Loveable all over – Philadelphia Enquirer

As the departing guests gathered under the coconut palms to wait for the airport shuttle, Jane began to sniffle and tears ran down her cheeks. The rest of us, startled, exchanged looks. Knowing her, a once-upon-a-time debutante with manners to match, we thought she’d been put off by Koro Sun Resort, the most familyfriendly—and the noisiest — of the three beach resorts we’d visited in Fiji, southwest of Samoa in the tropical South Pacific. “I hate to leave,” she said, mopping her eyes as the Fijian staff assembled to say goodbye. Turning from one smiling face to the next, she hugged the housekeeper, high-fived the kayaking guide, and gave a thumbs-up to the guitar player who’d invited her to share in a late-night bowl of kava, the pungent drink the locals call “grog.”