A n impossible task sits before me. In a thousand words, I need to summarize the most magical place I’ve ever been. Even as a journalist, words will inevitably fail me. To be understood fully, Fiji’s Turtle Island must be experienced.

Let me back up. As an elder Millennial with an encyclopedic memory of Us Weekly from the early aughts, I first heard of Turtle Island more than 20 years ago. Jessica Simpson and Nick Lacey, as well as Britney Spears and Kevin Federline, honeymooned on Turtle Island in 2002 and 2004, respectively. Clearly, I appreciate history, and this resort is deeply rooted in pop culture lore for me. (Even Brooke Shields’ 1978 cult classic Blue Lagoon was filmed on Turtle Island.)

Why do some of the most public figures in the world escape to Turtle Island? I now kno

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