Kava is everywhere in Fiji, and the diligent tourist obviously has to take an appropriate interest in it. It's a mild narcotic, made from the ground-up roots of a particular tree.
I observed this tourist admiring the tangled stack of kava roots in Nadi market.
She was soon whisked off to another stall where they had some ready-mixed drink on hand, and were more than ready to share it. She doesn't look that enthusiatic.
Actually it doesn't taste that bad. Just like muddy water, which is what it looks like too. And the effects aren't that dramatic, so long as you just drink these sorts of quantities.
Mind you, I understand that many Fijians drink all evening every evening. It makes them very relaxed. And looking around Nadi market, where business was rather slow that day, it seemed like many of the market traders were sipping away the day too.
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