Our bure on Manta Ray

The Ultimate Lei

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November 17th 2008
Polly: We woke up early on the Monday for our 7.15am collection. As we walked out into the street, fellow travellers lined the kerb of the 6 Wailoaloa Beach hostels with their rucksacks. When the big yellow coach turned up it felt a bit like we were going on a Butlins holiday. We were all given colour coded tags depending on our first island destination before filing onto the coach. The ... 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