Jurassic Vistas and Lost Voices: The Hurdles and Joys of Research in Fiji

Jurassic Vistas and Lost Voices: The Hurdles and Joys of Research in Fiji

When you tell people you are going to Fiji to research and write a book, they imagine you sitting under a palm tree on a beach of pure white sand, sipping gin cocktails and scribbling into a notebook as the sun sets in spectacular orange and pink hues over the horizon. My family is from Fiji, so I had spent some time there in my youth. My experience of the country had largely run to pothole-filled roads and the humble houses of my extended famil…