After a very quick 16 hour visit of Fiji (we’ve been there before, after all…) Fiji Airways flew us directly to the Vava’u group of islands in Tonga. Unfortunately, they did not put our bags on the same flight… something to do with weight restrictions and the inability to get fuel on Vava’u. Fortunately, we […]
Sunday, late afternoon. I can see the ocean through the palm trees, some 15 metres away. On the water many tiny boats are coming and going, ferrying people from nearby islands and the other side of this island, Ghizo. Today another two tourists arrived, so if Ron is still here, the total is now five. […]
According to Erwin you can tell how civilized a country is by the cleanliness of its public toilets and the way pedestrians are treated on zebra crossings: are they safe or will they be run over? Personally I prefer to measure civilization by the number of coffee shops in a country (of the actual coffee […]
Wow, and then we were in Bhutan. A very small country with fewer than 800.000 inhabitants and a perfect marketing strategy. Green, spiritual, and with a unique culture. Together with the creation of perceived scarcity by only allowing tourists into the country who are willing to spend 250 USD per person per day for the […]
