Island Chain at the Top of the Ridge Hike

It's not that they are trying to screw you over... It's just Fiji

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June 28th 2011
BULA!!!!!!!!! I made it to the other side of the world in one piece! My mom gave me a St. Christopher's (traveling saint) necklace as a gift the night before leaving for New Zealand, seeing as I have not had the best luck this past month with traveling. Thinking that the necklace would help change that luck I put it on that night and have not taken it off since. After my final goodbyes ... 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