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Tourism and Colonial Tensions in 1930s Fiji Editor’s Note: Back in the day….the mid-1980s, when I wrote my Lonely Planet Guide to Fiji, the Fiji Visitors Bureau had a wonderful slogan–“Fiji, the […]

National Public Radio Interview with Rob Kay on Fiji A few weeks ago I had the good fortune to be interviewed about Fiji by Tom Wilmer, on his “Journeys of Discovery” podcast for National Public Radio. Tom and […]

Back in Fiji–Paddy Ryan on the move–Part 2 Editor’s Note: No one personifies Fiji’s natural history space more than Paddy Ryan, author of Fiji’s Natural Heritage. Traned as a biologist, Paddy i […]

Back in Fiji–Paddy Ryan on the move–Part 1 Editor’s Note: No one personifies Fiji’s natural history space more than Paddy Ryan, author of Fiji’s Natural Heritage. Traned as a biologist, Paddy is an […]

Kevin Sinclair–Holiday Inn Suva's Chef Extraordinaire Editor’s note: Kevin Sinclair, the Executive Sous Chef of the Holiday Inn Suva, is a rising star in Fiji’s growing culinary constellation. He’s been with […]

Paddy Ryan's new edition of Fiji's Natural Heritage is a work in progress Editor’s Note: When it comes to Fiji’s natural world no one has chroncled it better than Paddy Ryan. One of my most prized books is Paddy’s magnum opus, […]

Paddy Ryan's life and times as a Fiji wildlife photographer No one personifies Fiji’s natural history space more than Paddy Ryan, author of Fiji’s Natural Heritage. Traned as a biologist, Paddy is an acclaimed […]

Guided Walks–a walking tour of Suva, is a new endeavor created by Fijian Poet, Peter Sipeli.

He created it with a strong belief that Fiji needed to provide more depth and knowledge about its contemporary […]

As someone who just updated a travel guide to Suva (Suva a History & Guide) I presumptuously assumed that I knew something about Fiji’s capital city. Well, my hubris quickly evaporated when I started p […]

My colleague Fantasha Lockington penned a recent story for the Fiji Times which we have posted below. Fantasha is CEO of the Fiji Hotel and Tourism Association, which is on the cusp of “re-inaugurating” the org’s […]

Editors’ Note: I recently re-connected with Roberta Davis, who owns and operates a B&B-style property called Makaira on Taveuni, Fiji’s Garden Island. The property consists of four bures (cottages) perched on f […]

After 44 years, "Suva–A History and Guide" is in print again My how time flies. Its taken over four decades, but the newest edition of Suva: A History and Guide is now for sale on Amazon–both as an eBook (on […]

With great fanfare, on August 2, 2022 the town of Savusavu “unveiled” its long simmering hot springs, national treasure, that until recently didn’t get much respect.

I’m talking about the Nakama Hot Springs […]

What a perfect opportunity to publish an interview with Ronald Wright.

With the resumption of worldwide travel Fiji has once more become a favored South Pacific destination. The recent re-publication of his […]

A Travelogue to the Yasawa Islands by Marilyn Marsh–Part 2, How to get there Long time Fijiguide.com contributor and stalwart Marilyn Marsh has just returned from her annual trip to Fiji. This year she visited the Yasawa […]

Fiji is back in business and Savusavu has opened up for tourism.

Fiji closed its borders to international tourists in March 2020, and remained closed for nearly two years, reopening on 1 December 2021. During […]

I recently had a chance to connect with my old friend Roberta Davis, who has spent the last 20 years at her B&B-style property called Makaira on the Garden Island of Taveuni. Located in the north of the Fiji […]

Vilsoni Hereniko, known to his friends as Vili, has come a long way from his native Rotuma, a Polynesian outlier in the far reaches of the Fiji archipelago. Inspired by the island’s folklore–we can call it […]

by William O’Grady

Editor’s Note: This is the second in a two-part tribute to Al Schutz by University of Hawaii Professor, William O’Grady. One of William’s comments about Al that really struck me was his […]

Editor’s Note:

This is the first column in a two-part tribute to Albert Schutz.

Al Schutz was a close friend. He was also a friend of Fiji, a place he loved dearly, ever since he began his linguistics f […]