The Glorious Journey Home – Part 3 (Pacific Harbour)

Like someone who has had too little of something too good, I’m savoring these posts because I don’t want it to ever end. That would mean it exists no more. I believe in savoring these moments because at the end of the day, it is all I have left of the place I call home.

From the Coral Coast, we planned to go to Suva. However, in between the Coral Coast and Suva lays the gorgeous Pacific Harbour. I want to own a little piece of this someday, but maybe I should settle for Natadola Beach Estates. In any case, we could not afford to miss this increasingly developed jewel on Viti Levu. So we decided to book a zip-line adventure though Zip Fiji.

An Indian taxi driver picked us from Tambua Sands Resort to drive us all the way past Navua to the Zip-line. He was chatty, and we talked about Fiji, my life in the U.S. as a lawyer, and politics in Fiji. He was incredibly happy with the military dictatorship, which had ensured that his daughter could compete with Fijians on the same playing field, since the government had done away with hiring preferences. He was going to cast his vote for Frank Bainimarama in the upcoming elections. I suspect the majority of poor Indians in Fiji felt the same way. Note: Frank won the elections by a landslide, no surprise.

It took us more than an hour to get to village. We were the only people who showed up at the hour, so the staff paid extra attention to us. I am really afraid of heights, but after the first few lines, the fear faded away, and we had a genuinely fun time with the genuinely fun, professional staff.

Ziplining in Fiji with Prerna Lal and Lindsay Schubiner from Prerna Lal on Vimeo.

A little known secret: Zip Fiji has great deals for locals, and they have a more gorgeous Zip-line adventure through the Sleeping Giant gardens in Lautoka. Check it out!