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EAST PACIFIC Today  MARSHALL ISLANDS – Rough Guide FEDERATED STATES of MICRONESIA – Rough Guide KIRIBATI – Rough Guide  NAURU – Rough Guide  SOLOMON ISLANDS – Rough Guide  VANUATU – Rough Guide FIJI – Rough Guide  SAMOA – Rough Guide … Continue reading →

THE MARSHALL ISLANDS (Majuro, Kwajalein, Bikini) Independent since 1986 under a Compact of Free Association with the US. 70,000 people, 29 atolls and 5 isolated islands, of which 24 are inhabited, no spectacular sights, pristine beauty of tropical islands, great … Continue reading →

NAURU is a small island in the South Pacific Ocean, south of the Marshall Islands and is the world’s third smallest independent republic. Currency: Australian dollar (AUD) Capital: government offices in Yaren District Area: 21km² Population: 13,770 (July 2008 estimate) Language: Nauruan (official, a distinct Pacific Island … Continue reading →

Solomon Islands Dec 8-11, 2023 The Solomon Islands are a South Pacific archipelago east of Papua New Guinea. They occupy a strategic location on sea routes between the South Pacific Ocean, the Solomon Sea, and the Coral Sea. 1,500km long. … Continue reading →

Papua New Guinea Sept 13-19, 2023 Papua New Guinea is a country in Oceania that comprises the eastern half of the island of New Guinea and its offshore islands in Melanesia (a region of the southwestern Pacific Ocean north of Australia). Its capital, located along its southeastern … Continue reading →

By Gene Sloan of The Points Guy (the best source of cruise information I have found) Gene is a big fan of cabins with balconies – there’s nothing quite like being able to step onto a balcony on a ship to … Continue reading →

Maurits Cornelis Escher (17 June 1898 – 27 March 1972) was a Dutch graphic artist who made mathematically inspired woodcuts, lithographs, and mezzotints. Despite wide popular interest, Escher was for long somewhat neglected in the art world, even in his native Netherlands. He was 70 before a retrospective … Continue reading →

My art history is short. In high school, I copied caricatures mostly out of MAD magazine. And in my second year of university, I drew a large pornographic caricature of a woman’s genitalia end-on in the centre of round dining … Continue reading →

Raven Tales are the traditional human and animal creation stories of the indigenous peoples of the Pacific Northwest Coast. They are also found among Athabaskan-speaking peoples and others. His tales are passed down through the generations of story tellers of the people and are of cultural and … Continue reading →

Green wave, blue breakwater – Argentina’s legalization of abortion will provoke backlash Jan 9 2021 Economist Within days, Argentina’s president, Alberto Fernández, is expected to sign a law making abortion legal. Argentine women will be able to terminate their pregnancies … Continue reading →