Visited Fiji in July. It was business trip, though managed to drive around the island on the one weekend we were there. Lovely azure skies and greenish seas. The surf breaks some distance from the coast because of corals and atolls. Which is why on a good sunny day the sea has a greenish tinge and one can see one's feet under waist deep water, it is so clear.
The islands have a unique history. I am referring to the widespread practise of cannibalism in the Fiji islands. Sailors apparently dreaded this stretch of the pacific because of treacherous reefs and rocks and the prospect of being eaten if marooned in the islands. The last recorded and proven incident of cannibalism was when an anglican missionary was roasted in a Lovo (traditional Fijian Barbecue) and eaten in the central highlands of the island of Vanua Levu around the year 1873. It was apparently a punishment from the village chief because the missionary had the temerity of touching the chief's hair. :) Everything was eaten except his boots which no matter how much the FIjians tried didn't prove edible. The same boots are displayed in the museum in Suva. Charlie chaplin cud have taught them a thing or two about eating shoes though.
Anyway I suspect the recipe of "Steamed Missionary wrapped in banana leaf" proved very popular in this part of the world.
