Castaways on Fiji: Notes from the Coral Kingdom
January 20, 2012
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Posted by Anna Ewers
QUALITO ISLAND, Fiji — We were dozing on the sand at the edge of the bluest lagoon I’d ever seen when suddenly I remembered. The snorkel trip. Grabbing our masks we rushed to the dive shack, catching the skiff as it was pulling out for the ride to the far side of the lagoon.
“You can’t go home until you’ve seen the Malolo Barrier Reef,” said Kima Tagitagivalu, dive guide at Castaway, a family-friendly resort on Fiji’s northwest coast. He checked off our names and handed us our swim fins. “A few years ago the district chief, Ratu Seva Vatunitu, made it tabu for fishing and collecting. The people — ev
Categories: Travel Guide
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Tags: Fiji, Fiji Notes
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