Inland Detour (Namosi Rd)

Rather than continue on Queens Highway all the way to Suva, I took an inland detour via Namosi Road	The turnoff for Namosi Road is 20km east of Pacific Harbour and 10km east of the Navua River bridge	Namosi Road, an interesting detour to see some of inland Viti Levu	The interior of Viti Levu is mostly rugged mountains and jungle
Crossing a stream, Namosi Road	Fijian jungle	Namosi Road is mostly in decent condition and passable in a regular car	Fern tree, Viti Levu
Volcanic landscape, Viti Levu	Rural Fiji - Viti Levu	Cow hanging out on the side of Namosi Road	Panoramic view of the landscape of southern Viti Levu, Fiji
Tropical flowers brighten the otherwise green jungle	Viti Levu landscape - Fiji	The first village is 20 windy scenic km inland from Queen's Highway	Namosi village, Viti Levu-Fiji
Clean and orderly village 2.7 km east of Namosi with its simple huts, mostly tin	Flowering tree with rugged mountains of interior Viti Levu	Mountain peaks near Namosi rise up to 3000 ft	Mountain peak framed by vegetation, Viti Levu-Fiji
Heading west towards Namosi, I followed the road upstream	Stream through a bamboo forest near Namosi, Viti Levu	Stream through a bamboo forest near Namosi, Viti Levu	Freedom to explore Viti Levu
A small cascade	An old suspension foot bridge in slight disrepair	Namosi Village, Viti Levu-Fiji	The river at Namosi
The river at Namosi	Short of time, I didn't continue too far west of Namosi, so I turned back east towards Suva	Scenic interior of Viti Levu	Flowering tree, Vunirara in Fijian
River at Namosi	Three-way junction - Namosi Road, Waidina/Suva Road and Waisoi Road	Naitavuni Village, Viti Levu-Fiji	Na Bula Nakwa - Naseuvou Village, Viti Levu-Fiji
Half-traditional hut	Naseuvou Village, Viti Levu-Fiji	Waidina/Suva Road	Lush interior, Viti Levu-Fiji
Waidina/Suva Road	Along this road, villages occur more frequently	Nasele Catholic School - Established 1958	Welcome to Nasirotu Village, a Combined Community and Student Nurses Project
Nasirotu Village, Viti Levu-Fiji	The river widens as it flows eastward down from the mountains of Viti Levu	Waidina Secondary School, Viti Levu-Fiji	Pupils of the Waidina Secondary School
Friendly greeting - I don't think tourists come this way too often	Navurevure Village, Viti Levu-Fiji	Typical rural house in Fiji	Mother with two young children watching the world pass by
Agriculture near Navatuvula Village, Viti Levu-Fiji	A more substantial house than many others	Back in civilization - Pacific petrol station, Prince's Road just north of Suva