Castaway Island

Fiji

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May 3rd 2010
Our flight was nice and short and we arrived in Nadi just after sundown. The first thing I noticed was the smell, it was like barbecued food, cut grass and flowers so i had my window down all the way to our hostel on the Coral Coast. We were staying in a traditional Fijian bure which was like a big wooden hut and was pretty nice. Unfortunately the weather was quite rubbish for the 3 days we were h ... read more

Oceania » Fiji » 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