On Vanua Balavu in Fiji's remote Lau Islands, Kevin Rushby and family get a taste of the old South Pacific – giving gifts to the chief, wearing sarongs to Sunday service and swimming with sharks
April 2011
Sea change: 10 quirky cruises
If a super-luxe liner isn't your thing, there are plenty of other fish in the sea, says Rachel Dixon – try pink dolphin-spotting on the Amazon or a trip round Vietnam's Ha Long Bay in a wooden junk
January 2010
The travel gurus' guide to 2010
Where are the people in the know heading this year? We asked the experts, from adventurers seeking the world's most remote outreaches, to party animals in search of the hottest gigs, to tell us their plans and tips
November 2009
Letter from
Fiji: when Suva had a Cinema Paradiso
Kaaron Warren visits a hardware store where goods are wrapped in classic movie posters
May 2009
My favourite beach is ...
Ten people who spend their lives by the ocean share the secrets of their best beach - from surfers and marine biologists to board shop workers and Australians
March 2008
Trips and tips
Trips and Tips
Hula Loop | Green Dane
April 2007
The Beach.com
You pay your money, join a tribe, help build an island paradise, and you get to holiday there, too. Benji Lanyado heads to Vorovoro to find out how utopia is shaping up.
March 2007
Meet the Tribe
It was a unique proposition: pay £180 and become a member of a brand new tribe on a desert island. A year on, Simon Orr visits Vorovoro and asks: is this a new Utopia or just a clever timeshare scheme?
October 2006
Fiji: Essential information
A largely unspoiled land of extreme beauty and tranquillity, but one that offers the traveller far more than just an idyllic escape from the fast-paced frenzy of city living.
September 2006
The Beach, the sequel?
The Beach, the sequel? Hopefully with a happier ending. Tim Dowling on the idealists aiming to create an island paradise - via the internet.
June 2006
If paradise was half as nice ...
It is the beach picnic that defines Wakaya's approach to unobtrusive private luxury.
March 2005
Easy does it
What's the use of hurrying? Lisa Bachelor slows down to Fiji Time in Levuka, the country's sleepy ex-capital - and discovers what life is like beyond the beaches.
February 2005
To infinity and beyond
We're all boldly going where we haven't been before. Owen Sheers opens our adventure special on a cargo boat plying its trade between the islands of the South Pacific.
June 2004
Best of both worlds
Paul Miles enjoys the fun of backpacking by day - then swaps the discomfort of a dorm for some five-star luxury.
March 2004
Coral plane highs
You don't have to choose between kayaking in Samoa's lagoons, drinking kava in Fiji or picnicking on a deserted sandbar in the Cooks ... just hop on a seaplane. Matthew Brace picks the best of the south Pacific islands
February 2002
Netjetters blog
The odd, the mad and the druggy
On Fiji, Ellie manages to encounter every travelling stereotype - from Buddhist masseuse to carrot-wielding Malaysian to kava-drinking evolutionary theorist
