamanuca Islands Hello all
wow what a nice time we have had on the islands. they are so pretty, and we had SUN! so that made it even better. we set off on sunday morning, with the big coach picking us up along wit ... 10 photos[full story]
May 30th 2008Oceania » Fiji » Mamanuca Islands » Mana Island Bulaaaaaaaaaaaaaa everybody!!!!!!!!!!!!!
De esta forma nos recibian lo Fijianos (se escribe asi?) cada manana en la paradisiaca isla de Mana. Bula viene a ser una mezcla de hola y bienvenidos, es c ... 17 photos[full story]
October 9th 2007Oceania » Fiji » Mamanuca Islands » Malolo Island After Vanuatu, I flew straight to Nadi and met up with my sister - my first visitor to Fiji!
We jumped on the Malolo Cat and cruised to Malololailai Island (Little Malolo Island) before transferrin ... 21 photos[full story]
May 8th 2008Oceania » Fiji » Mamanuca Islands » Mana Island hello everyone, i love fiji, was so amazing went to two islands. first one was beachcomber the sun sea sand and food were just perfect, however it was owned by a man from newzealand so even though i w ... 71 photos[full story]
January 13th 2008Oceania » Fiji » Mamanuca Islands » Mana Island One of the problems with visiting these regions filled with tropical islands is trying to figure out which island to visit! They all look so nice its so hard to choose… Thankfully in Fiji we ha ... 41 photos[full story]
April 22nd 2008Oceania » Fiji » Mamanuca Islands » Malolo Island Bula!!
When you think of Fiji, you think of sun, white sand, palm trees, and a lot of relaxing - coincidentally - that's how my time was, well mostly!
Clear skies as we flew into Nadi, and i ... 17 photos[full story]
April 12th 2008Oceania » Fiji » Mamanuca Islands Just over two weeks into my travels and I have already visited three countries… Without planning on going to Fiji, I got an invitation to go there which I couldn’t refuse (plus given tha ... [full story]
April 7th 2008Oceania » Fiji » Mamanuca Islands » Mana Island Day 181 - Wednesday 19 March
Russ bank card didnīt arrive so it looks like iīm off to the islands on my own. After waiting around for ages finally the boat arrived to take me to Mana island. With ... 12 photos[full story]
March 21st 2008Oceania » Fiji » Mamanuca Islands » Mana Island Lost Friday March 7th 2008, a date I will never retrive - insane!! The flight was 10 hours, but I crossed the date line - again insane. Air Pacific a the ones for the alcoholics, red wine until I fell ... 44 photos[full story]
March 7th 2008Oceania » Fiji » Mamanuca Islands » Malolo Island Since I last updated the blog, a lot has happened. After all our visitors left us (sniff sniff!) at the end of January, we started the job hunt to keep ourselves fed for the last stretch in Melbourne. ... 13 photos[full story]
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