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New Caledonia, 'blue opium' in the eastern Australian Pacific, with no more than 1000 Chinese visitors

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[Free Tour]     23 Dec 2017
Force majeure on the island stems from my understanding of the planet where humans live, because there is a real understanding of the meaning of "man is a guest". You have heard of Fiji, the first ray of sunshine, or the newly discovered eighth continent in the South Pacific, among which there is a strange place for the Chinese.

Force majeure on the island stems from my understanding of the planet where humans live, because there is a real understanding of the meaning of "man is a guest". You have heard of Fiji, the first ray of sunshine, or the newly discovered eighth continent in the South Pacific, among which there is a strange place for the Chinese.


New Caledonia Nouvelle- cal é donie

New Caledonia, 'blue opium' in the eastern Australian Pacific, with no more than 1000 Chinese visitors

It seems strange and awkward to see if this picture is a little familiar. Pictured in the 4-hectare mangrove area near the city of Kone, with its unique and perfect heart-shaped shape, it has been viewed by numerous bloggers as the best confessions and is now a symbol of New Caledonia. The downside is that there is a bit of remoteness from the location. If you start from the capital, Noum é a, it will take at least 6, 7 hours to get back and forth.


New Caledonia, 'blue opium' in the eastern Australian Pacific, with no more than 1000 Chinese visitors

It is one of France's overseas dependencies, located near the Southern Corridor of return, in the Southern Pacific Melanesia Islands Group, 1500 km from the east coast of Queensland, Australia, and mainly by New Caledonia. The Loyati Islands and the Chesterfield Islands are formed. Although it is a French backgarden, it is a policy that protects the employment of the local people very much. In this land area has Hainan Island 1 ~ 3 country, the population is about two hundred and seventy thousand or so. Natives make up 40% of the population, leaving some Europeans, Polynesians and Asian immigrants.


New Caledonia, 'blue opium' in the eastern Australian Pacific, with no more than 1000 Chinese visitors

Compared with Tahiti and Fiji, Xinka has a sense of coolness that "outsiders do not know her beauty in purdah", that there are no clusters of five-star hotels camped up and that the natural landscape is not bundled with consumption. It also happens to be this kind of tourist atmosphere that has not been deliberately created. Let here retain the local flavor of life. After all, the Chinese people who arrived there in 2016, even if I have 300 or so. Such a low-key country, relying on mining strength to become the richest country in the South Pacific, also has the world's largest lagoon landscape, but it said to the people of the world: I am good, but I do not say.


Noum é a: a small South French town

New Caledonia, 'blue opium' in the eastern Australian Pacific, with no more than 1000 Chinese visitors

Neka is richer than other islands, especially in the south of Noum é a, the main island, where small French houses are visible along the road and wharves are packed with private yachts, particularly similar to those of southern France.


New Caledonia, 'blue opium' in the eastern Australian Pacific, with no more than 1000 Chinese visitors

According to the local guide Tiffany, although it is rich in nickel mines and supports the country's GDP, the gap between rich and poor is also relatively large. Rich people in the south (possibly mine owners) are piled up, and 4s shops such as Porsche Land Rover are everywhere. The number of cars is said to have soared in the last two years, with each family equipped with a car per head. But in the north, there is still a lot of backwardness, low population density and poor living facilities.


New Caledonia, 'blue opium' in the eastern Australian Pacific, with no more than 1000 Chinese visitors


How to get to know it quickly?


New Caledonia, 'blue opium' in the eastern Australian Pacific, with no more than 1000 Chinese visitors

A quick tour of Noum é a gives you the choice of a city-wide toot, very striking in color, yellow / green, pre-booked, and a car will be equipped with an English / French tour guide to introduce you to New Caledonia's attractions. History and humanity, in every wait-and-see Taitu Taxi will stop, visitors from different angles to enjoy the island.


New Caledonia, 'blue opium' in the eastern Australian Pacific, with no more than 1000 Chinese visitors

When Dudu crosses the street, passers-by will greet you enthusiastically. Even students who drive by will roll down the windows and say loudly that hello, has some wits who can also say, "No, no, no." Maybe they really haven't met a few Chinese people. .


New Caledonia, 'blue opium' in the eastern Australian Pacific, with no more than 1000 Chinese visitors

If you are interested in one of the stops, you can follow and get off at any time. For me, to go to a new city, the museum is the first place to sign in, it is a microcosm of a country, a precipitate of history, the museum is a small area, about an hour to learn about the past and present.


How do you capture your stomach?

New Caledonia, 'blue opium' in the eastern Australian Pacific, with no more than 1000 Chinese visitors

Le roof, a restaurant suspended at sea, consists of three aqua-pointed huts, a bar, a restaurant, and a Disco ballroom, contracted for all the nighttime pastimes in the affluent area. Restaurant dinner was a surprise, Tripadvisor recommended their lobster, but the whole time I was standing perfunctory, not because of bad taste, but by the water house under a "mantis catch cicadas, yellow sparrow in the back" play attracted.

Sur Le Lagon Face au Palm Beach | Anse Vata, Noumea, Grand Terre 98800, New Caledonia

The lights were too dark at night.

Five, six small sharks chasing a dolphin, dolphins chasing flying fish. The water house lights can shine almost 10 meters away from the sea, and they have taken the brightest areas as the stage, performing a variety of hidden, opportunistic drama.


The per capita cost of eating in Noum é a ranges from 200 to 500 soft coins, and a large meal of seafood is about 500 to 600. If you are a cook lover, go to Noum é a Market Le Marche de Noumea to buy some local ingredients to prepare a good dinner.


New Caledonia, 'blue opium' in the eastern Australian Pacific, with no more than 1000 Chinese visitors
New Caledonia, 'blue opium' in the eastern Australian Pacific, with no more than 1000 Chinese visitors

For the Frenchman, you can buy a bottle of local red wine, a can of fresh duck liver, and some handmade chocolates at the most famous chocolate store at La maison Ballande, where no wine is a meal, and you can go to the Red Cheese Store to buy a bottle of local red wine, a can of fresh duck liver. On the side of the shop is a small factory, a young and handsome French man who makes chocolates through glass. If you are fluent in French, you can't take him home for dinner.


New Caledonia, 'blue opium' in the eastern Australian Pacific, with no more than 1000 Chinese visitors

To make it easier to see the above recommended attractions, you can live in Hilton Noumea La Promenade Residences., near the southern bay of Noum é a Breakfast is included in the room fee, if it is the sea view room, 180 degrees full view, on the balcony backlighting a group of photos is also beautiful.


L. / 39 / Escapade Island Resort: the only island with a water house

New Caledonia, 'blue opium' in the eastern Australian Pacific, with no more than 1000 Chinese visitors

Surrounded by a 200-hectare marine protected area, the L\ x {e16c} 39 / Escapade Island Resort is the only resort in Xinka with a water house near the main island, attracting many water sports enthusiasts to surf and snorkeling.


New Caledonia, 'blue opium' in the eastern Australian Pacific, with no more than 1000 Chinese visitors

If you choose to live in a water house, you can say hello to Mr. Turtle under the ladder in the morning, harvest a romantic evening glow at night, if you can snorkeling, you can also swim with countless colorful fish, provided that, You are not afraid of water snakes.


New Caledonia, 'blue opium' in the eastern Australian Pacific, with no more than 1000 Chinese visitors

Hotel: L. / 39 / Escapade Island Resort Resort

Arrival: 20 minutes by boat from Noum é a Ferry Center in Noum é a.


Ouv é a Oviera: a gathering of the Fairy Spirit of all over the World

Japanese writer Kurtaro Morimura once lived in Oula for some time. She wrote a love novel, closest to Paradise, and now the author, though dead, continues to attract a new generation of Japanese tourists. The closest impression of paradise becomes Ouv é a's business card to the world. The most representative of the business cards is the lagoon landscape, which was included in the World Heritage site in July 2008. In addition, there is a large blue crab growing in the palm plantation, a land-based species that does not venture into the ocean.


New Caledonia, 'blue opium' in the eastern Australian Pacific, with no more than 1000 Chinese visitors

Ouv é a, located on the northeast side of Noum é a, is a crescent atoll island with a total area of 132 km ². There is only one road running from north to south. The road is a two-way lane surrounded by palm trees. Recommend driving yourself. Coconut trees on both sides of the road smell like milk under the scorching sun, with windows open without worrying about the stifling heat. 25 kilometers of long coastline is Tiffany blue from shallow to deep, gently scouring the white and soft beaches.


New Caledonia, 'blue opium' in the eastern Australian Pacific, with no more than 1000 Chinese visitors


Lekiny cliff

Rising coral cliffs Lekiny is naturally formed, when the tide almost half of the sinking into the sea. People can row to the top of the cliff to enjoy the scenery around.


New Caledonia, 'blue opium' in the eastern Australian Pacific, with no more than 1000 Chinese visitors

After the tide faded, it was possible to camp across the cliff in the park, where camping groups set up tents and well-equipped bungalows to prepare meals. It won't take more than 10 minutes to walk from here to Mouli Bridge,.


New Caledonia, 'blue opium' in the eastern Australian Pacific, with no more than 1000 Chinese visitors


Mouli Bridge

Mouli Bridge's scene deeply expresses the meaning of "the most beautiful scenery on the road", saying that it is a top-level tourist spot, a simple road bridge with different painting styles on both sides of the left and right.

New Caledonia, 'blue opium' in the eastern Australian Pacific, with no more than 1000 Chinese visitors
New Caledonia, 'blue opium' in the eastern Australian Pacific, with no more than 1000 Chinese visitors

The dazzling white beach encircles a sea of blue-and-white gradients, and the dark blue is boundless. Line-of-sight class without any people, that moment, time is still.


New Caledonia, 'blue opium' in the eastern Australian Pacific, with no more than 1000 Chinese visitors

Mode of arrival: main island Noum é a, departing from Noum é a and arriving on Inland Airlines Air Caledonie for 40 minutes.


Le la plus proche du paradis Pine Island: garden of Eden, human

New Caledonia, 'blue opium' in the eastern Australian Pacific, with no more than 1000 Chinese visitors

Compared with Ovela Ouv é a's hazy aura, pine island smelled like a garden of Eden. It is located on the northeast side of Noum é a. More than 30 meters high in the bush jungle, dark fruit clock creamy holes, a century-old statue of the Christian Paladin St. Morris on the coast.


New Caledonia, 'blue opium' in the eastern Australian Pacific, with no more than 1000 Chinese visitors
New Caledonia, 'blue opium' in the eastern Australian Pacific, with no more than 1000 Chinese visitors

Small villages of fireworks, children running on the campus playground, shouting, clear laughter and twinkling trees, gentle sea waves, playing a world movement. The beach is thinner than Owera, and close to the coast is like milk soup. It's hard to imagine that this was the outer island where European political prisoners were exiled.


New Caledonia, 'blue opium' in the eastern Australian Pacific, with no more than 1000 Chinese visitors


Political exile prison site

Arrival: take the inland plane Air Caledonie from Noum é a and arrive in 30 minutes.


New Caledonia, 'blue opium' in the eastern Australian Pacific, with no more than 1000 Chinese visitors

God is always affectionate. One of them is Oroth, when he sees the land he likes. If Palau is an aquarium for fish, it is a natural swimming pool. There is also a legend that God has planted a giant snake to protect this place from being disturbed and destroyed. Locally, yellow and black water snakes are also a mascot.


New Caledonia, 'blue opium' in the eastern Australian Pacific, with no more than 1000 Chinese visitors

Through a forest, you also need to flow through a stream without passing the calf, the lush algae brushing the back of the feet, the sun warm the water, almost 500 meters away, like enjoying the foot spa. Once you cross a narrow, curved path, you can see this amazing swimming pool surrounded by southern fir trees, surrounded by rocks on the other side of the ocean, and excited by a thousand stories of the sea, which is still calm.

The beautiful little fish, the starfish walking slowly, the water being struck clear and clear, the corals are charming, of course, you should be careful not to step on them.


Kanumera Bay

A few small shoreline reefs scattered on the sea, the lush green plant draped overhead added a bit of playfulness. Tens of thousands of meters of coral head are playing underwater.

New Caledonia, 'blue opium' in the eastern Australian Pacific, with no more than 1000 Chinese visitors
New Caledonia, 'blue opium' in the eastern Australian Pacific, with no more than 1000 Chinese visitors

Several white birch trees bare roots leaning on the shore, this scene is rare in the world to look for it, I do not know which albatross to this, the care of these creatures are so rare.


Oumagne Grottoes

The Oumagne Grottoes once lived in Horton, Queen of Kanak. Having suffered a tribal war, strong enough to survive with her father, she was the first person in Melanesia to speak and write French and became a very important role in the history of that time.

New Caledonia, 'blue opium' in the eastern Australian Pacific, with no more than 1000 Chinese visitors

Legends tend to add mystery to a place, with cave attachments sheltered by trees more than 30 meters tall, where it is said to contain more than 200 species.


New Caledonia, 'blue opium' in the eastern Australian Pacific, with no more than 1000 Chinese visitors

The model of bell milk is no different from that of China. It is very dark inside and the ground is very wet. It is recommended to wear anti-skid sneakers when visiting, but do not use flashlight with too strong a light source to illuminate it, because the top of each hole is occupied by fruit bats. Try not to disturb them.


New Caledonia, 'blue opium' in the eastern Australian Pacific, with no more than 1000 Chinese visitors

Deep inside the hole, there was a hole in the ground that could clearly see the thick branches of the rhizome into the rocks, as if they were visible under the mottled light. If you also believe that a coin will awaken the queen to fulfill her wishes, drop one by the pool out of the hole, and let me know when the spirit is not working.


Share a group of my soap pieces ~ feel the effect of a large slice in each corner at will.

New Caledonia, 'blue opium' in the eastern Australian Pacific, with no more than 1000 Chinese visitors

How charming this land is, Mr. william, our fellow guide, has come to live here for more than 30 years from his hometown on the Caribbean side. Married to a beautiful local girl. William, in her fifties, looks like he was in his early 30s. It's a good mountain, a good water, and a good family. (do not envy face)


New Caledonia, 'blue opium' in the eastern Australian Pacific, with no more than 1000 Chinese visitors

To recommend a country, three days and three nights don't finish. If you still have an in-depth understanding of an island in Xinka, or if you want to know about other cultural, animal and plant-related fun here, you can leave a message in the comment area. Subsequent updates will be organized and updated.


Travel schedule recommendation

  • Day1: visit the capital Noum é a church, museum and other cultural landscape;
  • Day2: absorbs a day of fairy spirit in Oula;
  • Day 3-Day 4: stay one night on pine island, watch Kanumera Bay, Oumagne Grottoes, Oro Bay, etc.;
  • Day 5-Day 6: L.A. 39s Escapade Island Resort, experience surfing or snorkeling;
  • Day7: return to the capital, Noum é a, and experience the locals for a day.

Arrival: can be transferred to New Zealand via Japan, Australia, New Zealand way.

Visa processing: if you already have a visa for Japan and Australia, you only need to apply for a visa from Nkka, a French island, for 48 hours.

Time difference: 3 hours between Xinka and domestic.

Exchange rate: the local use of the Pacific franc, 1CNY is approximately equal to 15XPF

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