Inside The Reef: Victor Barker

A book about the author's journey to find Fiji - the REAL Fiji, not that which is presented to the tourists. He found a gold mine beneath an extinct volcano; the annual sugar can harvest; the copra plantations; he saw Fijians, Indians and Chinese studying together in technical college to gain skills that would speed the development of their community. He bargained with merchants in duty-free shops and discovered the romantic legends of Fiji and conversed with wood carvers and a Fijian public servant charged with the duty of developing tourist industry to help the progress of the people. He spent time with island trading boat captains, Sugar Queens and royal Fijian chiefs. With black and white photographs.