Blogs from New Caledonia, Oceania - page 20

Que de bonheure! Wie nicht anders zu erwarten hat uns die Suedseeinsel "La grande terre" mit Sonnenschein und 30°C empfangen. Nach einer kurzen Stadtbesichtigung von Noumea zog es uns sogleich mit einer 2 einhalb stuendigen, schaukeligen (Iris hat sich den Kaffee noch einmal durch den Kopf gehen lassen) Faehrenfahrt auf das Trauminselchen "Ile des Pins". Unser neu erstandenes, australisches (made in china) Zelt Schnaepchen (30 €) wurde erstmals auf die Probe gestellt....denn vorgesehen war pures Campingfeeling....um ehrlich zu sein ist in Neu Kaledonien alles sooooo teuer dass man sich ausser einen Zeltplatz (der dafuer mitten am Strand) gar nix leisten kann. Da besagtes Inselchen einen Durchmesser von nur 25 km hat und die Einwohner (Kanaken) ein super freundliches Voelkchen sind ist Autostop die einfachste, kostenguestigste und schnellste Moeglichkeit um sic... read more

Our excitement of getting to visit New Caledonia dampened a bit when we started researching how much it costs to stay there! Definitely it has imported prices as well as the language from France, and thats a real shame for backpackers. Új-Kaledónia látogatása iránt érzett lelkesedésünket kissé lehűtötte mikor rájöttünk, hogy milyen sokba is fog ez nekünk kerülni. Nemcsak a nyelvet, de az árakat is importálták Franciaországból. With only a short time available we opted to visit the most talked about location in New Caledonia, the remote island of L’lle des Pins (Isle of Pines). The only way to get there is by ferry which runs only 3 days a week, making the island paradise feel very isolated. We had a fun journey as the cyclone that had affected us in Fiji had passed nearby and ... read more

My last excursion on this journey was the north province (Grand Terre) of New Caledonia. Again we rented a car for three days. Our final destination was the city of Voh. It takes around 4 hours from Noumea to get to Voh. Because we left Noumea late in the afternoon we decided to camp on the beach Pindai. It’s a nice place top camp, it’s for free but it is hard to find this place, because there are no signs to guide you to this place. Well early in the morning we left for Voh. City of Voh is famous for it’s natural shaped heart. Yann Arthus-Bertrand used it for the front cover of his book called Earth from above. The only way to see this heart is from above, either from the airplane or from ... read more

After Noumea I went to Isle of Pines. I was planning to stay there for 2 days (camping), but unfortunately there were no planes available to fly back to Noumea. So that’s why I stayed there for just one day. I went there with a boat called Betico. I bought a round trip ticket for 9000 CFP (about 80 EUR). Betico is modern vessel, it can carry about 350 passengers. It took us about 2 hours to get to Isle of Pines. But sometimes the ocean can be rough, so prepare for that. I went there with a friend from YHA. When we arrived we rented a car for a day. It was around 50 EUR. I recommend renting a car on Isle of Pines, because even though the Island is kinda small, there are a ... read more

2 blogs in 2 weeks I hear you say! Well nearly at the end of our 2 weeks here and where has that time gone. Once we landed in New Caledonia we were greated by Ben, Nathalie and Sam who took us back to Noumea a 50km drive. Once we arrived we were welcome into their apartment where we made ourself at home for the next two weeks. After a couple of days rest we decided to head south to and Island called the Isle of Pines known as 'the closest island to paradise'. We took a catamaran to the island which took 2.5hrs and you could say it was a little bit rough. We camped on the isle of pines at a place called Nataiwatch for 2 nights. While on the Isle of Pines we ... read more