You can find kava, a mud-colored drink made from a root, at almost every resort in Melanesia.
Andrew Harper shares travel photos and favorite trip experiences from a recent trip to Fiji and Vanuatu that was featured in the November 2015 Hideaway Report.
Little remains of the military base fictionalized in the musical "South Pacific" -- at least not above the waterline.
The November 2015 Hideaway Report follows Andrew Harper's travels to new South Pacific hotels in Fiji, Vanuatu and Australia, as well as Sun Valley, Idaho.
The 80 islands that make up the archipelago of Vanuatu lie 750 miles west of Fiji (two hours, 30 minutes by nonstop flight).