1st of all...MERRY CHRISTMAS (a bit late sorry ;-( ) and HAPPY NEW YEAR to all of you !!! :-)
I am now very close to the end of my trip...but let's not think about that and let me share with you my last "blue-turquoise-water-islands-and-white-sandy-beaches" destination: New Caledonia.
Just a glimpse at paradise...
The "caillou" as the locals like to call New Caledonia is actually quite big and really worth exploring from north to south and east to west...which I did not have time to do...;-(
So I stayed in Noumea few days and then headed up to the famous "Ile des Pins"....just Paradise with a capital "P" !!
So a little bit of background....I came back from Australia with my childhood friend Brice and stayed at his place in Noumea...where I also met my other childhood friend, his sister, Sylvelie, and her husband Richard.
Guess for how long we had not seen each other ?? Well around 15 years !!!
It was so great seeing you again my dear Sylvelie ! :-)
So after few adventures in Noumea...(yes yes...always something happens to me...)...like missing a diving day trip because I did not change the time on my watch and because I was living so far I had to do some hitch-hiking on the road in the morning...hahaha !!!
Well then after 2 days of hitch-hiking to get to the centre of Noumea, after having problems getting some money from the bank (I guess my belgium bank said: "This girl can't be in so many places in so few days...we will block the account !"), after going diving -finally!- but losing my dive computer under water (^%$@$%^&*)...after all that...I finally went to the "Ile des Pins" and just ENJOYED....
For the 1st day I rented a scooter, and went driving alone on the whole island (nobody there!)...and hopefully got no trouble (because I wouldn't have met anybody to help me on these desert roads !!)...beautiful beaches, caves, jungle, villages, etc...just amazing !
I also did some diving (where I lost my dive computer I told you!) but let's not talk about this diving trip...not my best one let's say !! Haha...
Then the next days, with Romain (my Guest House neighbour who joined me for the Ile des Pins adventures...hahaha sorry Romain !!) we actually did all of the other activities, like sailing on a traditional "pirogue", hiking to the top of the island (too much heat and sun puffff), and one day trip on a some desert paradisical reefs...blue, white, turquoise, blue again...
Actually I am sure the pictures will describe 100 times better whatever I could say...the colours just hypnotized me!
WARNING: some pictures may hurt the sensibility of some people...don't look at them to long...especially if you live in Belgium you may sink into depression ;-)))
OK end of joke...well that's a place I will definitely go back to one day...
I am now back in Thailand for the last few days of my wonderful sabbatical year trip....to live it to the full...Carpe Diem :-)
Best wishes for 2012 to all of you my friends...THANKS for following me during all theses months, thanks for reading me, for your comments and support :-)
I will definitely post 1 more blog before the end of this trip
Thanks for your support...Merci pour votre soutien...Gracias por su apoyo...:-)
Happy New Year...Heureuse Annee....Feliz Anio...!!
Bera.
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