LOS ANGELES – We dropped our bags on the edge of an abandoned restaurant in Terminal 2. The smell of rancid garbage filled the air as we cursed Delta Airlines. “This is the worst terminal I’ve ever been...

VANUA LEVU, Fiji — 88 pounds of kava hit the rainforest floor with a thud. The mesh sack brimming with green roots landed on top of another, and then another. With a smile, the man on the horse...

“Can I say shit? I can tell you where the shittiest dive spots are.” “Yeah, sure, we can do whatever you want,” I said, glancing up from a waterlogged notepad and a hotel pen. “People will like those, too.”...

NADI, Fiji— Prop wash and rotor blades ricochet away from Fiji’s international airport. 5,500 miles from Los Angeles, Fiji International’s ribbon of tarmac is an asphalt oasis on the never-ending blue backdrop of the South Pacific Ocean. The...