I don’t know what it is about churches that attracts me when we travel – after all, I’ve been an agnostic since my teenage years. But there is no doubt that churches, temples, shrines and mosques draw me like a moth to a flame. And that was true in Noumea, the capital of New Caledonia,…
Back in 2006, on our first overseas trip, My wife (Shirley) and I were joined by my sister and her husband as we stayed at a Worldmark resort on Denarau Island in Nadi, Fiji. We were already owners in the ‘time-share’ holiday company but my sister and her hubby were not – so they were invited to…
The old saying goes “Red Sky at Night, Sailor’s Delight, Red Sky at Morning, Sailor’s Warning” .. Apparently, it’s all to do with moisture (or dust) concentration in the lower atmosphere which blocks the shorter blue light-waves, but allows the longer red light-waves through. At sunset, red rays mean that there’s probably a high…
There’s a reason that the South Pacific has been a magnet for holiday-makers forever, it seems – and that’s because it can be so gob-smackingly beautiful. Take the Isle of Pines (or Iles Des Pins in French – it is, after all, a part of New Caledonia. The island (called Kwenyii in the local Kanak dialect)…
The theme letter for our travel pics this week is Y – for You should see the view! Shot from on board the Legend of the Seas in the South Pacific, this container ship at sunset shows that even something as stocky and square as a container ship can be beautiful, in the right circumstances. We…
The theme for our travel pics this week has been J, for Jungles (and rainforests) – and for Sunday, we are at Lifou, in the Loyalty Islands of New Caledonia. The island is a raised coral atoll, or makatea – and is a truly glorious spot. It’s covered with rainforest, except where it has been cleared for agriculture,…
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…
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