Those wondering why Suva is rarely troubled by visitors should look no further than the Pearl Harbour attack. Despite Suva being Fiji’s capital, most travellers instead touch down 120km away at Nadi International on the opposite, western side of Viti Levu, the country’s largest island, from where they’re quickly whisked away to their beachside resort. In 1941, it was Nadi whose newly laid runway accommodated the Flying Fortress bombers of the USA airforce as they flew sorties against the Japanese, and the infrastructure left over after the war made it the perfect
