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mangoes and a coil of tobacco stuffed in my backpack, I turned to look back one last time. The market didn’ t notice me leave. It kept going— laughing, clapping, haggling, feeding, healing.
And I realised that while resorts might show you the beauty of Fiji’ s beaches, it’ s in places like this— messy, earthy, pungent, kind— where the soul of Fiji truly lives.
I walked back to my guesthouse with a numb tongue, a belly warm with chilli, and the faintest feeling that I had just seen something sacred. Not a tourist attraction. A home. And I had been welcomed in!. LW
TRAVERSE was invited to ride Fiji with Mai Island Ride. The enduro style riding allows for exploration of areas where the tourist buses certainly don ' t venture, taking in remote villages and almost inaccessible locations that provide an outlook on this island nation that few rarely get to see.
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