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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.

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By Olliep
September 24th 2008

Mana Island

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Debs and Michelle

Today was mostly hangover but this was helped by a quick dip in the sea. The cool, clear water was an excellent solution to the throbbing head. We managed some breakfast and then sat around chatting and attempting to fill in the details from the night before. At 11.30am we said our good byes to the people who were leaving and welcomed in the next visitors. The day was very chilled and we just hung around on the beach with the occasional game of frisbee or volleyball. The evenings entertainment was cross-dressing and a Miss/Mr World Competition. Mark and Dale quickly [View Full Entry]

By Olliep
September 23rd 2008

Mana Island

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Beach lunging!

We were all pretty excited as we had heard nothing but good things about Mana Island and we were ready for some serious beach time and rum consumption! After our breakfast we made a quick booze trip to the supermarket and stocked up for the next few days. We decided to travel light and left our big bags behind and took a minibus to the coast. After paying for our trip and boat we boarded the rather small boat to Mana Island. The trip was supposed to take around 45 minutes but on the way the captain received a phone call. [View Full Entry]

By cozzie
July 16th 2008

Fiji

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first sight of Fiji

Arrived in fiji after a 9 hour flight from LAx airport. We have missed a day due to the time line which has messed us up a bit. got a boat out to Mana island and got into our hostel. Mana is extremely relaxed and the Fijian people are amazing and so friendly. We spent our first day of 6 sat underneath the deck of the hostel drinking Vodka with the fijians which was a great way to start the day in fiji. We have spend all of our time just chillin on the beach and going for walks around the [View Full Entry]

By vagamundos
May 30th 2008

FIJI, BULAAAAAAAAAAAAA

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Atardecer en Mana, una de las 330 islas de Fiji

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 como el aloja hawaiano y el chao italianoa, pero claro, dicho con una sonrisa de oreja a oreja y en una isla perdida del pacifico...pues que os vamos a contar. Fiji es todo lo que nos imaginabamos y un poquito mas. 333 islas perdidas en el pacifico. Gente amable y encantadora. Playas preciosas. Buceo entre tiburones (si, si, tiburones), mantas, peces globo, nemos...atardeceres imposibles y una preg [View Full Entry]

Salida de Nadi (ciudad de Viti Levu) a Mana

Isla de fiji donde se grabo la pelicula de Naufrago

By georgie bird
May 8th 2008

fiji beachcomber and mana

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fiji 002

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 was in fiji i felt it was more of a show, as the fijian workers were in uniforms and the food was suited to the english diet. however the island itself was very fiji like!!!! the next island we went to was mana, which was a island which was just occupied by fijians we were some of the only english, we lived in [View Full Entry]

By Byron
April 7th 2008

A small taste of Paradise

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View from beach

Day 181 - Wednesday 19 March Russ bank card didn´t arrive so it looks like i´m off to the islands on my own. After waiting around for ages finally the boat arrived to take me to Mana island. With other islands nearby with names like Treasure Island and Robinson Crusoe island it should be a mini paradise. Its also close to the island where they filmed Castaway (The Tom Hanks version). It certainly looked great as the boat passed by all these deserted islands. Unfortunately the sea turned really choppy as we hit a mini storm and I ended up totally [View Full Entry]

By Mita
March 21st 2008

Magic Island

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Photo 2

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 asleep and champagne until I landed! Stayed in Nadi one night, crazy number of Indians on the main land - the came over in the 1800's and now don't have any family in India! Visited a local market in the city of Latoka about an hour away again LOADS of Indians. Mana (Magic) Island is paradise on earth. However, there are [View Full Entry]

By Hunglish
January 13th 2008

Fiji

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On the way to the island - Utban a szigetre

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 had some help at the tourist office and choose Mana Island where we were to spend 4 days. It was described as a beautiful island with great beaches and snorkelling, with a tiny local community so we could actually get to meet some locals. It turned out to be a very accurate description, but they forgot to mention that the people there are fantastic! People were [View Full Entry]

By genevievez
January 11th 2008

Island in the sun

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Hey Everyone! so i spent last night on mana island which was pretty cool, a little pov and a little bit scary all in one! ahhahah so i went to the island yesterday on a quasi sketchy boat...but it floats so it wwas cool by me...took about a half hour frmo the main land (which is really just a big island anyway)... well the brochures made this place look decent....but they ommited to put in the brochure thta the resort was actually within a fijian community...ahhaha..seriously....my dorm (which was pretty much a thatched roof hut.... was beside someones house and i [View Full Entry]

By widget
April 10th 2007

Fiji

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the boat to Mana island from Nadi

After a four hour flight to Fiji, we were warmly welcomed to the airport by some traditional music; this included four men singing in skirts and beach shirts-very much to my amusement! Strangely, neither Liza or I felt as though we had just arrived in Fiji and we weren't exactly excited about being there, which was even more odd. We put this down to being so excited about reaching South America, but I still couldn't help but feel very ungrateful! When we arrived at our hostel we were 'treated' to some Cava, which was this nation's favourite drink, despite tasting [View Full Entry]

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