Beyond Fiji’s palm-fringed beaches and luxury resorts lies a deeper story, one told through traditional village visits, kava ...

NADI, Fiji Islands — “That’s Tom Hanks’ island, in ‘Cast Away’ the movie,” said the passenger sitting nearby, on the rear deck. We’d seen him standing in line, a college kid in a ...

NADI, Fiji Islands – “That’s Tom Hanks’ island, in ‘Cast Away’ the movie,” said the passenger sitting nearby, on the rear deck.We’d seen him standing in line, a college kid in a ...

Most native Fijians still live in villages, the kind led by chiefs, dotted by open-air homes and traipsed by roving bands of giggling children. And they welcome visitors. The South Pacific nation ...

The drive from Nadi's international airport to Lautoka, the second-largest city in Fiji, is only about 30 minutes. But Lautoka remains surprisingly non-touristy.

The death toll from the strongest tropical cyclone ever to hit Fiji climbed to at least 20 as aerial surveillance of affected areas showed entire villages were obliterated as the Category-5 storm ...

Fiji is surveying the damage from the strongest tropical cyclone to ever hit the South Pacific nation, with at least three people reported to have been killed and whole villages flattened as the ...

Tourists flee Fiji as cyclone death toll hits 17, with villages obliterated by 325km/h winds. Agence France-Presse + FOLLOW. Published: 1:43pm, 22 Feb 2016. Why you can trust SCMP.

It's Manoa Ravouvou's job to protect his village. As the "head man" of his home on the outskirts of Lautoka, just north of Fiji's tourist hub of Nadi, he checks in visitors and makes sure his ...

NADI, Fiji Islands — “That’s Tom Hanks’ island, in ‘Cast Away’ the movie,” said the passenger sitting nearby, on the rear deck. We’d seen him standing in line, a college kid in a ...