March 2011 Blog Posts (12)

"G'day," Jerry said. "Those spearchuckers looked like they meant business. Big chaps these Fijians. I reckon they were well fed in the old days. Did you hear about the cannibal who passed his brother in the…

It grew dark; the waiter who brought the beer became invisible except for his white shorts. After dusk some small creatures (birds?) began moving in fits and starts across the lawn. I got up to see what they were. They were…

The narrow tracks of a sugar railway now ran beside the road. A train appeared with a vulgar blast on its electric horn: a boxy yellow engine pulling a dozen flat:-bed cars piled high and…

"I like the dry side," Derek said, more than once, but for me this part…

During the last century, missionaries, officials, and antiquarians collected many Fijian oral histories and legends while the traditions were still fresh. No early account mentioned a mass migration from across the sea,…

Derek bought two barkcloth placemats from the bushy-haired Fijian saleswoman. We were then approached by her son,…

When the plane touched down the ethnobotanist awoke, cupped his ears in his hands, and began to complain in a…

After breakfast Derek went…

Ronald Wright's classic travel guide, On Fiji Islands, was published in 1983 to critical acclaim. He has graciously allowed Fijiguide.com to serialize his work for…

This is the first installment of On Fiji Islands, by Ronald Wright.  As mentioned in an earlier blog posting, Ron is both an…

This is the third of a three part interview with Ronald Wright, the author of On Fiji Islands.  The book will be serialized on Fijiguide.com in the near future.

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