Beauty and the Beast ...
... Makana Confections' amazing Butter Toffee Crunch is as beautiful as it gets, while Pascal's Pineapple Lumps are as horrifically-ugly as it gets. We finally managed to polish both off while in Huahine, but it was done in two very different ways - since leaving NZ, we rationed the Butter Toffee Crunch, slowly savouring every last crumb of it, like two sailors marooned in paradise. We had to force ourselves to down a couple of Pineapple Lumps each day, like kids made to take the most disgusting of medication - our only saving grace? At least the Pineapple Lumps are meant to be taken orally, and not rectally!
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 
