Travel Pics Theme: Q for Quiet Reflections

The theme letter for our ‪‎travel pics this week is up to Q – so we’ve chosen Quiet Reflections. For Saturday, we return to Lifou – an island we referred to last week in our P for Pacific Island series. Snorkelling here is lots of fun – and every time I see pictures like this,…

Isle of Pines, New Caledonia – medicine for the soul, even in a very small dose.

What do you call a South Pacific island paradise on a grey, windswept day? You call it still gorgeous. And also, Iles Des Pins – or Isle of Pines in English. A part of New Caledonia, the island (called Kwenyii in the local Kanak dialect) has around 2,000 residents – mainly Melanesian Kanaks. Like its…