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Santiago de Chile & Region

“Domestic Flight” Easter Island was our entry door into South America, technically. As Easter Island is Chilean territory, we were taking a โ€œlocalโ€ flight to Santiago de Chile. We were looking into renting an apartment via Airbnb. It didnโ€™t take Read more

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Easter Island – Home of the Moai

Introduction Easter Island, a small remote volcanic island in the southeastern Pacific Ocean, at the south-easternmost point of the Polynesian Triangle in Oceania. It is one of the most remote inhabited islands in the world. Its native name is Rapa Read more

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French Polynesia – The Island Dream

Our second last stop in the South Pacific or letโ€™s say our last โ€œpearlโ€ of the South Pacific. We both where always curious about French Polynesia as it the place of the famous island Bora Bora and its Honeymoon tourism. Read more

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Cook Islands

Our next target after Samoa is Cook Islands. Cook Islands is a self-governing island country in the South Pacific Ocean in free association with New Zealand. Cook Islands counts 15 islands and Cook Islanders are citizens of New Zealand. They Read more

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Samoa – ‘Talofa’ everybody!

After an amazing week in Fiji it was time for another target. We had to choose between Samoa or Tonga to reduce our carbon footprintsย or letโ€™s say to make our budget a favorย ???? Decision Tonga is a country with 169 Read more

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Fiji – A nation of many islands

BULAAA – Welcome to Fiji It was time to move eastwards to the next South Pacific island/country, Fiji. We had a flight from Port Vila to Nadi with Fiji Airways. We arrived in Nadi in the early afternoon on Thursday, Read more

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Vanuatu – The Volcano Islands

Football World Cup 2018 After our experience in New Caledonia, Ueli and I had high hopes for Vanuatu. Upon our arrival, we paid a standard taxi fare of USD 15 to get to our hotel in Port Vila. Saying there Read more

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New Caledonia – Land of mines

South Pacific – First stop Noumea After spending a fabulous time with Sir Maui, we had to say our goodbyes and fly to Noumea, New Caledonia, our first stop of the South Pacific Ocean. When we booked for New Caledonia, Read more

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Japan – Unexpectedly extraordinary

T’Way airlineย – A long way to board Having only heard great things about Japan, it was randomly made a destination on May 8th when Ueli & I noticed cheap fares to Osaka. Booking our flight and hotel immediately, we mentally Read more