A Day in Suva

It was an hour and a half's drive into Suva. Unfortunately it turned out to be a public holiday "for the prophet Mohammad". Most shops were shut. We had lunch at "The Grand Pacific Hotel". This magnificent remnant of Colonialism was closed for 22 years but has been lavishly renovated and reopened in 2014.

Funding apparently has come from the New Guinea Foundation which as I understand is made up of mining royalties.

We later dropped into "the Defence Club", a men's club with reciprocal visiting with Victoria's Union Club. We were welcomed and even found connections with members who have relatives in British Columbia.

The club is struggling with changing their by-laws to allow women to become members!

This is the bar at the Defence Club