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Nadi Airport if Fiji's Main international terminal. Nadi has direct flights with the USA (4 Flights weekly), Japan (3 Flights weekly), Australia (daily to Sydney and Brisbane, 4 flights weekly to Melbourne), Honolulu (2 flights weekly) and New Zealand (daily). Sydney 4h 40m, Auckland 3hr, Los Angeles 10h 20m, Tokyo 9h 10m, Honolulu 6h 30m, Vancouver 13h.

What is the weather like in Fiji?
Spectacular tropical paradise! The region is rain Free 310 days of the year, by comparison Sydney has 167 rain free days. Auckland has 181 and Los Angeles has 328 days, and falls within an annual temperature range of 24 - 29.5 degrees.

Where exactly is the Fiji Islands?
The Fiji Islands Group (to the north of New Zealand and to the north east of Australia). The 180th meridian cuts through the Fiji Islands Group but the International dateline swings through the east so that the entire group can share the same day making Fiji the first location in the world where the new day begins 12 hours ahead of GMT.

What makes up the Fiji Islands Group?
There are 332 islands in the Fiji Islands Group offering a total landmass of approximately 18,333 square kilometers and, of which, only 97 are permanently inhabited. There are two main islands, Viti Levu and Vanua Levu both of which are Volcanic in Nature and Constitute almost 85% of the total landmass. The Largest islands in the Group, Viti Levu, Vanua Levu, Taveuni and Kadavu, are characterized by uninhabited central mountains which cover a large portion of the land area. Many of the islands are surrounded by coral reefs, the most famous of which include the Great Sea Reef off the north coast of Vanua Levu, the Great Astrolabe Reef north of Kadavu and Beqa Reef off Beqa Island.

Fiji Culture
Indigenous Fijian n Islanders are recoginised worldwide for their friendliness, fine crafts, plentiful feasts and their traditional song and dance, known as mekes, Fijian crafts of note are woven mats and baskets, hand molded pottery and wood carvings. Indigious Fijians are predominantly in villages along rivers or coasts with population varying from anywhere between 50 to 400 people. A heredity chief heads the village, where generally traditions remain intact. Indo-Fijians are dominantly descendants of indentured laborers recruited principally from Bengal and Bihar around a century ago and mostly live in the towns and small settlements in sugarcane growing regions. Fiji shares many habits with the south pacific islands perhaps the most notable of which is if you are in Fiji you are on “Fiji Time” Which translates “no hurry, if you wait , it will come sooner or later’.

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