Lonely Planet™ · Thorn Tree Forum · 2020

money exchange

Country forums / Pacific Islands & Papua New Guinea / Fiji

so my flight gets in at 5:15am and my flight to taveuni leaves at 7:00am.
im just wondering if there will be any banks open at the airport that early morning so that i can exchange some money?? also can anyone recommend a repellant for mosquitos??
thnxxxx for the help

pura vida

I suggest that you do what I always do when arriving at Nadi - get $ from the ANZ ATM machine. It accepts Cirrus cards

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Yes there's a bank open 24/7 it's on your left.

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RID is the preferred insect repellant in Australia for mosquitoes.

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Look for a chemical called DEET (diethyltoluamide) in the repellant, anything around 20% is good. I have some industrial strength stuff, 80% DEET. I think RID is about 15% and it works.

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If it's Nov to April, I'd go with 80% DEET, lots more mozzies that time of the year.

As flights do not always arrive on time, I'd cash maybe F$200 or so before you leave for Fiji, as it might be a close call to catch that Taveuni flight.

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