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Lifou Slideshow
Travel Blogs from Lifou, New Caledonia
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A Deal That's Too Good to Pass Up
This is a top pick! The Oosterdam shore excursion folks are offering a special 4-hour private car tour of Sydney when we arrive. The cost is only $949.00 and they provide an English-speaking guide. And here I was expecting to have to learn Australian straight off. ...
Flashdamix chez les calédoniens
... son l'indique est la plus grande (environ 300 km de long), c'est là que se trouve Nouméa. Ensuite il y a les îles loyauté : Lifou, Maré et Ouvéa dont on ne présente plus les fameuses grottes. En gros dès qu'on sort de Nouméa, qui concentre ...
Loving Lifou
the beach here is magnificent...pristine white sand and I think they have the clearest water I have ever seen ...
Arriving in and Exploring Lifou
... changing (all was revealed of course once I saw the boat from a distance) We were anchored in a beautiful and sheltered bay in Lifou. When we got onto shore we were greeted by various natives and little kids who would pose with us on the 'welcome ...
No more washin' for me!
... ;cemetery, where a couple of blokes were strimming.... in flip flops and without goggles! Health and safety is an unknown concept in Lifou. The road was pretty narrow, with no lines, and with a sharp drop off on either side, which made it look like a ...
A matter of taste!
... not surprising. Wake up and smell the coffee! Once or twice I have watched a UK TV programme that offers families "a new loife in Orstray-lia". I haven't seen it often, but the families are shipped out here, shown possible homes, with swimming ...
From 5* to no star in one move
... have to pack and sort things before we leave here at 3pm to catch the flight to Noumea, then change planes for the flight top Lifou. Ah well. Known as Drehu in the local language, it is called the 'island of many faces', whatever that means. It has some ...
Loving Lifou
... in time to see the sun rise. It was fantastic. Then around to the side deck to see the island of Lifou in the Loyalty Islands in New Caledonia. Steve and Calliope were awake when I returned to the cabin. We ate breakfast but poor Calliope couldn't eat ...
The Adventures of Bennie and Sofe
... I like cheese?" Sofe, "No, it gives you wind." Bennie, "Extra cheese." AT DINNER Me, "Where are you folks from?" Bennie, "New York." Sofe, "New Jersey, close to New York." Me, " How many cruises have you been on?" Bennie, " Thirty or forty." Sofe. " This ...
A Slight Detour...
... such is the unpredictable life at sea! Yet another spectacular morning soaking up the sun on our private deck whilst sailing into Lifou! Getting to quite like this luxury. Funny how easy it is for us to adjust up... but coming back ...
The blues...
... larger and newer house next door... but I expect Mrs Chief was not prepared to have all and sundry traipsing through her lovely new house, so tribal meetings would be held in the old hut, thank you very much. From Drueulu we headed eastwards to ...
good snorkelling
Had absolutely no idea where we were going, just walking on the road to nowhere, until realised that were going the complete wrong way, but did go past a nice church. There were some really cute kids in the ...
Bloody French!
... This time the French Authorities have made it difficult by wanting the thermally image all passengers before allowing us to set foot on Lifou. 2000 people to process and only a day stop off, what's the chance? Captain this morning aborted the port. We ...
Christmas in the Pacific
... all the way back there!! In his defence it was a very hot, muggy day but he certainly enjoyed the shade and swimming once there. Lifou has a lot more than this to offer though.. if you got a taxi or hired a pushbike you can go further afield. I think ...
Day two... Rocking and Rolling
... The ocean is not rough, but the swell is not too bad. The rocking to sleep still hasn't lost its appeal. Tomorrow we get off at Lifou and do a tour of the Vanilla farm and some walking in the rainforest. It will be great to see some crafts and ...
Steady at 4
... Checking in our bag took 5 minutes. Asking the nice man who checked it in if it was the onward flight to Lifou took a little longer. He eventually came back with the definitive answer: no... it would be a different plane from Noumea to ...
Fall down walking
... to the Vanilla plantation, the look at the cliffs of Jokin, which are formed of fossilized coral. The cliffs formed the wall of Lifou's barrier when the ancient island was still a coral atoll. I have som amazing pictures of the coral waters. Then we were ...
Lifou, Loyalty Islands
The island of Lifou – part of the Loyalty Islands in New Caledonia - is located about 60 miles off the coast of "La Grande Terre" where we were the day before. Lifou – along with three other small islands are home to about 18,000 ...
a taste of melanesia in Lifou Isle
... was woven plants (palm fronds?). As we sat inside a lady gave us a history and knowledge of the island. There are 3 main areas on Lifou; north, south and central. Each of these 3 areas has a chief, and a parliament house. In fact the hut we went into ...
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