The Fijian

The neo-traditional order of the...

Right from the start, the Fijian government was criticized as paternalist and individualistic. However, despite all its difficulties, at least until the Second Worid War, it maintained a strongly independent and tranquil socio- political life in a fairly prosperous minimum standard of living - thus supporting the acclaimed abundance of cultural life that the tourism sector has been exploiting ever since.

Londondon is alive: Fijian Private

East-London's futurist päan to the capitalist system is an unlikely symbol for the 26-year-old Fijian man based in London with the sixteenth Royal Artillery of the UK Army. However, there are also a number of shady sides to it, and in Fiji there is widespread joblessness - a fact that makes it a fruitful source of recruitment for the UK army.

It was an exhilarating way to see what the rest of the word was about," says Raratabu, who already had a UK counterpart with the Northern Irish Aviators. Colonized by Great Britain in 1874, Fiji has a long association with its "motherland". Fijian men have been in the service of the UK army for generation after generation, fighting the Japanese during WWII and later in Malaya, Borneo and Oman and Iraq.

Today, some 2,000 Fijians are deployed to UK regiments around the globe.

Marvelous, lovely, spiritual, instructive and astonishing.... deeply in the Fiji Caverns! - Caving Safari, Sigatoka Traveller Review

For Fiji newcomers, this off-road tour is truly an "all-in-one" journey.... and is a BRILLIANT intro to all Fijian! Or if you have been to Fiji before but haven't been to the ground yet, then this journey is full of surprise for you too! - Drive off the beaten track - and I mean on really tough roads" that give the trucks a training (the streets may look slippery on photographs - but they are not); - You can go through very small towns and see the wonderful Fijian children walking past you as you go past them; - You see an astonishing landscape of the Sigatoka River from 500m upwards (?

When you are not able to lean down or creep on your knee, you may have trouble getting into the small room (only at the entrance to the cave)..... i.e. older persons (I am 55!) must be conscious that there are some bends that are necessary to get in! In addition, the soil can be (naturally) slick on the rocky soil through the waters, so go careful, because it's difficult to see anything - it's great pleasure!

• Afterwards we had dinner and beverages in the small town next to the stream, before returning to the basis and visit the astonishing places where we were on our way. This is a truly breathtaking round tour where you can get to know many different facets of Fiji at first hand - its past, its present and its people!

Don't miss this journey!