Day trip to Ilot Bosse

After a brief break in the rain and wind Isis slipped her anchor for a trip through coral reefs and bommies to a nearby island for a day of swimming and fun.

Alison & Grant check for the close fringe reef

Carolyn plays "Figure Head" in true island tradition

On Ilot Bosse we discovered what appeared to be fishing camp

These camps had shelters to obviously cater for large groups

Complete with table cloths

And intricate carvings, decorations and some gardens

The resident hermit crab

Adonis rising from the deep

The boys enjoying the pure white sand

The boys hamming it up in an old canoe

Back at Kuto Bay at the end of an enjoyable day for a fabulous dinner at the Lagoon Restaurant

Ile des Pins - Part 2

Well team Isis has certainly put its effort into seeing as much of this beautiful island as possible and here is our next lot of escapades:

Team A of intrepid divers - Grant, Phil, Carolyn, Manfred & Tony

Carolyn & Grant keen to get in this clear water

Grant

The 1st diver down with our instructor Bertrand

Nearing the top of Pic Nga

Alison, Carolyn & Manfred on the way down

Our Pirogue for the trip to Bay St Joseph

Our non English speaking capitaine

Nick & his crew trimming the sheets

Limestone islands in the bay

Enjoying the ambience

Soulful Phil forward of the mast

Alison challenges the French pirogue to a race

The long walk through rainforest after the boat trip

Stopping to enjoy our surroundings

Angle shot as we compensate for our leaning camera

Trekking to lunch spot across swollen river

Exhausted on the beach and ready for lunch

Fabulous lunch of langouste (crayfish) cooked by Kanak family

The village where we had lunch

Ready for the long walk back

Squeezing the seventh passenger into our Hyundai Getz hire car!

Crew of Isis exploring Ile des Pins - Part 1

We hired bikes then later a car to travel the island and enjoy its beauty.

Wine tasting Isis style

Road along coast with great views

Grant encouraging bull in scrub to charge

Grant & Phil looking like a couple of convicts

Interesting history

Phil learning to ride after XX years

Family out sight seeing

Kanak hut

Picturesque community church

Entering Grotte d'Oumagne

Nick at entrance to Grotte d'Oumagne

Stream running through Grotte

Church in Vao - oldest timber structure in Pacific

Totems marking WWI memorial

Climbing Pic N'Ga

Just another big lunch for our explorers at Oure' Tera Resort

Team Stump battling the Internet and computer technology