From the Archives
Winter Interlude
July 9, 2009
New Zealand is a very long way away from almost everything. But one thing it’s not far away from is tropical islands—and lots of them. Within three hours of Auckland are Fiji, New Caledonia, Vanuatu and Tonga. Four hours gets you to the Cook Islands, Western Samoa and Niue. Five to the Solomon Islands and the technicolor lagoons of French Polynesia. So when the New Zealand winter starts to bite, instant relief is one short hop away, somewhere out in the Coral Sea or the South Pacific Ocean.
Tomorrow, I’ll be packing my camera, flip-flops and snorkeling gear for a short trip to Port Vila. As usual, I expect to have limited access to the marvels of modern communications. Emails and phone calls will probably go unanswered until July 15. But while you wait, here are some tropical island images from Bora Bora, Western Samoa and Fiji’s Yasawa Islands.
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