Cruising the Coral Coast

A righthand wave near The Beach House on the Coral Coast, Fiji.

There’s dozens of waves like this along the South Coast of Fiji.

Coral Coast, Fiji - We’ve rented a car and taken a few days out to explore Fiji’s Coral Coast, the south facing coastline populated by resorts and traditional Fijian villages.

It’s cooler here by the ocean than Nadi on the west coast, which is a few kilometres inland and ringed by mountains. The Coral Coast also enjoys a slower pace of life, if that’s possible in the already-relaxed Fijian Islands.

Villagers sell paw paw and taro and mangos on road side stalls. The smoke from trash fires hugs the deep valleys. School children in their crisp white shirts and traditional sulus wait for the school bus.

They break out into big grins and waves as we putter past in our tiny hire car, two bearded Australians squeezed in beside surfboards and bags and camera equipment.

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