Our Desert Island

Fantastic Fiji

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July 24th 2006
Dear all, hope everyone is sitting comfortably...... then i'll begin.... we have just spent the week in Fiji, slap bang in the middle of the South Pacific!! its as far from home as we could ever get! Fiji was as you could expect hot, infact very hot at times, i believe it may have been as hot as the "supposed" heat wave in UK. We stayed in the main town of Nadi, prenounced Nandi for some apparent ... read more

Oceania » Fiji » Viti Levu » 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