Our place in Nananu-i-ra

Fiji

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March 26th 2009
Travelling for 4 months hardly meeting any Scandinavians and then hitting the Yasawa was quite a surprise. There was Norwegians everywhere! Tromso, Trondheim, Kristiansand, Hardanger, Sogndal, Oslo, Brummundal. The list goes on and on... And the people who were not Norwegians were Danish or Swedish. What’s happened in Norway for the last 5 months? Have we become so wealthy that the government ha ... 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