In 1875, Fiji’s King Cakobau brought back measles from a trip to Sydney, causing a “virgin soil epidemic” that killed a third of his people. Fiji has unique traditions, such as walking on hot stones and only allowing the chief to wear a hat and sunglasses. Everyone deserves a vacation, but when Fiji’s King Cakobau […]
Fiji is a group of over 300 islands in the South Pacific with a population of approximately 920,000. The first settlers were Polynesians and Melanesians, and Europeans arrived in the mid-1600s. Fiji gained independence in 1970 but experienced political instability due to coups in the late 1990s and early 2000s. Fiji is a republic with […]
