The water looks inviting today

A regeneration holiday

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October 9th 2006
A regeneration holiday With 39 degrees on the thermometer and two bottles of penicillin in our bag we left the red continent - tonsilitis as a farewell present: thank you very much. For the first time on our 19-months long trip we hopped onto a plane for a longer flight. It offered good service, decent airplane-food and as compensation for the uninevitable (but small) jetlag an extra day for rehab ... read more

Oceania » French Polynesia

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The French annexed various Polynesian island groups during the 19th century. In September 1995, France stirred up widespread protests by resuming nuclear testing on the Mururoa atoll after a three-year moratorium. The tests were suspended in January ... ... read more