Slow Days in Savusavu Tucked between rainforest hills and the calm blue arc of Savusavu Bay, Vanua Levu is Fiji at its most unhurried. Here the days stretch long, the air tastes of salt and hibiscus, and “doing nothing” becomes the purest luxury. Few understand this rhythm better than Monica Laurence, owner of Tavola, a private-use villa estate overlooking the bay...
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Editor’s Note: I discovered Safety, Harbor, Florida-based Sawyer Products while investigating a story on insect repellents. Sawyer not only has effective repellents but is also in the water filtration business. They make systems for camping and a number of other applications. In perusing their website I noted “Mission Fiji“, the company’s NGO...
Editor’s Note: Few names are as closely tied to Fiji’s natural world as Paddy Ryan, author of the beloved Fiji’s Natural Heritage. A trained biologist, Paddy is also an award-winning photographer, seasoned diver, and skilled underwater videographer whose work has introduced countless readers and viewers to the wonders of Fiji’s ecosystems. Just back from a recent...
Today marks the 87th birthday of the late Emosi Yee Show who passed away in 2021. His name radiates in the annals of Fijian hospitality and adventure travel. A visionary entrepreneur, whose passion and warmth of spirit helped transform Levuka, Fiji’s old capital into a vibrant, backpackers haven. More than a place to lay one’s head, the Old Capital Inn...
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 way the world should be“. It’s a phrase often attributed to Pope John Paul II during a visit to Fiji. It sounded a little corny to me at first but as time went by, I felt it was apt...
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 I had both been members of the Society of American Travel Writers and the two of us had also been recipients of the Lowell Thomas Travel Journalism award. Tom has one of the top rated travel podcasts...
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 acclaimed photographer, skilled diver and underwater photographer, writer and chronicler of Fiji’s natural world. He’s back in Fiji now, updating his classic book. I think a cursury look at his art will blow your...
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 acclaimed photographer, skilled diver and underwater photographer, writer and chronicler of Fiji’s natural world. He’s back in Fiji now, updating his classic book. I think a cursury look at...
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 the property for the last five years. Before joining IHG, which manages the Holiday Inn Suva, the Grand Pacific Hotel, and the InterContinental Fiji Golf Resort & Spa (all owned by FNPF), he...
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, Fiji’s Natural Heritage. Paddy is multi faceted photographer–his subjects are both terrestrial and underwater. Whether his camera lense is focused on a crab, a salamander, a kingfisher...
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 photographer, skilled diver and underwater photographer, writer and chronicler of Fiji’s natural world. In this interview or “Talanoa” with archaeologist, Fiji language expert and...
