Oceania » Fiji » Kadavu Island 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
We're off on a year's traveling round the world. Leaving November 14th 2007. London>Fiji>NZ>OZ>Singapore>Malaysia>Sumatra>Java>Bali>Vietnam>Cambodia>Thailand>Hong Kong Phooey>London.
Looking forward to spending Christmas and new year Island hopping around Fiji and then 3 months driving round NZ in a camper van followed by 5 months of the same in Oz. Then we'll do some time traveling around South East Asia, hopefully to see Orangutans in Medan, Sumatra and Borobudur in Java before some R&R in Bali. Then some touristy stuff in Vietnam including a train journey between... full info