Chilling out at Manta Ray

Fiji Time

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October 12th 2007
So we left rainy Vancouver behind us and took the "short" journey to Fiji - just a bus to Vancouver Airport, a three hour flight to LA, three hour stop over in LA, ten hour flight to Fiji (delayed by an hour because some idiot couldn't get to the gate on time), two hours to Port Denarau and 3 hours on a fast Cat to the Yasawa Islands and our first stop on Naviti Island - The Manta Ray Island Resor ... read more

Oceania » Fiji » Yasawa Islands

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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 la... ... read more