The Isle of Pines [Île des Pins], New Caledonia (2)

Walk to the Piscine Naturelle from the restaurant.

  

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across the Ouro river (La rivière Ouro)

 

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Keep walking ... then

the Natural pool [Piscine Naturelle]
Piscine Naturelle was in the hidden place.

We could see fish swimming without snorkeling 

as the Natural Pool was very transparent.!

White sand beach & transparent water were splendid ! 

 

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Go back to the restaurant

The traditional meal "Chicken-Coconut".

Local woman prepared the meal by hand.

She steamed these preparations in the soil. 

It was the traditional way of cooking.

 

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We waited for our guide to pick us up.

 

 

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Our guide dropped us...

There were so many powerful low trees around here.
We found kinda wood stage.

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Walk along the bay

Kanumera bay

People were swimming in Kanumera beach.

People were snorkeling in Kanumera bay.

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Keep walking along the bay

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We arrived at the ferry terminal and boarded.

We could see the wonderful sunset on the ferry.

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Go back to Nouméa

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Episode of the Isle of Pines [Île des Pins]

Tomo&Chouchou quickly put swimming suits near the restaurant, then headed to the Natural pool [Piscine Naturelle]. Piscine Naturelle was in the hidden place.
We need to pass the Ouro river [La rivière Ouro] and walk a lot.
As soon as we arrived at the beach, we were surprised to see such a beautiful beach! We could see fish swimming without snorkeling.
It was the first time for us to see such a beautiful beach with white sand and transparent water! We took advantage of this opportunity and enjoyed this beautiful beach a lot.
After enjoying the beach, we went back to the restaurant to eat traditional meal.
When we arrived at the restaurant, local woman was preparing the meal by hand.
She was preparing something covered with the banana leaves. She covered her preparations with leaves and soils, then she steamed them. It was the traditional way of cooking. It took time to cook. When we were served our dish on the table, we were surprised with the volume of the dish! It was chicken and yam with coconuts. It was good. The taste matches up with the tropical weather and scenery. After eating, we relaxed ourselves a bit. 

Then, we realized that it was almost the meeting time with our guide, so we went to the entrance of this resort and waited for our guide. However our guide didn't come to pick us up on time... :-( We had waited for thirty minutes more but she didn't show up. We couldn't miss our last ferry to go back to Nouméa so we decided to go back to the restaurant to ask if they can contact our tour guide.
Unfortunately people in the restaurant didn't know the contact of our guide.
Then, 30 minutes later, our guide suddenly appeared. Tomo & Chouchou were angry because she didn't come to pick us up at promised time. We showed our anger but she never apologized and she kept ignoring us. We regreted that we couldn't have expressed ourselves well in French...
We were supposed to send off until the ferry terminal but she dropped us on the way to the terminal. We didn't know where we were...But it was nice place. There were so many powerful low trees around. We could feel the power of nature. Then, we walked through the road lined with many trees. Nature calmed down our anger. 

We decided to walk along the bay because we didn't know the way to the ferry terminal. Then, we arrived at the beautiful beach "Kanumera bay" unexpectedly.
People were snorkeling or swimming there. A cute woman were waving a hand toward us. Chouchou thought she was waving to himself so he waved a hand to her. But, actually she was waving a hand to someone else. :-)
Afterward we walked along the sea and we reached the area where there were many coconut trees. It seemed we could ride a boat around there. There were many seagulls too.
Luckily we found a ferry terminal near there. We succeeded to arrive at the ferry terminal within the time, so we didn't need to miss the last ferry.
For the return, we can see the wonderful sunset on the ferry. We could watch all the change of the sun and the color of the sky from the beginning to the end of the sunset.
In the island [île des pin] , we could see the splendid nature that we can never see in the city. It was the power spot to feel the nature!

Tomo&Chouchou's advices for New Caledonia

1) If you go to New Caledonia, we advise you to visit the isles around the main island. The isles have much more beautiful sea and forest !

2) If you are very relaxed person or if you want to forget about the time, New Caledonia is a good place. People are very relaxed and slow. We advise you not to have any plans there.

3) We advice you to find a good local guide from your country or drive by yourself in the island if you can.

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