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. I cover of course the best diving as this is one of the most fun things to do in …
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 French Polynesia. While preparing for my trip, I made the surprising discovery that it is possible to go …
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 can visit them all during your stay in New Caledonia. However, no trip would be complete without putting at …
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 week of my stay in New Caledonia, I took the road alone for 10 days, leaving the bustling city …
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 that most people believed it had to be for my big day. For sure, seen from Europe, going …
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, there is a multitude of beautiful islands with excellent dive sites, some of the best diving in Europe. However, …
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 of the highlights of this beautiful country covered by green forests, mountains and plantations. Suffering from some bad reputations …
A weekend in Valletta before diving all around Malta
Knowing that Malta is one of the most touristic places in South 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 as they are usually full of history and culture. I decided that a relaxing weekend in Valletta, the smallest …