Christmas Island, Christmas Island Travel Blogs

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 ...

The Life Aquatic and crab attacks
Dec 10, 2009 (40 photos)

Christmas Island is an old volcano with limestone coral terraces that quickly drop off and make their way at steeply down to 5,000m in the Java trench, into which the island is in fact gradually falling. The diving is mind-blowing with stunning coral ...

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 ...

Spawning part 2 and Hosnie Springs
Dec 13, 2009 (30 photos)

Another amazing morning of crab spawnings - we reckoned about 1 million crabs on the beach, slightly less crowded than Ethel and you could see each crab dance and spray their eggs into the water as the waves came. We also saw crabs drop their eggs from ...

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° ...

The Great Spawning
Dec 12, 2009 (36 photos)

... eggs hatch almost instantly, spend a month at sea as larvae turning into mini crabs, and somehow make their way back to the island and begin the long journey back inland to the forest where they hide and grow and after 4 years are mature enough to mate ...

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 ...

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!

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!!!!

Work
Jan 15, 2004

Deployed on Operations with the Australian Regular Army

Work
Feb 1, 2006

Deployed with Australian Regular Army on Operations

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 ...

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!

Pulabuhan Ratu - Again
Nov 13, 2007

I went again on the start of the long Lebaran weekend Jkt-Ciawi via Jagorawi toll road 44 km, 30 mins Ciawi-Cicurug-Cibadak 30 km, 60 mins Cicurug-Cibadak 12 km, 30 mins Cibadak - Cikidang 20 km, 40 mins Cikidang - Pl Ratu 20 km, 45 mins

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!!!

Hong Kong
Apr 29, 2008

Hong Kong

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. ...