Title – The Beach
Date – January 2001
Location - Kandavu, Fiji
The film ‘The Beach’ certainly exaggerates some aspects of the concept, but the beauty of some of the world’s best and undiscovered beaches can never be suitably described.
Fiji is known for its hospitality and the friendliness of its people. When you visit here it seems impossible to think that within the last 35 years since independence in 1970 there have been several coups and several attempted coups. But these are done on ‘Fiji time’ and although there are still tensions between the two main groups of inhabitants (the Indians brought here during colonial times and the indigenous Fijian) the country is on the whole, serene and beautiful.
The acceptance you will find in Fiji can lead to experiences that will stay with you for a life time. Waking up on a Christmas Day to see this beach outside the tent was a surprise enough to make anyone’s day, but to be invited to join the local villagers in their Christmas day celebrations took the experience to a whole new level. The highlight has to be the lovo, a traditional meal cooked underground for the whole village. The food is cooked in the ground, which acts as an oven; surrounded and filled with hot rocks and burning embers, the food is buried wrapped in palm and banana leaves and left to cook for 6 hours. The resulting meal is a feast fit for a village of the kindest people you could wish to meet. It may be our tradition to eat turkey on Christmas day, but there was not even the slightest feeling of home sickness, everything was just perfect.
Beyond The Blue recognises the positive effect that blending into your new environment can have on your experiences. Through our Gap Year and Independent Travel Safety & Awareness workshops we guide those people planning a trip through the highs and lows they will encounter along the way. We offer advice and information on how to make the most of the experiences and opportunities that you will be presented with. In some countries like Fiji you will have no option but to feel at home because the local people simply will not allow you to feel any other way.
Please visit our website at www.safegapyear.com
Image – ©Peter Mayhew
Date – January 2001
Location - Kandavu, Fiji
The film ‘The Beach’ certainly exaggerates some aspects of the concept, but the beauty of some of the world’s best and undiscovered beaches can never be suitably described.
Fiji is known for its hospitality and the friendliness of its people. When you visit here it seems impossible to think that within the last 35 years since independence in 1970 there have been several coups and several attempted coups. But these are done on ‘Fiji time’ and although there are still tensions between the two main groups of inhabitants (the Indians brought here during colonial times and the indigenous Fijian) the country is on the whole, serene and beautiful.
The acceptance you will find in Fiji can lead to experiences that will stay with you for a life time. Waking up on a Christmas Day to see this beach outside the tent was a surprise enough to make anyone’s day, but to be invited to join the local villagers in their Christmas day celebrations took the experience to a whole new level. The highlight has to be the lovo, a traditional meal cooked underground for the whole village. The food is cooked in the ground, which acts as an oven; surrounded and filled with hot rocks and burning embers, the food is buried wrapped in palm and banana leaves and left to cook for 6 hours. The resulting meal is a feast fit for a village of the kindest people you could wish to meet. It may be our tradition to eat turkey on Christmas day, but there was not even the slightest feeling of home sickness, everything was just perfect.
Beyond The Blue recognises the positive effect that blending into your new environment can have on your experiences. Through our Gap Year and Independent Travel Safety & Awareness workshops we guide those people planning a trip through the highs and lows they will encounter along the way. We offer advice and information on how to make the most of the experiences and opportunities that you will be presented with. In some countries like Fiji you will have no option but to feel at home because the local people simply will not allow you to feel any other way.
Please visit our website at www.safegapyear.com
Image – ©Peter Mayhew
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