LAUTOKA, FIJI

Unfortunately, this island did not impress me.    There was debris everywhere in the city.     The guide was excited to share that the Chinese were buying up large quantities of land, providing much needed jobs.

Lautoka is known as the Sugar City because of its sugar cane belt areas. The main Lautoka Sugar Mill was founded in 1903, and is the city's biggest employer by far.

The rest of the island is divided into many villages, ruled by their King   Homes are built around the Church for that village.     Our guide's father is King on their smaller island.    He did advise us to visit small islands if we wanted to see the beauty of their country.

Our next stop was a lovely lunch spot with local music.

This old boat was part of this stop as well as a beautiful view out to the ocean.

On to the downtown and some "tourist" shopping.     This young man greeted us.

Another stop, this one at a resort for us to relax and enjoy a brew.

We returned to the ship early enough to catch this double rainbow and later the sunset.