The western end of Viti Levu is very rural – well all of Fiji is - but here they grow a lot of crops.  One of the main ones is sugarcane.  There is a small railway that runs through the fields, along the coast and into Lautoka where the sugar mills are.  According to Gary (Felicity J), farmers get $57 per tonne – is it worth it?  Out of this comes the $1 per tonne or $3 per tonne rail or road respectively, transportation costs.  The train runs through town,villages and resorts:

 

 

 

I guess you’d think it was cute,until you realised that train goes 24/7.

 

 

 

One of the quickest ways of getting from A to B, and avoiding the hills in the heat, is to walk along the railway track.  Iseta and I on the railway track back to Vuda Marina.

 

 

Field of sugar cane.