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Country Info
- Capital:
- The Settlement
- Currency:
- Australian Dollar (AUD)
- Population:
- 2,771
- Country Code:
- CX
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Christmas island stopover
Oct 3, 2007 ... lounge consisted of a shed !! probably as big as your garden one !! and had a hand painted sign saying "welcome to Christmas island" Colin wanted to get off the plane, but......not allowed. Not sure what would have happened if the plane ... |
Crabs, crabs and more crabs
Dec 6, 2009 (48 photos) No red carpet of crabs to greet us upon arrival in Christmas Island but none the less plenty of crabs to see. The crabs have done their downward migration to the sea and mated. The females are now in burrows incubating their eggs and awaiting the high tide ... |
Have you heard of Christmas Island?
Sep 9, 2007 ... spotted the island on Dec. 24, 1777, Christmas Island or Kiribati is a mere 1,300 miles south of Hawaii. The people of Christmas Island are Micronesian and originally came from the Gilbert Islands about 2,000 miles west. The total pop. is 3,300. There is ... |
On n'est pas attendu / We're not expected
Feb 26, 2001 (2 photos) ... First time I see so much water. I hope I remember how to swim. What a blue!Our arrival on that little volcanic island surprises everybody. They have only one flight per week and it's not today. Everybody welcomes us warmly and seems enthousiastic for our ... |
Christmas Already?
Nov 19, 2008 (2 photos) Wednesday 19 November Close to Christmas Island S 10° ... |
Revisiting my place of birth....................!!
Apr 29, 2005 ... thing is a new AUD 250-300m detention centre for asylum seekers being built and a Navy frigate permanently circles the Island all year round now (to deter boats??). Obviously the Islanders are lobbying furiously to halt/reduce the building but to little ... |
Now2
May 21, 2006 ... now... it's awsome ;) hello there! i am on the christmas island now... it's awsome ;) hello there! i am on the christmas island now... it's awsome ;) hello there! i am on the christmas island now... it's awsome ;) hello there! i am on the christmas island ... |
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Blast off!
Feb 17, 2008 Spider and i sat in the rocket we were very excited... 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2 ,1 BLAST OFF! As exciting as it was nothing else happened but the view was amazing! watching the earth, a planet i barely knew, dissappearing beneath us! |
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Prudence- The Flight Attdent
Feb 18, 2008 Prudence is our flight addented. She smiles a lot and always looks gleeful but she is really quite grumpy!!!! |
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The torture continues!!
Aug 31, 2005 The plan was to have a shower and then head for a realxing Tibetan massage, but waht we didn't realise is that it's just Tibetan code for torture!! 70 minutes of being pummelled, elbowed, slapped, pulled is not what i call realxing. Every time Debs or ... |
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Now2
May 22, 2006 ... now... it's awsome ;) hello there! i am on the christmas island now... it's awsome ;) hello there! i am on the christmas island now... it's awsome ;) hello there! i am on the christmas island now... it's awsome ;) hello there! i am on the christmas island ... |
Day 1 - Christmas Island
Jul 21, 2008 (1 photos) First entry. There's nothing here, but I needed to included it so that my travel map would begin on CI. Skip to the next entry. NOW! |
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Spider bite
Feb 18, 2008 Today Spider was sleeping and i was stroking him and he woke up in a sudden and bite me with out thinking!!! Prudence told me it would be O.K. but i don't believe her! Apparently our ship has gone off track and we are lost!! its exciting but scary!!! |
Day 30 - KL to Christmas Island
Aug 18, 2008 (1 photos) ... to airport. Not many people on the flight and only a few that I recognise - Gordon and James, mainly. Arrive back on Christmas Island about 2pm. A beautiful clear approach to the runway, a great view of Settlement on the way in, and a nice smooth landing. ... |