Tribewanted: Vorovoro

Bula sia everybody.

My name is Seroma, the new Wavu on Vorovoro. I arrived in Fiji last Thursday, the homesickness still settling in my stomach. As I waited in the Nadi airport for my connecting flight to Labasa, tears welled up in my eyes, as it finally hit me that I had left my life behind. I’ve been to Fiji three times before, including two stays on Vorovoro, so I knew that I was heading towards paradise, but I still had to drag myself onto an uneventful flight to Labasa.

The moment the plane touched, my apprehensions melted …