[New Caledonia: the Island of calm winds]
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1. [The first day of my arrival]
2. [Tropical wind]
3. [Stone grill]
4. [In the cafeteria]
5. [Morning lesson]
6. [Aquarium]
7. [Dancing with winds]
8. [Market]
9. [Farewell to]
10. [Crepe time]
11. [School training]
12. [Natural spring]
13. [Blanch invitation]
14. [Natural balance]
15. [Kagu]
16. [Riviere Bleue]
17. [Captino]
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Story of this tropical heaven
Begins when one realizes the
value of
The time
countless natural benefits
existing and conserved
By those who love
The gifted natural resources
So many years
And more importantly
For indefinite future
for all mankinds
With sleepy eye
I changed money to local
currency
There was no rent a car
available for automatic drive
So I took a public bus heading
to Numea
Weather is like summer of my country
Overlooking from the window of
a bulgy bus
Difference is along the costal
side
no tetrapod and no artificial
construction
One road is divided with no
central partition
Opposite to ours is right hand
drive
Infrastructure seems to be well
developed
Not much trash on the road
After one hour drive
I found myself in the hotel
lobby
Four hours before check- in-
time
gave me a chance to take a walk
Along the ocean side
people are relaxing
under peaceful l atmosphere
This is a best location for
wind surfers
Afternoon winds from one side
collected by the large wing
stiffly held by them
As soon as jumping on the surfboard
Winds brings them
to other side of beach so
promptly
A number of people are bringing
their own board
Enjoying with children
After such parental training
kids may become
like their father soon
Ocean knows that will be true
At the day of my arrival to New Caledonia
I realized that this is a part
of France
I walked along the streets
where
several open restaurants
waiting for the guests for
dinner
Smelling of barbeque like taste
I was invited to a seat of this
restaurant
and ordered 250 grams of stake
and green salad
Cooling down with sea breeze
from the oceans
I started with a mix of white
wine and Pellegrino
my favorite Vienna style drink
in summer
Waitress brought me law meat
on the hot bricks
I found that this is not ion
block but stone grill
Turning the meat to other side
so that both side can be
grilled evenly
Chopping with knife
sliced meat are mixed with
cheese dip
A large bowl of fresh salad also
served
People looking for the menu of
this restaurant
Eager to see how I am eating
Upon the full of my stomach
with meats
Todayfs work seems to be over
In the morning
After walking along
the beach side
Wet shoes left
the foot prints on the floor
Cafeteria is vacantly quiet
Taking Cappuccino
to wake up myself
as a starter of this morning
baked potato, tropical juice
and toasts with apricot jam
Scramble eggs and fresh tomato
All these will be
source of todayfs energy
Looking through
large transparent windows
from cafeteria
Ladies got together
to enjoy their morning lesson
of water aerobics
Instructor with yellow T-shirts
loudly speaking the action
to ladies in the swimming pool
Those who come late
promptly jumped into the group
Floating aids
helping their weight
Many of them may need such aids
At the end of lesson
Children came together
with their mother@seem to be feeling
relaxed for going home
At the end
Winds of tropics comfortably
blew off
all noises@in the swimming pool
This tiny aquarium
prompted me knowing
Such precious creature in the
ocean
They may appeared in ocean so
many years
before our origin
Tropical ocean caused
bio-diversification
upon colors, shapes
and inhabitant nature
of living organism
Amazing coloration and mobile
nature of
creatures are showing off
their existence
in artificially surrounded environment
a symbol of the nature
conservation
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Rysm and sounds calmly brings
Tourists staying hotel
for a brief moment of
relaxation
Peoples are getting together
from all over the world
watching local dance and music
Look like Tahitian or Hawaiian
whatever it is
Calm wind blows from the ocean
side
All of sudden@drum sounds and echoing
in the hotel building@making sound so loudly
Winds synchronizing@all joining to dancers
making more excitements@in this pool side
dancers and guests are@communicating
with spiritual atmosphere
tropical winds add more value
Tropical fruits, a number of
daily products,
fresh seafood, local or imported
meats
from nearby counties
Australia and New Zealand
Food is available from all over
the world
Things ready to eat
is convenient item for visitors
What they call here
supermarket is like this
Only troublesome for those who like
alcohol beverages should know
the rule prohibiting selling
such on holiday
Alternative is go to the cafe
on the street
Number one beer is waiting for
you
A number of flowerers are jamming
in the cemetery
At close-up-look
never dead flowers
Over past hundredfs years
Decedents of early settlers and
native flaks
sleeping eternally
in this place
As time goes
memories of ancestors are fading
away
Saturday morning is happen to
be one funeral
In the church
Quite few flaks follow the car
carrying the deceased
Clear sky and clean air takes
her or his soul to the heaven
Leaving the body under the
ground
Soon engraves on the stone may
tell
What about this person
When borne
When died
Along the beach street
Quite few cafe open
For visitors and locals
Taking a bit of time for
Saturday afternoon
just before sunset
Number-one-beer sticks my empty
stomach
never been taken for a long time
Today after swimming in the
beach side
looking for coral reef
I feel like to take a beer
This prompted me to cafe near
hotel
Sinking sun and wild breeze
from the land side
makes things more or less neutral
People of all age taking a rest
with coffee or large glass of cooling
aid
After a small amount of beer
I ordered the crepe with
vanilla ice cream
same one as a couple of seniors
next to me are enjoining
This made me feeling
that I am in France in tropics
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At this age kids start to
practice golf
Not too amazing that they must
be pro soon
After sudden rain lesson restarted
Instructors are busy showing
the banker shots
Green managements
approach shots and tee shots
all are essential item of playing
golf
all can be taught at this age
a little wild rough and several
bumps
in the green makes the play a
bit technical
sky is now clear with burning sunshine
It may be harsh for kids
practicing all day
For their future pro debut
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Gigantic
moutains attracting
people from the
town
All brings a
bunch of empty bootles
for collecting
spring water
run through
the soil of
the mountains
years and years
Water is cool
enough to satisfy dry throught
for drivers heading for a long ditance
deastination
At the edge of the peninsula
Driving near the park site
few people are enjoying their family
union
Taking advantage of large
branches of trees
theyfre making over-coverage-tent
with ropes
for protection of their elders
and children
from sudden rain
I was unexpectedly invited for
blanch
from one of groups
Enjoying barbeque pork and chicken
with coal sloe salad
After half one hour or so
I left the group with deep
appreciation
All of sudden rain attacked group
In lagoon of
the ocean side
Mangrobes are
just proliferating under the clear sky
Wheather here
are constantly warm all year around
Current of
ocean and river bring a pelnty of nurtrients
for
sustainable growth of salt adapted plants
This is a good
location for other organisms for hidingT
themselves
from enymies
The natural
balance of survival
telling what
things all about
Why you are
not flying the sky
Why you are
balking like dogs
What are you
eating every day
Questions arising
every points of this creature
in this island
overlooking lagoon
on maddy and
unpaved road by a small car
Suddenly he
crossed the road
Oh good chance
of looking native bird
Soon he
desappered into bush
Knowing danger
to encounter any other animals
driving
through tiny villages
dogs are
attaching my car repeatedly
that is why
the bird disappeard so quickly
At the Jerasic
time
Things like
Arucarea grows taller than now
Birds seem
like only walking on the ground
No one knows
the real history
of creatures
in this hidden place
Reality is
genes conserved here for billion years
Theory of
evolution may be changed if
New finding
overthrown the old discovery
Soil colored
red
Not too much
nurrient for plants surviving
Here
Relity tells biodiversification
and conservation of species
Along the
river side
Sitting on the
chair
in the
restaurant near the harbor
Ordering Captinno
for brief breake of this morning
Milky bubblle
of crem on the top of coffee
Looks like
petite snow mountain
With salsa music
in Monday morning
a cup of
coffee made me feel good
Sparrows
collecting something
to eat from
the grasses
Only moving
creature
I can see
today
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