All Blog Posts Tagged 'Nadi' (15)

Everyone who's planning a Fiji Holiday is going to end up in Nadi at one time or another. Here's a selection of restaurants to consider...

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I got the missive below from Stu Johnson author of Fiji Surf Blog and regular contributor to Fijiguide.com provided me with a live report from his home in Nadi.  Suffice it to say, Nadi is getting back on it's…

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Fijiguide.com member Stuart Gow, a Suva resident and marketing director of Matava, a dive resort in Kadavu sent the follow report to share…

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We took the bus from Nadi to Suva, the capital, at the other end of the island. The vehicle had a windscreen and a roof, but no glass in the side windows, merely a row of canvas blinds that…

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Fiji has been called the "little India of the Pacific." In the western province of Ba, which includes Nadi, Lautoka, and much of the country's sugar land, Indians outnumber Fijians almost three to one; for Fiji as a whole the ratio is close to fifty-fifty.  

There as  time when demographers  predicted that Indians would displace Melanesians in much the same way that the white man supplanted the "Indians" of North…

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Krishna's taxi sped flamboyantly, in the manner of Third World taxis, towards Lautoka, the second city of Fiji.

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

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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,…

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

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

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After breakfast Derek went…

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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…

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There's a rule in photography that the best pictures are either at sunrise or sunset. So just prior to my 2 am crash, I told my hosts at the Fiji Orchid I needed to be woken up at 6 am. "Six?!" was their reply. I told them, "Yes: good light." A most quizzical look came across their faces.… Continue

Flying Continental Micronesia to Fiji

Flying to Fiji. Could anything be better? The dream of warm, turquoise waters, brimming with billions of billowing fish, sands the color of orange sunshine lapping emerald shores. Serene, surreal, and splendid…

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Today is our last day in Fiji. We stay at the Fiji Orchid, which is described by co-owner Jenny Bourke as, "a nice bookend for a trip to Fiji." We were expecting a typical airport hotel - decent, but nothing special. We were very pleasantly surprised. Its really a mini-resort bursting with character. The Fiji Orchid has beautiful gardens, a nice pool area and six innovative nautical themed canvas bures, all air-conditioned with comfortable… Continue