You know, this is one of those times when military/political people are irritating to me - don't they realise that all this coup business could scuttle our plans? ;-)
Realistically, Fiji has had 3 coups since 1987 and in all of them foreigners have been left alone. Still, I'm not keen on the idea of going someplace while it's in that much of a state of political turmoil. 3 months is a long time in politics though, so we'll make a final decision a bit closer to the date.
One possible problem is that Vanuabalavu is the home island of the Fijian Prime Minister (Quarase). I can just see it happening that we'd arrive there at about the same time he goes home for a visit, and the Fijian military cancels all flights to Vanuabalavu indefinitely so as to effectively place him under house arrest!
Ah well, you can either laugh or cry about it. I choose to laugh. ;-)
BTH
