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New Caledonia, A Pacific Island We Knew Nothing About

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September 25th 2006
18 September, Monday... After a nice sleep in Sydney airport they reopened the main doors at about 4:30am and we could check-in. A nice flight with a disaster movie (Poseidon) as the in-flight 'entertainment' and we arrived in Noumea, or at least a bus ride away (after being rather worried we'd missed all the buses). By the time we got to Noumea and checked in to the hostel the light was startin ... read more

Oceania » New Caledonia

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Settled by both Britain and France during the first half of the 19th century, the island was made a French possession in 1853. It served as a penal colony for four decades after 1864. Agitation for independence during the 1980s and early 1990s has di... ... read more