posted 5 years ago
I’ve heard great things about Costa Rica, but if I were to be looking for a tropical paradise with lots of vegans, or at least vegetarians, I couldn’t imagine anywhere better then Fiji. Over 40% of the population is of Indian descent due to indentured servitude under the British colonial rule, and many are vegan. The best vegan and Indian food I’ve ever had, by far. It has both a wet side (capitol in Suva) and a dry side (Nadi and Lautoka in the west of Viti Levu), much like the big island of Hawaii. Both the native and Indo-Fijian cultures are wonderful, and extremely welcoming to Americans in my experience, but unfortunately they do hate on each other a lot. The situation seems analogous to how the US might be if all the white people left it to Native Americans and descendants of slaves after WWII made colonialism seem extra hypocritical. They both have reasons to be angry, but the people they should be angry at are dead or back in the UK, and Americans seem to be beloved if my experience was typical. Anyhow, Fiji is the most fun loving, beautiful, welcoming tropical place I’ve ever been with incredible food.
This is all just my opinion based on a flawed memory