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Category Archives: OCEANIA
Vanuatu: Gaua, Relaxing in the Middle Nowhere
We had a good couple of days in Santo. It was nice having a little more infrastructure compared to the previous week where we were void of hot water and charged most of our devices via a battery pack. Before … Continue reading
Vanuatu: Santo has HOT WATER
Vanuatu is an interesting country. The past week we spent on an island that is off the “tourist trail.” We left Lakatoro and headed to Espirito Santo. Santo, along with Port Vila, are the two main cities that tourists visit. … Continue reading
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Vanuatu Culture at the National Arts Festival in Lakatoro
Our stay at the Batis Bungalows came to an end, and we began our trek to the northern city of Lakatoro in Malekula. Figuring out the transport was not easy. I tried calling and Facebook messaging several people and could … Continue reading
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Vanuatu: A $45 Over “Water” Bungalow in the Maskelynes
After a truck ride to the Tanna airport, where a pilot was casually waiting for us, our transit to the Maskelynes started. We were weighed and then walked to the tarmac and were positioned in the aircraft, the smallest aircraft … Continue reading
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Vanuatu: Standing on the Rim of an Active Volcano
Katy and I had an uneventful 90-minute flight from New Caledonia to Port Vila, the largest city in Vanuatu. It was operated by an ATR-72, which is a large turboprop plane. A weird thing about the plane is that you … Continue reading
A Few Days in New Caledonia
Pelotons of lycra-wearing men riding their $5000 road bikes down the main drag in Noumea at 6:30 am was not what I expected from a South Pacific island. It turns out you can’t keep the French from enjoying a good … Continue reading
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Fiji: A break from New Zealand winter
July is not summer in New Zealand; it is the heart of winter. New Plymouth likes to celebrate winter by being 50 degrees and overcast. There is also a healthy dose of rain to make sure the weeds grow even … Continue reading
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Exploring Australia: The Great Barrier Reef
The third part of our trip to Australia was the Great Barrier Reef, one of Katy’s bucket list events. Katy had wanted to get certified to scuba dive for the past 15 years and thought this was a good time … Continue reading
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Exploring Australia: Cape Tribulation, Port Douglas, Cairns
We woke up our first morning in Cape Tribulation with no sense of urgency. The lack of urgency was due to the fact that about thirty minutes after we crossed the ferry the previous night they closed it. They very … Continue reading
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Exploring Australia: The Rainforest in a Cyclone
We headed out of Sydney right when the weather was finally predicted to become nice to head up to Cairns for 10 days. The issue was that the night before our departure, a cyclone struck the northern part of the … Continue reading
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Far Flung Forays 