Walu Beach

Fiji

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December 10th 2005
December 10-15: We ended up staying at Walu Beach the whole time we were in Fiji. We got in two "snorkeling trips" where we went a few kilometers from the resort in a speedboat. The first was to "Honeymoon Island", popular with day trippers (no one lives there but a caretaker) where the coral was really great. There was a kind of a shelf of coral extending maybe 25 meters from the shore of the ... read more

Oceania » Fiji

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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