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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 Nui, the same name is their local spoken language which Read more…

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French Polynesia – The Island Dream

Our second last stop in the South Pacific or let’s say our last “pearl” 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. How will it be? Is it comparable to all the 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 have the status of Cook Islands nationals, which is not 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 footprints or let’s say to make our budget a favor ???? Decision Tonga is a country with 169 islands, some even inhabited. Tonga stretches across approximately 800 kilometres 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, 21st of June. The weather wasn’t that great when we 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 was a football mania because of the World Cup 2018 Read more…

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Mariana Islands – Exploring Micronesia

Mariana Islands – Start in Guam Our Philippines trip ended for us in Manila, the capital city where we were hoping to find a flight into a new adventure. Manila wasn’t really a city we wanted to explore. Instead it was time to create a new plan for a new Read more…

Philippines – Asia’s favorite

Before India, we were not able to cover the Philippines on our trip so far. Therefore, the Philippines was our next target before it is time to leave Asia after more than 3 months on that continent. At the same time, my two best buddies got some time off at Read more…

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Bali – Back to known land

AirAsia – Always good for a surprise It was on a Sunday, 18.02.18 when we landed after midnight in Denpasar after planning and booking the trip at the same day and flying out from Sabah via Kuala Lumpur to Bali. It may be worth mentioning that AirAsia hit us hard this Read more…

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Borneo – Explore the rainforest

Borneo – Seeking the new adventure Borneo, to be specific, Sabah was recommended to us from several travelers we met so far on our trip. Borneo, the island of the endless rainforest, or lets say whatever is leftover, and the home of the orangutans. We more and more were into Read more…

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