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  • The Fiji Diaries – #3

    The Fiji Diaries – #3

    10 July 2023 Fiji is full of oddities. Take, for instance, a flat white from Mana Coffee (reported to be the place for a good coffee in Suva from Australian embassy staff) will set you back FJD$6.60, whilst a long black is FJD$7. Granted, these work out to be about ~$4.50-5 in Australian dollars, but…

  • The Fiji Diaries – #2

    The Fiji Diaries – #2

    8 July 2023 – {early AM} As I was just here lying in bed I couldn’t help but think of work health and safety – or the lack thereof in Suva. And yet no one has seemingly died in the time we’ve been here (which lets face facts has probably got more to do with…

  • The Fiji Diaries – #1

    The Fiji Diaries – #1

    (Originally a series of emails that were written to provide an update of sorts to family whilst in Fiji, with only the odd sprinkling of editing here and there) 7 July 2023 – AM Developing countries are wild. Fiji is no exception. Suva is a really odd mix of tin houses, brutalist concrete monstrosities and…