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NEW CALEDONIA & the Isle of Pines Stories & Photos By Alison DaRosa Tell your friends you’re going to New Caledonia and chances are you’ll be greeted with an enthusiastic blank stare. Sounds nice – but where the heck is it? New Caledonia It’s a bucket list destination – well off the beaten track. But next time you’re in Australia or New Zealand, be sure to add it to your travel plans. New Caledonia is a remote archipelago in the Coral Sea – about a three-hour flight northeast of Sydney, Australia, or northwest of Auckland, New Zealand. It’s probably one of the most bio-diverse destinations on Earth – home to tropical rainforests, pristine white sand beaches, mineral-rich eerily primeval river valleys and the world’s largest lagoon (a UNESCO World Heritage Site). For botany buffs, this place is the mothership: It’s home to hundreds of plants and animals found nowhere else in the world – many from the late Cretaceous period, when dinosaurs ruled. It’s also about great beaches, fabulous French food and warm, friendly locals. CONTINUED NEXT PAGE Isle of Pines You won’t see a highrise, a stoplight, even a single neon sign here. What you will see are pines rising beside palms, papaya growing wild, miles of powdery white sand beaches and a sea in so many shades of blue – from pale turquoise to polished lapis, from cerulean to cobalt – that it defies description. “I have to dig out my Crayola box to decide what color I’m about to float in,” said Marybeth Bond, a San Franciscan snorkeling in the placid lagoon that surrounds the island. Part of the French territory of New Caledonia, Isle of Pines is a 25-minute flight southeast of Noumea, situated almost astride the Tropic of Capricorn. The island measures 9.3 miles by 8.1 miles and is home to only about 2,000 people. Native Melanesians (or Kanaks) account for about 95 percent of the island’s population; they live in eight tribes, each with its own chief. CONTINUED PAGE 60 winedineandtravel.com | 57
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