Day 71 and 72: Farwell Fiji...Hello U.S.A.

Day 71:
Today I went to the Fijian Cultural Center. Theory has it that Fijians are originally from Tanzania and then they migrated to Papu New Guinea and then to Fiji. At one time they did practice cannibalism. They are considered to be Melanesian. They are big people like the Maori’s and have tight curly hair with broad noses. The native Fijians appear to be African looking. There are less than ~1 million Fijians on the island. Most are Fijians and then there is a huge Indian Fijian population, and then the some Chinese, Japanese, and Europeans. Indians came in the late 1800’s by the British to work on the sugar plantations. I stayed in Nandi and saw a couple of stores with the store names as 'xxxx Patel’, no relation. The bus ride was about 3 hours, the ride over was nice I got a nice view of the beach which is pretty amazing. The colors were green and blue. We saw the traditional fire dance, which was not nearly as good as the bali one.

Day 72: Off to home I go…. It has been a fascinating adventure thus far, I hope you have enjoyed it as well. I am ready for some R&R. Stay tune for adventures from the dark and mysterious India, Middle East, and Africa as our quest to figure out 'What is the Meaning of Life' continues.