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Life and culture on Pacific islands. My personal experiences and thoughts from living in Hawaii, Japan, Fiji, and other islands. I look at how the ocean shapes these cultures and gives them many traits in common. I share art, food, music, philosophy, h

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  • Climb Every Mountain - Fiji's Rugby Team Upsets Wales 38-34

    Posted on Saturday September 29th, 2007 at 20:55 in fiji, rugby

    Above: Fiji's winger Vilimoni Delasau is tackled by Wales's prop Duncan Jones during their Rugby Union World Cup Group B match at the La Beaujoire stadium in Nantes, western France. Fiji beat Wales 38-34 in one of the most thrilling World Cup matches...

  • Pirating Iguanas?

    Posted on Saturday September 22nd, 2007 at 17:27 in fiji, enviroment, iguanas

    The Fiji Island Banded Iguana (Brachylophus fasciatus) is an endangered species due to loss of habitat and is protected by an international treaty against trading in endangered animals. A man has been arrested for stealing three of them from a natur...

  • Blue Moon on the Rise

    Posted on Friday July 13th, 2007 at 00:20 in fiji, butterfly, south pacific, blue moon

    The Blue Moon butterfly is native to Australia and can be found on islands across the South Pacific. I delight in seeing them on Taveuni, with their black wings and white spots with an iridescent blue border around them. Seen at dusk, the spots app...

  • Naming Number Two

    Posted on Tuesday July 10th, 2007 at 04:19 in new zealand, movie review, fiji, naming number two

    "Naming Number Two" is an independent film from New Zealand, based on the award winning play "No. 2" by Toa Fraser, who also directed the movie. Toa Fraser was born in 1975 in Britain to a British mother and Fijian father. He has lived in New Zeala...

  • Schoolmates Carry Fiji Flag

    Posted on Monday June 18th, 2007 at 23:47 in fiji, taveuni, unesco, bouma

    Frentina Antrea and Krishlyn Chetty, both in Form Six at Saint Joseph's secondary School in Suva arrived in Christchurch, New Zealand on the 18th. They are representing the youth of Fiji at the Asia Pacific World Heritage Youth Forum. (For American...

  • Under A Fiji Moon

    Posted on Monday April 23rd, 2007 at 00:40 in fiji, david stanley, guidebook

    David Stanley's "Moon Fiji" (8th edition) is about to go to press. David writes the best South Pacific guides in the business (as well as the South Pacific Travel Blog).So take at look over at his blog, linked above, and find out what's new (A LOT)....