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Wednesday, 24 July 2013
Fiji: 333 pearls of the Pacific (Photos)
View slideshow: A photo essay from Fiji As the story goes, that's how Cook came up with the name “Fiji” for the archipelago of 333 islands west of Tonga. Between the Fijians' rep for chowing down on just about anything that moved and gory tales of their zest for ritual sacrifices, it's not surprising that Captain Bligh's longboat crew kept rowing past the islands after they were booted off the HMS Bounty in 1789. Bligh noted in his logbook: “I dare not land (on Fiji) for fear of the natives.”...
Full Story: The Examiner
 


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