Pearl of The Pacific

... ra]) is the capital city of the state of Jalisco and it's also the second most populated city in Mexico, located in the Western-Pacific region. Guadalajara is known as La Perla del Occidente (Spanish for "Pearl of the West"), la Perla Tapatía ("tapatío" ...

... boxes. The B&B is run by an American couple whose prices are a little more than those at Meson de Cynthia. Included in the rates are free wireless, maid & laundry service, free calls to the US and Canada, and from what the owner describes 'an ...

... in the distance. On the way back down we drove through Punchbowl Crater, home of the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific. This massive graveyard is covered with fresh flowers (no plastic or silk allowed) on hundreds of veterans' graves, including ...

... hope that I would be granted a seat on the next flight out. I am.   And so ends our island adventure in the Pacific. The light colors and warm water, bright food and friendly locals envelops me in a warm happiness. We will be back, because part of ...

... and arrived at Berowra. My memories of this place was limping out and not being able to walk for three days !!! Off the train, across the Pacific Highway and down into the bush I went. I didn't remember much, only the stairs at the start !!! The track ...

... done other than hand over my bag after removing my camera and wallet. The National Park area of Pearl Harbour contains a small museum on the war in the Pacific and a circle of remembrance detailing the lives lost on Oahu during the Japanese attack on ...

... just how much space they had in the back.  We drove off and in about 7 minutes arrived at Pearl Harbor which is the headquarters for the Pacific fleet. The site is undergoing a 32 million dollar renovations, much of it privately funded, and we headed ...

Next stop was Bora Bora - initial impressions from the plane were good! The marketing people call it the pearl of the pacific. It's a volcanic island with a very verdant 'mountainous' core surrounded by a deep lagoon and a string of motu. Well the ...

... the view that greeted us as we sailed through the Teavanui Pass into the lagoon that surrounds the island of Bora Bora, aka "The Pearl of the Pacific". Our ship docks in the lagoon just off shore from the town of Vaitape, the island's main town. After ...

... 5 days off - WAHOO!!!  A couple of friends, Ted and Jamie, and I headed East to the island of Ulleungdo, situated in the Pacific between South Korea and Japan.  It was astonishing. Our trip began somewhat belatedly as I took far too much time ...

... ; Well, I must admit that for most everyone, the first thing that comes to mind when considering an island in the middle of the pacific is certainly not paragliding. Being surrounded by the largest body of water, the idea of boating, or even better, ...

... and Breakfast Point (my home for the past two months) then over the world's most spectacular natural harbour and out over the Pacific Ocean into nothingness. Sleep time. I woke up in the morning, looked at the overhead information display and found it ...

... travel to from Ireland, it sits right on the international dateline and is pretty much in the middle of no where surrounded by the pacific ocean. Anyway we used to work with with a Tongan guy called Solo in christchurch too and when he heard we were all ...

... up!     Our next stop is Sunday the 13th Apia, Samoa and then Honolulu where we have booked a trip to see the Pearl Harbour Museum, where the Japanese attack took place in December 1941. Hope you got my text saying the Tsunami passed ...

... training (mornings and evenings) for 3 students who want to enter the running in the coca-cola games (an athlete game for the south pacific). So as soon I got back, I was busy again which was a good distraction as I was missing family, friends and ...

First stop. This was on our way out to the western ...

... I was with Bill & our dogs NOW because I miss them so much...but pull myself back into the present and am enjoying the South Pacific for the short time I am with it.  It will be strange to walk on land again in Panama, if not sooner.  We ...

... not like the one in Hawaii, this one consisted of 2 little jetties, and a cruise boat office), and Pacific Beach. It's only a small village, but on the edge of Lake Manapouri, so very scenic, and the base for our tour the following day. From ...

... of FNTC, we argued that we should be given the local rate. Our argument accepted, we checked in for some R&R at The Pearl South Pacific, a five star hotel in Pacific Harbour. This was a vast improvement over anything we had seen so far, with well ...

... return to their 'homeland' each year. The links between New Zealand and the Cooks are very strong and the majority of young people leave their small pacific islands to be educated or to find work for a few years in New Zealand. On Rarotonga there is one ...