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Popular Places in New Caledonia
Places in New Caledonia
Apr 17, 2012 - Noumea & Isle of Pines - Angels & Convicts
Noumea – The Song of Angels A good friend of mine arranges the visitation of angels. It’s an interesting experience. Mine showed up as four bedraggled homeless guys (probably from Jamaica). Go ahead. Have a field day at my expense. Who knows what your angels would show up as. I have wondered where they go between visits. Now I know. I’m visiting Noumea, capital of the Melanesian Islands of New Caledonia. I’m off the ship as soon as the gangplank is lowered and wandering around. One of my stops is the local cathedral since I enjoy the...
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Jan 10, 2011 - Brooding Hen, Bleeding Heart
I have arrived at the last one of the long line and I am now close to the Sénat entrance of the Jardin de Luxembourg. I look back along the grille where the pictures are mounted up against, to see where Olive is at; she is about halfway and reading all the texts of the photographs with some care, while I have been more seduced by the beauty of the colours and the compositions. Dusk was already setting in, but the weather on this late September 2000 evening was still warm, almost Indian Summer like, tempting us to an after dinner stroll and...
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Jan 6, 2011 - Nouméa Ville de Province
"Would you like to live on a South Pacific island?". It is spring 2001 and Olive and I are sitting on our tiny balcony overlooking the Place Saint Andre des Arts in Paris. After six years at the UIC she is looking for her next job and comes across one at the South Pacific Community. I look down at the ever so French hustle of the square and the people having an early lunch at the terrace of the Gentilhommière and think, I love it here, I love living in Paris, especially these lazy breakfasts on a sunny Sunday morning with fresh croissants...
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Feb 3, 2010 - Noumea, New Caledonia
A quick note: What a wonderful Place!!! It is truly the "Paris of the Pacific!!" I know why not many have heard of New Caledonia, it is kept a secret because all of us want to transplant our lives there! Of course, we would have to learn French and Melanease, but what the heck! Simply, even more beautiful a spot than all the rest, in it's own way(s). Photos & journal entry will be coming but know that we did all we could and wish we could have stayed even longer. A mid-morning (approx. 9am) arrival to Noumea allowed us to see in full light...
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Oct 13, 2008 - Noumea
Dearest Deb, Hi to all yours from Mum Jack and Dad. We are half way from Noumea to Tonga. We are over indulged and the major complaint is there is too much food. Noumea was a bigger island than expected. The Nickel mining there and the administration paid by France allows the std of living to be higher than else where in Pacific. Mum thought it was beautiful because of the lagoons and safe cayaking and sailing she also liked the mountainous views everywhere. Although she didn't like walking the hills. Must say she did an excellent job of a...
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Jul 27, 2007 - The last 800 miles....Noumea to Brisbane
The last 800 miles....Noumea to Brisbane Schedules are the cruiser's anathema... we knew that. However, not having any deadlines or timetables was an unrealistic luxury as our budget and time were decidedly limited. We had to be in Aussie in time to meet Matt's friends, get Hannah and Blaine back to Southern California, Cal back home and the rest of us some time to explore the outback. We were still within days of our initial plan conceived two years before...to be in Aus by mid July, 2007 Susie's 50th birthday celebration at a super...
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Jun 5, 2006 - Isle de Pins, New Caledonia
Isle de Pins or Isle of Pines Over 200 hundred of years ago, Captain Cook first set eye on the clear, turquoise waters and white sandy beaches of this semi-tropical island. He named the island for its unique vegetation - hundreds of soaring pine trees that line the shoreline unlike any other tropical island. And so it was called, the Isle of Pines (or Isle de Pins en francais). Like all of New Caledonia, the island is expensive. Therefore, to go easy on our budget, we were camping in what turned out to be one of the most beautiful campsites...
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Jun 5, 2006 - Isle de Pins, New Caledonia
Isle de Pins or Isle of Pines Over 200 hundred of years ago, Captain Cook first set eye on the clear, turquoise waters and white sandy beaches of this semi-tropical island. He named the island for its unique vegetation - hundreds of soaring pine trees that line the shoreline unlike any other tropical island. And so it was called, the Isle of Pines (or Isle de Pins en francais). Like all of New Caledonia, the island is expensive. Therefore, to go easy on our budget, we were camping in what turned out to be one of the most beautiful campsites...
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Jun 1, 2006 - Ouvea, New Caledonia - The Loyalty Islands - 25 Kms of Deserted Beach
Ouvea, Loyalty Islands, New Caledonia - Twenty-Five Kilometres of Deserted Beach If we could have invited one person to join us in New Caledonia it would have been Little Orphan Annie, so she could sing optimistically to us, "The sun will come out, tomorrow...." As each cloudy day came to a close, we hoped this slump of bad weather would end with blue skies the following morning. No such luck though as we flew to Ouvea, a small island with less than 5,000 inhabitants mainly Melanesians who are known for resisting change, excessive tourism...
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Jun 1, 2006 - Ouvea, New Caledonia - The Loyalty Islands - 25 Kms of Deserted Beach
Ouvea, Loyalty Islands, New Caledonia - Twenty-Five Kilometres of Deserted Beach If we could have invited one person to join us in New Caledonia it would have been Little Orphan Annie, so she could sing optimistically to us, "The sun will come out, tomorrow...." As each cloudy day came to a close, we hoped this slump of bad weather would end with blue skies the following morning. No such luck though as we flew to Ouvea, a small island with less than 5,000 inhabitants mainly Melanesians who are known for resisting change, excessive tourism...
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May 29, 2006 - Noumea, New Caledonia - Killing the Budget on Cloudy Days
Noumea, New Caledonia - Killing the Budget on Cloudy Days In Sydney, packing our bags and lugging them down the elevator to a taxi seemed like such a chore. The idea of starting to live out of our backpacks again after two weeks of living in Sydney in a gorgeous loft was not overly appealing to either one of us. It is incredible how foreign it felt after we had just spent over eight months on the road. However, by the time we were in the taxi and at the airport the feeling was already changing. It was more like we were going on a winter...
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