Fiji's Split Personality: Nadi Market & The Hidden Alleys 🇫🇯

🌆 First Impressions of Nadi Market The Hype vs Reality: 🛒 "Fiji's biggest market" = about the size of a 7-Eleven parking lot 🍍 Fruit stalls with the same 5 items repeated endlessly 🍗 "Local delicacies" = just fried chicken parts (bone-in, always) "Where's the vibrant Fijian culture we saw on Instagram?" 🍌 The Produce Section (AKA The Safe Zone) What's Actually Worth Buying: ✅ Sugar bananas - tiny but explosively sweet ✅ Pawpaw (papaya) - cheaper than bottled water ✅ Young coconuts - hacked open with a machete on demand 🥥 Pro tip: Bring hand sanitizer - that "free taste" spoon has seen things. 🚷 Venturing Into the Back Alleys Where the real Nadi reveals itself... 🔧 A hardware stall selling single screws (no, not that kind) 📿 "Authentic Fijian crafts" with "Made in China" stickers #RealFiji #NadiRaw #BeyondTheResorts