Lonely Planet™ · Thorn Tree Forum · 2020

Sunset Apartment Motel, Suva - No More Dorms

Country forums / Pacific Islands & Papua New Guinea / Fiji

Sadly the Sunset Motel on Gordon St, Suva no longer has dorms available, just rooms for FJD$60 per night. I stayed instead at the South Seas Hostel where dorms are $15 & a private room with a single bed is $25 per night.
I had a good time in Suva, the only thing that annoyed me was being served cold food at cheap eats places - cold chips & even a cold curry. I kept forgetting to ask before paying:
"Is the food served hot?" :)
A man with a Suva Council tag sat next to me in Ratu Sukuna Park, initially chatting, then trying to sell me village visits & at the end he pulled a sword out of his bag. I politely refused, half expecting that old chestnut & walked off.
I vaguely remember him or someone like him from 7 years ago, whom I naively bought a pair of swords from nearby, which aren't traditional Fijian craftworks. The South Seas Hostel has several shelves of a bookcase full of them!
Fiji is a great destination though, a village stay is especially a wonderful insight into how Fijians really live.

ive always thought itd be a good example to other dodgy local swordsmiths if you could run one of them through with their said swords to make a real example of him to the others, and people would remember and respect you, as your name would be carved into the said sword. enjoy ;)

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