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SUVA

Suva is the capital of Fiji and is modern offices and shopping plazas. Pacific which holds a remarkable
a beautiful harbour city built on On Sundays it’s well worth attending collection of archaeological material
a peninsula reaching out into church to hear the choral singing that dating back 3,700 years and cultural
the sea. is magnificent. Most churches have objects representing both Fiji’s
services in English, but none compare indigenous inhabitants and the other
The city is perched on a hilly communities that have settled in the
peninsula between Laucala Bay and with the 1000 strong Fijian service island group over the past 200 years.
Suva Harbour in the southeast corner at Centenary Methodist Church on
of Viti Levu. The mountains north Stewart Street. A vital centre, Suva Not to be missed is the sprawling
and west catch the southeast trade offers a great selection of restaurants complex of municipal markets near
winds, producing moist conditions including Chinese, Indian, traditional the waterfront that comes to life on
year round. Fijian and European cuisine. Fridays and Saturdays. Here you’ll
There are tours to landmarks such find an assortment of artifacts and
An exciting multi-racial city, Suva as the Thurston Gardens next to handicrafts for sale, made by Fijians
began as a late Victorian village with Government House, the official throughout the Island group.
frame houses and stores along the residence of the president of the
beachfront. Much of its past still Republic of Fiji. For those who like history, there’s
survives, for there are many small, Albert Park where Charles Kingsford-
quaint wooden bungalows in the old The Fiji Museum is recognised as one Smith landed his plane Southern Cross
section that sit in juxtaposition to the of the best of its type in the South on his trans-Pacific flight in 1928.

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