Paul, Neil, Me, Malcolm and Robin have a beer on the veranda before I leave. The guys stay with me at the airport until the plane finally arrives at 5.15pm. It was supposed to be a 4.30 flight.
Finally, A Fijian Wedding December 4th 2009 Andrea tells me that Jean-Michel Cousteau has been in town and he had met him at the Cousteau Resort. Why I don't get to hear until after he has gone? I religiously watched the Jacques Cousteau's TV programs in the seventies and would enjoy getting the opportunity to actually talk to a man that had been on all of these adventures. In their silver dive suits and encased cylinders the members of the ... read more
Oceania » Fiji » Vanua Levu 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