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South Pacific

Inside the Pacific Sky cruise ship. Twelve hundred passengers and 600 crew not pictured.

The national motto of Vanuata in Bislama (pidgin English) which means, approximately, we stand firm together in God. This image was on the side of a building in Port Vila.

The small church on the headland at Lifou in the Loyalty Islands of New Caledonia.

Lonely Madonna on a church on a weather-beaten headland at Lifou in the Loyalty Islands of New Caledonia.

Three boys in a canoe on a river so clear they appear to be floating. Near Lopi Beach, Vanuatu.

Lopi Beach on Vanuatu where time seems to stand still.

Leaving Vanuatu at dusk on the Pacific Sky. Porpoises and flying fish not pictured.

Airport on the small island of Mystery Island in Vanuatu, which is the size of the landing strip and not much more.

Nothing visible in the sky or on the sea, the cruising life.

Bus in Rarotonga. The one going the other way has a sign which reads . . .

Just looking at it makes you feel warm, huh? Could be Fiji, could be Rarotonga, could the Solomons. Could be anywhere elsewhere, actually.

Rarotonga. Easy to take a nice photo. So you do, as you should.

Another picture cliche in the lens, Rarotonga (See Snapshots From Elsewhere)

Leaving Lifou in New Caledonia in the south west Pacific at dusk.

Market in Port Vila, Vanuatu

Customs poster at airport in Vanuatu in easy to understand pidgin.

The endless south west Pacific Ocean between New Zealand and Vanuatu, taken from the bridge of the Pacific Sky. Every day much the same view according to the captain.

Picturesque Honiara, the capital of the Solomon Islands

If first impressions matter to you then be warned, this is what you might see when you get off the plane: the airport carpark in Honiara, the capital of the Solomon Islands.

Wall carving in a ruined church on Savai'i, Western Samoa

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