OCEANIA
-
SAMOA AND WRAPPING UP OCEANIA
.
Delighted to have wrapped up another continent! I’ve been working on trying to clock up all of the Oceanic countries since about December 2017, I definitely feel like Oceania was a lot harder than Europe, for a lot of reasons, the distances between islands, the inconsistency with the different airlines in the region, the expense…
-
TONGA TRIP
.
Tongatapsu, Tonga- Thursday, July 19th 2019 5am I arrived in Tonga this morning at about 9:30. My flight was delayed by about half an hour, but luckily it didn’t interfere too much with my schedule. I refused to change currency at the currency exchange at the airport, refusing to get sucked in yesterday’s trap in…
-
FIRST 24-HOURS IN FIJI
.
First time in Fiji- July 14th, 2019 I landed at Nadi International Airport about 11 hours ago. The flight took about 9 ½ hours from Hong Kong. It was my first time flying with Fiji Airways and I will, in fact, be flying with them seven more times, Fiji – Tonga, Tonga- Fiji, Fiji- Tuvalu,…
-
THE LEAST VISITED COUNTRY ON EARTH
.
I’m about to depart to Tuvalu. My flight departs from Suva, a different airport about 4 hours from Nadi on the other side of Fiji. I’ve stayed here in Suva for a couple of days, just for safety, in case there were delays or flooding, or anything that could have interfered with my Nadi-Suva bus…
-
A FEW DAYS IN PAPAU NEW GUINEA
.
summer 2018 “Your transport, security, and driver are here,” he says rushing out the door and accepting a payment of 400 Kina. It’s been a busy morning “Your driver and security guard will be with you until at least 6, they will take you to Adventure Park, downtown Port Moresby, the War Memorial, the National…
-
THE WILD DOGS OF NAURU
.
THE WILD DOGS OF NAURU WRITTEN IN JULY 2018 “They bite, they bite, you need to carry a stick around with you and be extra vigilant,” a random man yells in the distance with a pack of stray dogs walking carelessly between both of us. “Who owns the dogs?” I ask. “Nobody, we have a…