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<blockquote data-quote="traveler" data-source="post: 258696" data-attributes="member: 1954"><p><strong>Re: Around the world with Traveller</strong></p><p></p><p>Another day, another port. This time it is Fiji:</p><p> </p><p>Fiji is a group of over 300 islands. Some folks claim 100, some 900, I'm sure some of these are little more than tiny desert islands of less than one acre. This is the second time we have been here recently so much of this will be about the first time we visited. This time it rained heavily and we decided to simply use the local internet café. Last time we were here we walked to the local museum. It is a short walk past the local market that has mostly fruits and vegetables. These markets can be interesting but in some places, like here in Suva, Fiji, it is mostly a filthy local market. Surprisingly, the population here is 50% Indian (from India) 35% Fijian and 15% others. Once you walk past the market into town you find almost all the businesses run by Indians. The local museum is an interesting stop. Tiny by American standards but with plenty of local culture including a display of <strong><u>cannibal forks</u></strong>. It seems that cannibalism was practiced in many areas of the South Pacific even into the 20th century. There were small forks for eating eyeballs and brains and larger ones for other large chunks of body parts. The cannibals believed that eating their defeated opponents gave them their strength and at the same time dishonored the person being consumed. This though was never actually considered a source of food. The museum also claims to have the rudder from the HMS Bounty. We went to the "Arts Village". This is about 45 minutes out of town and is loaded with souvenir shops and a show that includes local fire walkers. This is the highlight of this part of the island. I have a childhood friend who lives on an outer island of Fiji and she says that Suva is not a very good tourist area but just about all the other islands are what you think of when the South Pacific comes to mind. One of these days we will visit other parts of Fiji.</p><p> </p><p>Tomorrow, Bay of Islands in New Zealand.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="traveler, post: 258696, member: 1954"] [b]Re: Around the world with Traveller[/b] Another day, another port. This time it is Fiji: Fiji is a group of over 300 islands. Some folks claim 100, some 900, I'm sure some of these are little more than tiny desert islands of less than one acre. This is the second time we have been here recently so much of this will be about the first time we visited. This time it rained heavily and we decided to simply use the local internet café. Last time we were here we walked to the local museum. It is a short walk past the local market that has mostly fruits and vegetables. These markets can be interesting but in some places, like here in Suva, Fiji, it is mostly a filthy local market. Surprisingly, the population here is 50% Indian (from India) 35% Fijian and 15% others. Once you walk past the market into town you find almost all the businesses run by Indians. The local museum is an interesting stop. Tiny by American standards but with plenty of local culture including a display of [B][U]cannibal forks[/U][/B]. It seems that cannibalism was practiced in many areas of the South Pacific even into the 20th century. There were small forks for eating eyeballs and brains and larger ones for other large chunks of body parts. The cannibals believed that eating their defeated opponents gave them their strength and at the same time dishonored the person being consumed. This though was never actually considered a source of food. The museum also claims to have the rudder from the HMS Bounty. We went to the "Arts Village". This is about 45 minutes out of town and is loaded with souvenir shops and a show that includes local fire walkers. This is the highlight of this part of the island. I have a childhood friend who lives on an outer island of Fiji and she says that Suva is not a very good tourist area but just about all the other islands are what you think of when the South Pacific comes to mind. One of these days we will visit other parts of Fiji. Tomorrow, Bay of Islands in New Zealand. [/QUOTE]
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