Category: Travel tips
Diving in French Polynesia: a first-timer guide
Here is my final post of travel tips to go diving in French Polynesia! I wanted to sum up all the things I learnt from the experience of my first trip to French Polynesia, which lasted 3 weeks from mid-September to the beginner of October. …
Diving in Tahiti & Moorea: a road trip in French Polynesia
While French Polynesia is the ultimate destination for island hopping, travelling around Tahiti and its hundred islands is like going across Europe distance-wise. For my first trip, I knew it would be better to focus only on a few islands to go scuba diving in …
New Caledonia Islands: which one should you explore?
New Caledonia is an archipelago of 6 inhabited islands in addition to its main island Grande-Terre: the Isle of Pines, Belep, and the Loyautés Islands formed by Lifou, Mare, Ouvea and Tiga. With more than 135 islands, islets and atolls, there is little chance you …
A scuba road trip into the wild of Northern New Caledonia
Whether I’m exploring Hawaii or Scotland, I love territories that are an invitation for superb road trips. It’s about freedom, immersion in nature, adventure. When I discovered the main island of New Caledonia was one of these places, I was in awe. On the second …
Scuba diving in Hawaii: my ultimate 2-week itinerary
“Are you getting married, Florine?”, “Did you go on honeymoon?”- “Whaaaat? Nooo…“ This is pretty much the type of conversation I had on and on, before and after my 2-week trip to Hawaii. The reason? The Hawaiian Archipelago seems such a fantasy destination beyond reach …
Diving in Croatia: island hopping from Split to Dubrovnik
Croatia was on the top of my European scuba diving bucket list for some years before I book that flight ticket that would finally take me to Split. I started building my itinerary back in 2012. First, I quickly identified that between Split and Dubrovnik, …
2 weeks in Honduras: my ultimate itinerary
Honduras is step by step building a name for itself through scuba diving and eco-tourism adventures in Central America for a fraction of the cost of some of its more famous neighbours. I spent 2 weeks in March diving in Utila and exploring solo some …
A weekend in Valletta before diving all around Malta
Knowing that Malta is one of the most touristic places in Southern Europe, I didn’t want to limit my experience to a seaside resort town, even if the primary purpose of my 10-day holiday in the Mediterranean archipelago was scuba diving. I love exploring cities …