FIJI

[jonesy]

Lol. Good thing I’m only bringing a bathing suit and flip flops with no leather 

[moko]

Do they allow pleather?

[yitzyul]

If you cant bring in ready made food from the US, then FIJI is kind of impossible to go to on a stopover to AUstralia etc.

[Dan]

If you cant bring in ready made food from the US, then FIJI is kind of impossible to go to on a stopover to AUstralia etc.

Try emailing info@baf.com.fj for exceptions, such as retorted/MRE meals or canned food?

[yitzyul]

Try emailing info@baf.com.fj for exceptions, such as retorted/MRE meals or canned food?

Yuck.....

[Dan]

Yuck.....

Even I can survive on La Briutes for a couple days
Can also ask local hotels if they can import kosher food.

[jonesy]

Even I can survive on La Briutes for a couple days
Can also ask local hotels if they can import kosher food.

Did a 2 day stopover on the way to Australia last summer. Food was rough- some La briute, peanut butter and tortillas, tradition soup, lots of junk food and local fruit and alcohol. It still was a beautiful stop (stayed at IC and didn’t leave), although I wouldn’t go more than 2 days. It made us appreciate the food in Australia that much more.

[Dan]

Did a 2 day stopover on the way to Australia last summer. Food was rough- some La briute, peanut butter and tortillas, tradition soup, lots of junk food and local fruit and alcohol. It still was a beautiful stop (stayed at IC and didn’t leave), although I wouldn’t go more than 2 days. It made us appreciate the food in Australia that much more.

Did they cause any issues with the LB meals? Did you ask beforehand if they would be OK?

[jonesy]

Did they cause any issues with the LB meals? Did you ask beforehand if they would be OK?

I didn’t ask beforehand. Also brought one meal mart parve pasta (which was terrible) just in case they took away the la Briute pasta. Declared on the entry form that we had food- they X-ray everything- so definitely wouldn’t try to go without declaring. It seemed a bit varied based on the agent- they took us into the “side room” and I was expecting everything to be examined with a fine tooth comb, but the agent was pretty quick about it. A guy in the room with us had an apple in his bag and got a very stern warning and a much heavier inspection. On the island itself there is almost nothing- we rented a car specifically to be able to easily stop for food and went to a few small stores in Nadi on the way to Natadola (couldn’t easily find a large supermarket). They had absolutely nothing and not even a lot of fresh produce. Had to order overpriced fruit at the IC. IC also had a small souvenir shop that had some kosher snacks (had to examine everything individually on the Australia kosher list but found some junk food).

[Dan]

I didn’t ask beforehand. Also brought one meal mart parve pasta (which was terrible) just in case they took away the la Briute pasta. Declared on the entry form that we had food- they X-ray everything- so definitely wouldn’t try to go without declaring. It seemed a bit varied based on the agent- they took us into the “side room” and I was expecting everything to be examined with a fine tooth comb, but the agent was pretty quick about it. A guy in the room with us had an apple in his bag and got a very stern warning and a much heavier inspection. On the island itself there is almost nothing- we rented a car specifically to be able to easily stop for food and went to a few small stores in Nadi on the way to Natadola (couldn’t easily find a large supermarket). They had absolutely nothing and not even a lot of fresh produce. Had to order overpriced fruit at the IC. IC also had a small souvenir shop that had some kosher snacks (had to examine everything individually on the Australia kosher list but found some junk food).

Interesting. Guam and Palau had regular US supermarkets and items to buy.

[jonesy]

Interesting. Guam and Palau had regular US supermarkets and items to buy.

Could have been because of arrival early morning- the whole country seemed to be sleeping and everything was closed until around 10 AM. Also, we gave up looking for larger stores pretty quickly wanting to get to the resort and not enjoying driving British style. Waze and Google were also not great in the middle of Nadi- lots of one ways and odd traffic patterns- we went in a circle three times trying to get to the road to Natadola until I just winged it ignoring the navigation.

[Yehoshua]

Fiji part of my TR can be found here: https://forums.dansdeals.com/index.php?topic=134138.msg2740124#msg2740124