Fiji - Lomolomo Police Zone, the temple in Nadi, the Garden of the Sleeping Giant, and the view from our window

While we we in Fiji Marshal Law was declared, but this Lomolomo Central Policing Zone sign was our closest brush with State power. Notice the sign is multi-functional, with the police and gas represented. Nearly all the signs we saw (place signs) were like this - presumably this was coporate sponsorship... an intriguing bit of juxtaposition, anway.
The next few photos are from the Garden of the Sleeping Giant, set up by Raymond Burr and home to orchids of all kinds. The Giant in question is the mountain, at the foot of which the gardens lie.




In Nadi we visited the Hindu temple, which was rendered in spectacular technicolor. Fiji has a large Indian population, originally brought to the islands as indentured servants by the British in their colonial wisdom. One result was that we had a variety of fantastic vegetable thalis during our stay. The other was to add to the current political instability of Fiji.



These mynah birds were everywhere - here in the driveway of the Beachside Resort, just outside Nadi, where we spent our first 4 and last nights in Fiji.

This was the view looking out from our balcony at the Beachside.