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Mon Mar 18 00:37:25 2002 (nmcfarl) Book: South Pacific Moon Guide Location: "New Caledonia, Le plage" So New Caladonia had the best beaches yet. They were incredible, both in Noumea, which had white/yellow sand and topless sunbathing and also platforms out in the sea, which are much more fun than I thought they'd be, and on ilse de pines where the beaches where considered "cocaine white" and are about that fine a powder as well. We spent much time sunbathing, hanging and snorkling. They were pretty much all our entertainment, and it was much fun. Mon Mar 18 00:34:52 2002 (rr) Book: South Pacific Moon Guide Location: Noumea We arrived in Noumea in the evening and had the shuttle driver drop us off at Motel Le Bambou in the Anse Vata region of the city. We were lucky and got their very last room. This was good as the Bambou is a twenty minute walk from the nearest other hotel. It was also the same distance from the beach, Anse Vata. Noumea has a number of great beaches right in the city. Later on we would enjoy the Baie des Citrons, which is the next beach down the road. My personal fave is still Anse Vata. We arrived in Noumea on a Saturday night, and things were bustling. The next day things were still happening, but only in the beach areas. We went downtown to see what it was like -- dead. Absolutely nothing was open. Back to Anse Vata for us. We spent a number of days hanging out on the beach, tanning and swimming. For lunch we had either vietnamese food or large casse-croutes from the snacks. There are billions of little snack-bars along the road by the beach. Casse-croutes are sandwiches made with 3/4 or so of a baguette, sliced open and filled with ham or chicken or whatever. SOmetimes they are even served hot. Later on in our stay in New Caledonia, I ordered a "Sandwich Vietnemienne" in the town of Bourail. I had eaten a similar concoction in Noumea - marinated char-grilled pork, green onions, hard-boiled egg, lots of veggies, in short, a really good sandwich. Anyway, we both got our sandwiches, mine the vietnamese, nathan's ham, and carried them off to the local park. Mine was very heavy, presumably full of interesting tasty things. I unwrapped the paper around the sandwich and saw ketchup. Then I saw french fries. Then I saw beef. It was like a hamburger and fries in a baguette. And it was actually pretty good. Nathan liked it more than I did I think. My theory is that this was the "Sandwich Americain" instead. Speaking of Americans...we are rare around here. Mostly Australians and New Zealanders make up the English-speaking tourist population. At one hotel our nationality was correctly deduced due to our habit of carrying the hotel key around with us, rather than dropping it off at the desk. |
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