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Bula billionaires! Welcome to Fiji’s most expensive island

Bula billionaires! Welcome to Fiji’s most expensive island

For $9000 a night, it’s little wonder Oprah Winfrey and George Clooney check in to Como Laucala Island resort – because too much luxury is never enough.

It’s my second night at COMO Laucala Island, and I am hot, sweaty, and perplexed.

There are many solutions to my issue; the problem is their abundance. See, I could utilise the refreshing cold-water shower, to the edge of my private pool. There’s the hot-water shower, on the other side of the beach. The seaside open-air bath in front of it could do the trick. Or should I opt for the indoor shower, which nestles on a bed of smooth river rocks and features two nozzles with separate controls? Or, perhaps, I should just stick with the real star of the show: the biggest bath I’ve ever seen. Naturally, it has ocean views, but is indoors, and thus air-conditioned.

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Myriam Robin
Myriam RobinSenior writerMyriam Robin is a senior writer based in the Melbourne newsroom. She has previously been a Rear Window columnist and editor, and before that reported on financial markets and media. Connect with Myriam on Twitter. Email Myriam at myriam.robin@afr.com

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