Wednesday, November 19, 2014

November 19th - Ile des Pins, New Caledonia

This is a small island with beautiful turquoise lagoons and white sand
beaches. The population here is under 2000.

Took the first tender in and took some "calendar worthy" photos of this
spectacular scenery before anyone else from the ship arrived.

I took a hike out of town to explore the ruins of an old prison, built in
the late 19th century. Ile des Pins was initially used as a place of exile
for convicts (it was probably abandoned when it was decided that it may not
really be much of a punishment to send someone to a place that had such good
weather and was so pretty).

Eleven and a half miles later I decided to head to the beach, swim in the
gorgeous water and lie in the sun.

Alas, it was time to leave "paradise" and make my way back to the ship.

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