Fiji Guide | Rob Kay | Activity https://fijiguide.com/activity-streams/members/rob/activity/ Activity feed for Rob Kay. Wed, 05 Jun 2024 01:58:21 +1200 https://buddypress.org/?v=11.3.1 en-US 30 hourly 2 8011a78038557df0dff2053624dd11ae Rob Kay wrote a new post https://fijiguide.com/?p=7651 Tue, 05 Mar 2024 21:16:49 +1200 Paddy Ryan's new edition of Fiji's Natural Heritage is a work in progress Editor’s Note: When it comes to Fiji’s natural world no one has chroncled it better than Paddy Ryan. One of my most prized books is Paddy’s magnum opus, […]

]]> 0ebc9e6fc469d0795b118e6d8ef0fff3 Rob Kay wrote a new post https://fijiguide.com/?p=7647 Fri, 26 Jan 2024 21:10:22 +1200 Paddy Ryan's life and times as a Fiji wildlife photographer No one personifies Fiji’s natural history space more than Paddy Ryan, author of Fiji’s Natural Heritage. Traned as a biologist, Paddy is an acclaimed […]

]]> 5638146f20c62bf32a46ac25879a77c1 Rob Kay wrote a new post https://fijiguide.com/?p=7608 Sat, 12 Nov 2022 20:44:12 +1200 Guided Walks–a walking tour of Suva, is a new endeavor created by Fijian Poet, Peter Sipeli.

He created it with a strong belief that Fiji needed to provide more depth and knowledge about its contemporary […]

]]> c85240a7b461bb8c668a2ff383b8ef5d Rob Kay wrote a new post https://fijiguide.com/?p=7575 Thu, 03 Nov 2022 23:45:41 +1200 As someone who just updated a travel guide to Suva (Suva a History & Guide) I presumptuously assumed that I knew something about Fiji’s capital city. Well, my hubris quickly evaporated when I started p […]

]]> 0 0284f06227586f23bff49c0db0704c05 Rob Kay wrote a new post https://fijiguide.com/?p=7262 Fri, 07 Oct 2022 06:44:50 +1200 My colleague Fantasha Lockington penned a recent story for the Fiji Times which we have posted below. Fantasha is CEO of the Fiji Hotel and Tourism Association, which is on the cusp of “re-inaugurating” the org’s […]

]]> aaea1b64e48179742fa3d46c6076907e Rob Kay wrote a new post https://fijiguide.com/?p=7204 Sat, 01 Oct 2022 09:00:50 +1200 Editors’ Note: I recently re-connected with Roberta Davis, who owns and operates a B&B-style property called Makaira on Taveuni, Fiji’s Garden Island. The property consists of four bures (cottages) perched on f […]

]]> 751633c2712ffcc01a000580b83394fa Rob Kay wrote a new post https://fijiguide.com/?p=6782 Sat, 10 Sep 2022 08:42:27 +1200 After 44 years, "Suva–A History and Guide" is in print again My how time flies. Its taken over four decades, but the newest edition of Suva: A History and Guide is now for sale on Amazon–both as an eBook (on […]

]]> 0 3adecde93a72734d98a5980713834fa4 Rob Kay wrote a new post https://fijiguide.com/?p=6722 Mon, 05 Sep 2022 01:20:51 +1200 With great fanfare, on August 2, 2022 the town of Savusavu “unveiled” its long simmering hot springs, national treasure, that until recently didn’t get much respect.

I’m talking about the Nakama Hot Springs […]

]]> 0 4856d217a04b74f8d86a0eb854587f0e Rob Kay wrote a new post https://fijiguide.com/?p=6588 Sat, 06 Aug 2022 23:23:31 +1200 What a perfect opportunity to publish an interview with Ronald Wright.

With the resumption of worldwide travel Fiji has once more become a favored South Pacific destination. The recent re-publication of his […]

]]> 98b69980c4992e137861fbbdd5cc9b5b Rob Kay wrote a new post https://fijiguide.com/?p=6235 Wed, 08 Dec 2021 00:13:49 +1200 Fiji is back in business and Savusavu has opened up for tourism.

Fiji closed its borders to international tourists in March 2020, and remained closed for nearly two years, reopening on 1 December 2021. During […]

]]> 352b90436ca156ce6bc31fa3e9d67614 Rob Kay wrote a new post https://fijiguide.com/?p=6226 Sat, 27 Nov 2021 01:00:43 +1200 I recently had a chance to connect with my old friend Roberta Davis, who has spent the last 20 years at her B&B-style property called Makaira on the Garden Island of Taveuni. Located in the north of the Fiji […]

]]> 1aba5fd873c3bbe91f8f8fa4c05f722c Rob Kay wrote a new post https://fijiguide.com/?p=6212 Wed, 10 Nov 2021 04:58:26 +1200 Vilsoni Hereniko, known to his friends as Vili, has come a long way from his native Rotuma, a Polynesian outlier in the far reaches of the Fiji archipelago. Inspired by the island’s folklore–we can call it […]

]]> 5a99ec2dcee0b79231edd5598497b9d0 Rob Kay wrote a new post https://fijiguide.com/?p=6176 Wed, 16 Jun 2021 05:52:29 +1200 by William O’Grady

Editor’s Note: This is the second in a two-part tribute to Al Schutz by University of Hawaii Professor, William O’Grady. One of William’s comments about Al that really struck me was his […]

]]> 88372c75d3de6c1d4032facff295f813 Rob Kay wrote a new post https://fijiguide.com/?p=6137 Mon, 14 Jun 2021 02:25:10 +1200 Editor’s Note:

This is the first column in a two-part tribute to Albert Schutz.

Al Schutz was a close friend. He was also a friend of Fiji, a place he loved dearly, ever since he began his linguistics f […]

]]> 95bc1c2c2696695fcf768aecf3ba33b2 Rob Kay wrote a new post https://fijiguide.com/?p=6123 Thu, 28 Jan 2021 22:15:22 +1200 Travel to Fiji came to a standstill with Covid, but the good news is that after 35 years Ron Wright’s masterpiece, On Fiji Islands, has been republished by Eland Books.

Wright, a Canadian, is a travel writer i […]

]]> 55134fd5226ccc602b5235053b65782d Rob Kay wrote a new post https://fijiguide.com/?p=6108 Fri, 12 Jun 2020 02:30:16 +1200 Ocean Ventures is launching an online course on South Pacific Coral Reef Ecology, to coincide with World Oceans Day and World Ocean Week. Taking inspiration from a field ecology course they have been teaching for […]

]]> 02f1834a48edd2f7510518db6320229a Rob Kay wrote a new post https://fijiguide.com/?p=5802 Tue, 11 Feb 2020 21:46:42 +1200 Editor’s Note:  A version of this piece first appeared in the Honolulu Star Advertiser

I first arrived Taveuni in 1980 as part of a University of the South Pacific student group, cobbled together to rebuild an […]

]]> 35b14c081f1c0a69bcb96bd1f7732b2f Rob Kay wrote a new post https://fijiguide.com/?p=5791 Fri, 31 Jan 2020 08:59:52 +1200 Rob Kay, the Honolulu-based author of Lonely Planet’s original Fiji guidebook, along with Lautoka, Fiji-based web and applications developer David Barnes, have updated the online travel guide, FijiGuide.

Fiji G […]

]]> b5d16c629c555181dab8435a965447f9 Rob Kay wrote a new post https://fijiguide.com/?p=5771 Tue, 07 Jan 2020 23:40:10 +1300 Editor’s Note: A version of this story was published in the Honolulu Star Advertiser. 

When Hawaii native Roberta Davis first came to Fiji in 1986 she never could have dreamed she’d be on the leading edge of […]

]]> 80c5ce71d81b3a02ab7412e223b900e9 Rob Kay wrote a new post https://fijiguide.com/?p=5726 Tue, 24 Dec 2019 10:01:45 +1300 On December 15 the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) launched Fiji: Art & Life in the Pacific, the most comprehensive array of Fijian art ever mounted in the U.S. The exhibit will run until July 20, 2020. […]

]]> 18dfc979046b315745093083eac3550c Rob Kay wrote a new post https://fijiguide.com/?p=5694 Tue, 10 Dec 2019 20:37:07 +1300 Editor’s Note: A version of this story was published in the Honolulu Star Advertiser.

When Oahu natives Rachel Holderbaum and Kainoa Cundall decided to set up Dua na Cegu, a fishing and free-diving resort on […]

]]> 7b4e2325e8f6ae9cc1bf32675547e4a1 Rob Kay wrote a new post https://fijiguide.com/?p=4810 Tue, 19 Mar 2019 21:09:19 +1200 For Fijians, climate change is not some abstract notion. Fiji is on the front lines, both as an island nation and, a leader in placing the reduction of carbon emissions atop the global agenda.

And not a moment […]

]]> 9079b98b00403cbbe33f9d7b2c98e5ac Rob Kay wrote a new post https://fijiguide.com/?p=4702 Mon, 12 Nov 2018 02:01:36 +1300 Arguably one of the most influential chefs in Fiji, Chef Mo Arun has become well known in recent years as a practitioner of the “Pacific Rim Authenticity Cuisine”.  A native of Nadi, he began his culinary career […]

]]> a6e3097a506bc94b0df07fe06a85ae16 Rob Kay wrote a new post https://fijiguide.com/?p=4693 Thu, 08 Nov 2018 02:54:15 +1300 It is my pleasure to introduce readers to Ronald Wright’s masterpiece, On Fiji Islands. In this work the author weaves his interests in history and ethnology into a visceral depiction of late 20th century […]

]]> 09146a306bb8bd7de061358a1bb872e4 Rob Kay wrote a new post https://fijiguide.com/?p=4603 Wed, 31 Oct 2018 22:03:45 +1200 Rick Garrett, a long time South Pacific travel planner, stopped by our office once again to answer some of the most frequently asked questions about orchestrating a vacation in Fiji. Rick runs a wholesaler ca […]

]]> fe13f9cb381e66da0a3316e8953a7d6b Rob Kay wrote a new post https://fijiguide.com/?p=4581 Tue, 16 Oct 2018 04:10:57 +1200 I stumbled upon the Northern Club by chance. I needed to huddle with a business partner in Lautoka but had no idea where to stay that was friendly, clean, reasonably priced and hopefully interesting.

A friend […]

]]> c546c246be09ee6c0669bc6b54727aa1 Rob Kay wrote a new post https://fijiguide.com/?p=1747 Sun, 14 Oct 2018 01:19:08 +1200 Long time Fijiguide.com contributor Marilyn Marsh has just returned from her annual trip to Fiji. This year she focused on the Yasawa Group. Marilyn is an excellent writer and a photographer with a knack for u […]

]]> 0ff0551d5b45ed7025d596099083fd7f Rob Kay wrote a new post https://fijiguide.com/?p=4439 Wed, 26 Sep 2018 19:39:42 +1200 Denarau Food Wine and Music Festival – Saturday 6th October from 2pm to midnight. Huge line up of local musicians with an International act to add some flavour! Just $25 for 10 bands and an epic event! We […]

]]> 0 6d15ca07804b5eb66b59004898de4c75 Rob Kay wrote a new post https://fijiguide.com/?p=3884 Wed, 05 Sep 2018 23:26:54 +1200 Nanuku Auberge Resort (Pacific Harbour, Fiji) has opened its doors to the local Fijian kinship as well as resort guests to present a series of monthly, delectable, culinary events. Developed by Food & Beverage […]

]]> 0 23bc38080c68ac6c92e21135718cc547 Rob Kay wrote a new post https://fijiguide.com/?p=3877 Wed, 05 Sep 2018 22:27:46 +1200 Pacific Destinations Fiji is proud to announce and launch its new Deluxe airport arrival concierge services for their pre-booked visitors to Fiji with a traditional iri (hand fan) and masi & vau lei which are […]

]]> 0 26b2b6b315ee058d54b95dd937bae80a Rob Kay's profile was updated https://fijiguide.com/activity-streams/p/1178/ Thu, 30 Aug 2018 01:13:07 +1200 0 d064cd1553d9472df7a89a4b6ca76c11 Rob Kay wrote a new post https://fijiguide.com/?p=3820 Fri, 24 Aug 2018 03:10:14 +1200 Keeping in shape on holiday is a unique experience in itself at VOMO Island Fiji.

VOMO has its own tailor-made exercise programme called VOMOFit, so guests can exercise at their own pace; in the privacy of th […]

]]> 4361145fbc4cfc52e51686521ad295b3 Rob Kay wrote a new post https://fijiguide.com/?p=2411 Thu, 31 May 2018 00:53:51 +1200 About Six Senses Fiji
We’ve all read about the marketing of ‘sustainable tourism’. It’s a big draw nowadays but much of the time it’s all smoke and mirrors. However, in Fiji, they are not just talking about ‘selli […]

]]> 0 2cca19238f5999285867deca0906de49 Rob Kay wrote a new post http://fijiguide.com/?p=2307 Tue, 15 May 2018 06:39:34 +1200 Part Two
This is the second part in a series of blogs by Norwegian anthropologist Solrun Williksen.  These next few excerpts cover the glorious history of the GPH

The Grand Pacific Hotel was built in 1 […]

]]> 0 e5b47282273686fadf6b588bef603524 Rob Kay wrote a new post https://fijiguide.com/?p=1996 Fri, 04 May 2018 23:00:03 +1200 Never before seen from above, a traditional ceremony from the chiefly island of Bau to lift a fishing and swimming tabu following a chiefs passing. A big thank you to Ratu Timoci Tavanavanua, Ratu Epenisa Seru […]

]]> 0 be4d69e8148cc6cc3aa393826b7aed6b Rob Kay wrote a new post https://fijiguide.com/?p=1767 Fri, 13 Apr 2018 01:46:57 +1200 SAVUSAVU, VANUA LEVU ISLAND FIJI
I’d been to many a tropical island by the time I first visited Vanua Levu, but there was something about it that stirred the soul. Flying over jewel shaped reefs and atolls strung […]

]]> 4c662b0c0b9d4391262606ebebac4664 Rob Kay wrote a new post http://fijiguide.com/?p=1744 Sun, 08 Apr 2018 09:10:05 +1200 Long time Fijiguide.com contributor Marilyn Marsh has just returned from her annual trip to Fiji.  This year she focused on the Yasawa Group. Marilyn is an excellent writer and a photographer with a knack fo […]

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