Blog 31 Lautoka, Viti Levu, Fiji April 20, 2018 – Weather forecast: mostly sunny; temperature 32°C, wind 7kts (3 Beaufort) Today we visit Lautoka on Viti Levu, the second largest island in the Southern Pacific. Lautoka is this island nation’s second largest city with a population of 52,000 and is affectionately known as “Sugar City” due to the largest sugar mill in the Southern Hemisphere located near our pier. Fiji has over 300 islands under its control with approximately 106 of them inhabited. Fiji gained its independence from England in 1970 and became a republic in 1987. We selected another cultural experience in the form of a traditional Fijian meke, a performance that conveys the tales of love, legend and history through song and dance. The ceremony started off with the elaborate preparation of “kava”, a
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