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After our amazing stay in Tasmania we flew over to the West Coast and spent a couple of days in Perth, meeting some lovely friends from Alex' time in London. Then we headed out of town and went south to Margaret River, the most famous wine region in Western Australia. We spent our days hopping from winery to winery and enjoying the beautiful beaches and landscape around.

Travelling up the East Coast of Tasmania, we took the ferry to Maria Island with lots of wildlife around. The next stop was the Freycinet Peninsular where we went on a 3 days/ 2 nights camping trek to see famous Wineglass Bay. And then we moved further up to Bay of Fires with its white powder beaches and orange-hued granite boulders. Definitely a beautiful stretch in Tasmania.

We spent our last days in New Caledonia with Fabien and Keisha and used their home as a base for our day trips to "Parc de la Rivière Bleu" in southern Grande Terre and to spend some time in Nouméa itself.

After a quick stopover in Nouméa we took another flight to Lifou, one of the Loyalty Islands north-east of Grande Terre. We had high expectations and were rewarded with another piece of peaceful paradise and diverse activities. Go ahead, see for yourself.

From Nouméa we flew over to Île des Pins (Pine Island) and even though we had quite some expectations, what this tiny paradise island kept ready for us was literally blowing our minds. We have never seen such a beautiful diversity of blue/turquoise colours and perfect white sandy beaches!!!

We finally arrived to New Caledonia, a less frequented piece of paradise on the western tip of the south Pacific, on 10th January 2017. Due to flight availability to the real paradise islands we started our journey on the main island, Grande Terre, and headed north of Nouméa, the capital city. We made our way up the west coast and down again the east coast. If you are interested in more facts and stories, please read about the highlights of this 1-week road trip.

After our incredible diving experience in Komodo we headed to Lombok, Bali's quiet neighbour, looking for sun, beach and relaxation. As the south coast of the island is a little surfer's paradise Alex tried to catch some waves as well...

Early on the 25th we took a flight via Denpasar to Flores Island to spend roughly a week diving the impressive waters of the Komodo National Park and see the famous and highly venomous Komodo dragons on shore. The activities there were a bit above our budget, but we can already tell you: it was worth EVERY SINGLE cent!

After exploring rice terraces in the North, we went to Cat Ba to enjoy island life and discover beautiful Lan Han Bay.