That would suck.

Imagine being on a tropical vacation, then all of a sudden a coup breaks out. I actually saw a documentary about what you should do if that happens. Big thing is to keep in touch with the Embassy.

Coup fears in Fiji as troops deploy

Military commander has threatened to remove prime minister

SUVA, Fiji - Fears of an imminent coup in Fiji grew on Monday as Australia and New Zealand warned their citizens to avoid travel to the island nation and South Pacific neighbors called a regional crisis meeting.

Small groups of armed soldiers patrolled the streets of the capital, Suva, while others dressed in camouflage uniforms guarded the president's residence. Hundreds of army reservists have been recalled for unscheduled exercises.

Fiji Police Commissioner Andrew Hughes, who is at the center of a stand-off with the nation's defiant military chief, warned that the likelihood of a fourth coup in 20 years had become 'too close for comfort'.

'This week, I think, is going to be a critical turning point in the whole thing,' Hughes told New Zealand radio.

The warning came as police continued investigations into whether military commander Commodore Frank Bainimarama should be charged with sedition over his repeated threats to remove Prime Minister Laisenia Qarase.

Bainimarama has repeatedly threatened to remove Qarase's elected government unless it drops several pieces of contentious legislation, including a bill that would grant amnesty to those involved in a coup in 2000.

Last week Bainimarama delivered the government a list of non-negotiable demands and a two-week deadline to comply, at the same time threatening a 'clean-up' of the Qarase government.

An upgraded Australian government travel advisory said citizens should consider leaving Suva if they were concerned for their safety. The advisory warns of political tensions which could lead to mob violence and civil disorder.

New Zealand also urged its citizens to avoid all non-essential travel to Fiji and closed its High Commission in Suva. Embassy staff were moved to the sugar and tourism hub of Nadi on the west coast of Fiji's main island, Viti Levu.