The picture is of Sigatoka, where we were approached by a sword seller. On a side note, the bridge in the picture was used for vehicles until 1997. Hmmm.
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 |  on August 26, 2002 |
Sword Sellers. Especially in towns, tourists are often approached by people who will ask a few general questions and then offer to give you a sword with your name on it as a gift. They will then ask for money. You are under no obligation to buy the sword and you can pick them up at handicraft stores for much better prices. The picture is of Sigatoka, where we were approached by a sword seller. On a side note, the bridge in the picture was used for vehicles until 1997. Hmmm. |
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| Nice Fijian poeple in the CITY... | | |
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 |  on August 26, 2002 |
Nice Fijian poeple in the CITY are selling friendship. Talking with you nicely but at last everything goes aroud the money. It's very hard to say 'get away !!!' (or worse) but I think it's the only way not to wast to much money. But I repate IN THE CITY not on the islands. |
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| Film and especially underwater... | | |
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 on August 25, 2002 |
Film and especially underwater disposable cameras were expensive on the islands. Best to stock up on a couple if you want to take underwater photos before you come to the islands. Also alcohol is expensive so a bottle of duty free in your backback wont go amiss. |
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| Not necessarily a tourist trap... | | |
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 on August 26, 2002 |
Not necessarily a tourist trap per se, but the shopping at the Shangri-La was preferrable to going into town. The prices at the closes town were expensive and they basically had the same items that the resort had. The resort had all types of shops: convenience store, clothing, camera shop, and many souvenier places. The people are very friendly and eager to help. If you go to Nad's say hi to Rakesh from Judy who visited last year fro Canada (I was the one that bought the beautiful wooden sculpture as a wedding gift to my husband)! |
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| LIke most cities the hustler... | | |
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 on August 27, 2002 |
LIke most cities the hustler exist here.it is usually the Indian people who are more $$$$ focused..the average Fijian would never dream of approaching you..Crafts in the shops are not impressive...but expensive...You can buy the shirts ,sarongs, etc in the native stores for far less at least half of the gift shop prices..Use Fiji $$..In Singatogaka pressure selling is more aggressive...avoid the craft dealers there...the will hound you to buy..... |
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| Steer clear of sword sellers:... | | |
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 |  on August 25, 2002 |
Steer clear of sword sellers: do not tell them your name or they carve it on a sword and pressure you to buy it. ALWAYS haggle over prices: only rich, dumb tourists pay the marked prices. Yaqona cannot be legally brought back to the USA. |
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| DON'T GO TO SUVA! It is quite... | | |
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 on August 25, 2002 |
DON'T GO TO SUVA! It is quite dirty and it smells and unfortunately there are some Fijians there who really hastle visitors. |
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| Sword sellers | | |
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 |  on March 20, 2004 |
Don't know if they are still there these days but occasionally you will be asked your name and when you give it they will carve it onto a wooden sword and ask you pay for it ... |
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| If you are in the streets of... | | |
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 on August 26, 2002 |
If you are in the streets of Suva and are approached by friendly men and they ask your name walk away. If you don't they will carve your name into a cheap craft and then demand a high price. Me and another student got caught in this trap during our first week. I was thinking 'How nice this country is, these men want to know about us!' They just wanted our money. PS. Other than the streets of Suva people are very curious about foreigners so it's ok to answer questions about yourself. |
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