Fiji
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Monday, 2 Apr 2012 | Views [1150]
What's Happening? UPDATE: 03/04/2012 Severe flood warnings for major water channels have been cancelled by the Fiji government, who also say that tropical Cyclone Daphne is moving away from the island nation. However, new evacuation centres have ... Read more >
Tags: fiji, floods, travel-alert
Tuesday, 24 Jan 2012 | Views [3973] | Comments [4]

(All warnings and flood alerts were lifted on Friday January 27 2012) A natural disaster is expected to be declared in Western Fiji later today after heavy rain and high winds caused flooding which has claimed the lives of two locals. The tourist ... Read more >
Tags: fiji, oceania, travel-alert
Wednesday, 22 Sep 2010 | Views [1658]

For a country with a reputation for
frequent coups d’etat, (there’ve actually only been 4) Fiji looks remarkably
calm and stable to the visitor.
If you’d been on one of the islands or at a
resort during the 2006 military takeover you may ... Read more >
Tags: coup, fiji, oceania, travel-legal, travel-safety
Monday, 20 Sep 2010 | Views [1957]

Fiji gets a warm, wet and often very windy
summer, November to April is the rainy season AND cyclone season. Cyclones, that’s
hurricanes and typhoons to those in the northern hemisphere, are unpredictable
by their nature and it pays to be prepared.... Read more >
Tags: cyclones, fiji, oceania, travel-health, travel-safety, weather
Friday, 10 Sep 2010 | Views [6580]

There are two types of Fiji water; Fiji
Water (capital W) the ubiquitous bottled goodness and Fiji water, the stuff that comes out of
the nation’s taps, sometimes with shells, frogs and invisible typhoid and
gastroenteritis bacteria.
Outside ... Read more >
Tags: fiji, oceania, travel-health, travel-safety, typhoid, water
Thursday, 2 Sep 2010 | Views [4269] | Comments [1]

Fiji has had a long-standing reputation as a South Pacific tropical paradise. Travelers have been visiting the tiny archipelago for decades now to kick back oceanside and enjoy the azure waters. While there's been some recent political unrest, it's ... Read more >
Tags: 5 things, fiji, kava, travel-safety, travel-tips
Tuesday, 3 Aug 2010 | Views [1329]

Scuba diving royalty anointed Fiji as a
premier diving destination. Jean-Michel Cousteau – the son of the man who
invented scuba – says it’s “the soft coral capital of the world”. But there are
hard corals too, and caves, grottoes, sharks, rays, ... Read more >
Tags: diving, fiji, oceania, scuba, snorkel, travel-safety
Wednesday, 2 Jun 2010 | Views [678]

The Ministry of Health declared a public
health emergency in June 2010 because of a typhoid outbreak on the island of
Viti levu.
Worst affected is the isolated province of
Navosa on Viti Levu, where 28 cases of typhoid had already been confirmed ... Read more >
Tags: fiji, travel-health, travel-safety, typhoid
Friday, 5 Mar 2010 | Views [6733] | Comments [4]

This week, a typhoid outbreak in Fiji has been reported. With the pacific islands of Fiji being a very popular travel destination for Round-The-World trippers and family holiday makers, we thought it important to give you a quick overview of the situation ... Read more >
Tags: drink, drinking water, fiji, hygiene, oceania, travel-health, travel-safety, typhoid