What time is it there?!

After a quick stop at Nadi to leave our luggage at the airport we take the 15 mile journey to Fiji’s 2nd largest city for our final night.

Once again it is a town with relatively few tourists but we arrive on Saturday afternoon and the market is in full swing, both indoors and outside on the pavements. The whole range of local produce is available, although it seems that many of the adjacent vendors are all selling exactly the same selection, so we’re not sure whether the locals just buy from anyone or whether they have ‘favourites’.

It turns out that the hotel we are staying in is hosting a 50th birthday party by the swimming pool tonight. Lovely. You also may, or may not, be surprised to hear that Fijian DJ’s play almost exactly the same selection of music at such events as their English counterparts (Dancing Queen anyone?!).

Something else we noticed today (although it is certainly not unique to Lautoka) is that Fiji has a litter problem. Since we first arrived we have seen signs in the bigger towns urging people to ‘Keep Fiji Beautiful’. In some places this is a little difficult as there aren’t always bins around, but on buses litter seems to get dropped on the floor or even blatantly chucked out of the window!