Tag: South Pacific
Bula! A Day in Dravuni Island in Fiji
Our second stop when we visited Fiji was to Dravuni Island. The country of Fiji itself contains 330 islands with 110 of them permanently inhabited. There are even 500 smaller islets, so there are many islands to visit. For many decades in the 1700s, European sailors would not step foot on any of the Fijian ...
Spending a Day in the South Pacific Nation of New Caledonia and the Loyalty Islands
The South Pacific Island Nation of New Caledonia was our first stop after leaving Sydney, Australia for the second time. Located about 750 miles to the northeast, we arrived after 2 days of sailing with Holland America. New Caledonia is a French territory with a population of about 278,000 people mostly situated on the main ...
Our Journey to Mystery Island in Vanuatu
Vanuatu lies almost halfway between the island nations of New Caledonia and Fiji. This makes Vanuatu an obvious destination for cruises in this area of the South Pacific. Our port of call for the day was Mystery Island. No one lives on Mystery Island. There is no electricity and no running water. And, it is the southern most island of the ...
An Excursion to the Paradise of Beachcomber Island in Fiji
With our 29-day cruise with Holland America, Amanda and I were looking forward to completing another bucket list destination with our visit to Fiji. It seemed like the further east our ship continued to go from Australia, the islands became more beautiful. Some day, we will continue our bucket list to visit more islands of ...
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