Fiji: Rafting, Sand boarding, Rainforest trekking and the end of our Trainers...
October 27th 2007 With an apparent incapability for packing all that I own in to one backpack, I arrived in Fiji wearing most of my clothes, and immediately started sweating in the humid climate. Franny fared somewhat better and was gleeful at the musical reception we received from the colorfully dressed guitar players when we stepped off the plane. As with most tourists to the Fijian islands, we landed in Nadi (
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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 
