How much did you drink? Fijians (and Tongans) love their kava weak. It's often more about the socialising around the kava bowl rather than getting "drunk" off k

How much did you drink? Fijians (and Tongans) love their kava weak. It's often more about the socialising around the kava bowl rather than getting "drunk" off kava. You'll find Fijians mix weak batches of kava and then drink it for hours. ni-Vanuatu on the other hand, make really strong kava and then only drink 2-3 shells of it. If you drink it in Fiji as a tourist chances are it was even weaker than the already weak kava the locals drink. You'd have to drink maybe 6 shells before you'd begin to feel anything.