Category: culture

Haut cuisine et haut drama

Eating and drinking in Noumea, New Caledonia Given New Caledonia’s curious licensing laws – no sale of alcohol between midday and 9pm at the weekend (and also Wednesday) – and the constraints of an apartment-based long weekend, a trip to the supermarche was Saturday morning’s priority. Whilst walking up the road from Anse Vata to the

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Landscape above the clouds

Machu Picchu from the Sun Gate

Machu Picchu and the Inca Trail The most famous of the Andean treks, the Inca Trail starts at kilometre 82 (82 km from the historic Inca capital Cusco), ending at the majestic and mysterious Machu Picchu. At 26 miles the Trail is the length of a marathon but takes four days, day two being the hardest

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New Caledonia

France is closer than you think Less than a thousand miles from the East Coast of Australia or just two and a half hours from Sydney and you could be in France. The South Pacific’s best kept secret, New Caledonia (Nouvelle Caledonie), is a French Overseas Territory – the Tricolour and European Union stars flutter

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