Ten tips for top road trips
Try saying that quickly five times. Ten tips for top road trips ten tips for top road trips ten trips for hot road tips... Would you look at that? We've just come up with number one on our list! Games Tongue twisters, counting different coloured cars, eye spy, 20 questions, it doesn't matter how silly or serious the game is, the point is being distracted. It helps while the time away and keeps the carload engaged and entertained. My last road trip buddy didn't like playing car games,
Misima Language Guide, Louisiade Archipelago, PNG
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The unmissable Kagata surf retreat of the Solomon Islands
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Never Laugh at Live Dragons – Yasur Volcano, Tanna, Vanuatu
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Hey, miss! You want massage?!
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Finding fortune in the Solomon Islands
January 14, 2013 by Keri Algar · 3 Comments
There’s gold in them thar hills… Empty barrels! They’re about a kilometre offshore from a new village that has been recently settled by Gary and his wife Lydia. Vavaghio is home to their typically extensive island family and it features two guest houses for the intrepid surf traveller. Located on a freckle of land on the north-eastern part of the Isabel archipelago, the tiny settlement faces the North Pacific ocean, which churns into action from November to April. The reef