hanging out in the village on Beqa Lagoon Island

trip to a Fijian village

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May 25th 2010
5am today and I’m wide awake. The night before I managed to sleep through the entire night, but this morning no such luck. The past couple of days have continued to be an amazing adventure. On Sunday morning we walked through the jungle along the beach of the island with another woman from Arizona and one of the staff people to attend the local Methodist church service. The village was tiny—l ... 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