Category Archives: Fiji

Backpackers and billionaires

By David Stanley | Published: 24 January 2006
"It used to be that backpacking trips to Fiji involved a bus ride from Nadi to Suva, then a ferry to somewhere like Ovalau, Savusavu, Taveuni or Kadavu. No more." The Fijian islands are no longer the preserve of luxury cruise holidaymakers...
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Hello from Fiji

By Peter Forster | Published: 16 December 2001

Greetings from a hot and humid Suva. This is my annual “I know I don’t write much, so here it is all in one go” letter.

One of the things I have realised since coming to Fiji is just how many of the things I do and feel are triggered by the weather. Christmas is approaching and yet I don’t feel like it is Christmas. Even though the local department stores blare out their reminders, just as in


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A year in Fiji

By Peter Forster | Published: 2 May 2001

My family and I moved to Fiji a year ago from a small, rural community in the far northeast of Scotland. When we first arrived, my employer put us up in a nice, mid-range hotel close to the sleazy part of Suva. Guests were advised to travel everywhere by taxi because of the number of muggings. It also rained almost continuously for the first two weeks. Welcome to Fiji!

It took us nearly two months to find a place


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