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664 INDEX a Aakapa (FP) 460 Abseiling New Caledonia 193, 220 Vanuatu 568 Accommodation 623-5, See Also Individual Countries Acti © Lonely Planet Publications 664 Index Amédée Islet (NC) 196-7 archaeological sites 34, 550, 615, 617 ABBREVIATIONS American Samoa 337-58, 341, 344, American Samoa 338, 345, 353 ASACT AmericanAustralian SamoaCapital 351, 352 Cook Islands 290 Territory CI Cook Islands accommodation 353 Easter Island 87, 88, 89 NSW New South Wales EI Easter Island activities 353-5 Fiji 119 NT Northern Territory Fi Fiji arts 339 French Polynesia 460, 462, 463, Qld Queensland FP French Polynesia business hours 355 464, 465, 466 SA South Australia NC New Caledonia children, travel with 347-8, 355 Samoa 297 Tas Tasmania Ni Niue climate 338 Solomon Islands 389 Vic Victoria PI Pitcairn Island costs 356 Tonga 512, 514 WA Western Australia INDEX Ra Rarotonga culture 339 Tuvalu 550 Sa Samoa electricity 355 Wallis Island 615, 617 SI Solomon Islands embassies & consulates 355 architecture 52, 185, 300, 314 Ta Tahiti environment 339-40 area codes 632 Tk Tokelau festivals & events 355 Areora (CI) 284 To Tonga food 340 ‘Arorangi (CI) 261-2 Tu Tuvalu history 338-9 arts 52-7 Va Vanuatu internet access 355 American Samoa 339 WF Wallis & Futuna internet resources 356 Easter Island 84 itineraries 343 Fiji 103-4 language 339 French Polynesia 402-4 A maps 356 New Caledonia 178 Aakapa (FP) 460 money 356 Samoa 300-2 abseiling newspapers 355 Solomon Islands 365 New Caledonia 193, 220 planning 338 Tahiti 402-4 Vanuatu 568 postal services 342 Tonga 497-8 accommodation 623-5, see also radio 355 Tuvalu 540-1 individual countries telephone services 356 Vanuatu 559-61 activities 625-6, see also individual time 356 Wallis & Futuna 614 activities travel to/from 357 Atafu Atoll (Tk) 485, 487, 488, 486 Adams, John 244, 245, 246 travel within 357-8 ‘Atata (To) 510 Afu-A-au Falls (Sa) 329 TV 355 ’Atiu (CI) 279-82, 280 Ahe (FP) 457 visas 356-7 ATMs 630 Ahu (EI) 87-8 weights & measures 355 Atuona (FP) 465 AIDS 648 Ana Aeo Cave (FP) 470 Auki (SI) 385, 385 air travel 635-41 Anahi (FP) 466 Aunu’u (AS) 347 Aitutaki (CI) 273-8, 274 Anaho (FP) 460 Austral Islands (FP) 469-72, 470 alcohol 60 ‘Anahulu Cave (To) 509 Avaiki Cave (Ni) 232 Aleipata (Sa) 315-16 Anatakitaki (CI) 280, 13 Avarua (CI) 260-1, 262-3 Alofaaga Blowholes (Sa) 328 ‘Angaha (To) 529 Avarua Landing (CI) 287 Alofi (Ni) 231-6, 232 animals 65-7, 230-1, 256, 561-2 Avatoru (FP) 450 Alofi (WF) 618-20, 619 Aniwa (Va) 585 Amalau Valley (AS) 347 A’opo Conservation Area (Sa) B Amatuku (Tu) 547 326 Bahá’í House of Worship (Sa) 314-15 Ambae (Va) 604 Apia (Sa) 305-14, 306-7, 309 Baie de Matavai (Ta) 411 Ambrym (Va) 590-93, 591 Apolima (Sa) 320 Baie d’Oro (NC) 219-20 Aquarium des Lagons (NC) 185 Bainimarama, Frank 45, 100 000 Map pages Arahoho Blowhole (Ta) 411 Baker, Shirley 495, 514 000 Photograph pages Arai-Te-Tonga (CI) 263 Baofatu (Va) 576 Aranui (Ta) 463 Barff, Charles 297 Index (B-C) 665 bargaining 631 Teavaro Beach (FP) 422 Samoa 301 Basilica of St Anthony of Padua Tereia Beach (FP) 446 Solomon Islands 365 (To) 502 Tetere Beach (SI) 373 Tahiti 403 Bataillon, Pierre 486 Tumai (CI) 280 Tokelau 487 Bay of Islands (Fi) 166 Vaiala Beach (Sa) 308 Tonga 497-8, 512 Bay of Virgins (FP) 469 Vaiula Beach (Sa) 317 Tuvalu 541 Beachcomber Island (Fi) 138 bêche-de-mer 43 Vanuatu 557, 558, 560 beaches beer 60 Bora Bora (FP) 438, 440-1 Aganoa Beach (Sa) 329 Bellona (SI) 388 Botanical Gardens (SI) 369-71 Aganoa Black Sand Beach (Sa) Beqa (Fi) 124 Bougainville, Louis-Antoine de 39-40, 317 Beqa Lagoon (Fi) 124 398, 555 Alega Beach (AS) 347 betel nut 652 Boulouparis (NC) 197 Aleipata (Sa) 315-16 Bethel (Va) 576 Bouma National Heritage Park (Fi) 162 Anahoa Beach (FP) 464 bicycling, see cycling Bounty, the 40, 244, 245, 246-7, INDEX Anakena (EI) 88 Big Bay Highway (Va) 602 398-9, 516 ‘Ano (To) 526 biking, see cycling Bounty Island (Fi) 137 Aop Beach (Va) 588 Bikini Atoll 46 Bourail (NC) 198-9 Avaio Beach (AS) 347 Billabong Tahiti Pro 30, 475 breadfruit 58 Baie de Kuto (NC) 218 birds 66, 230-1 Brel, Jacques 465 Baie d’Oro (NC) 219-20 books 67 Bunlap (Va) 604 Barrier Beach (Va) 600 birdwatching business hours 60, 626-7, see Coral Garden (CI) 280 Fiji 159 also individual countries Eton Beach (Va) 576 New Caledonia 192-3 bus travel 642 Faioa (WF) 617 Vanuatu 602 Fangutave Beach (To) 510 Black Rock (CI) 261 C Ha’atafu Beach Reserve (To) 509 blackbirding 44, 362, 557 cagou 186 Halafuoleva Beach (To) 509 Bligh, William 37, 75, 145, 246-7, camping 623-4 Hatuana Beach (FP) 462 273, 516, 555 Canala (NC) 200-1 Hinakauea Beaches (To) 526 Bligh Water area (Fi) 75 cannibalism 51, 97, 132, 133, 587 Hio Beach (Ni) 232 Blue Lagoon, The 13, 53, 145 canoeing 51, 186, 193 Hunganga (To) 528 Blue Lagoon (Fi) 145 canoes 38 Keleti Beach (To) 509 boating, see also sailing, yachting canyoning 405, 412-13 Les Sables Roses (FP) 451 French Polynesia 467 Cape Taputapu (AS) 346 Luengoni beach (NC) 211 New Caledonia 221 Captain Cook, see Cook, James Mamara Beach (SI) 373 Tonga 521-2, 528 Caqalai (Fi) 150 Manihina Beach (FP) 462 Vanuatu 568 car travel 643 Maré (NC) 207 boat travel cargo ship travel 641 Mataiva (FP) 456 cargo ship travel 641 Carteret, Philip 244, 360 Matantas (Va) 602 cruise ships 640, 641 carvings 56-7, 255, 365, 462, Matira Beach (FP) 439 to/from the South Pacific 640 559-60 Muri Beach (CI) 263 within the South Pacific 641 Cascade de Wadiana (NC) 193 Natadola Beach (Fi) 118 Boenechea, Don Domingo de Castaway Island (Fi) 140 Nguna (Va) 577 398 cathedrals, see churches Oravaru Beach (CI) 280 Bonegi (SI) 374 Catholicism 41-2, 613 Ovahe (EI) 88 books 29, 53-4 caves Pago Pago (AS) 343 animals 67 Cook Islands 279-80, 283, 284-5, Palagi Beach (AS) 346 birds 67 288 Peng (NC) 210 Fiji 103 French Polynesia 470 Point Doucere (Va) 589 food 62 Samoa 324 Port Resolution (Va) 584 French Polynesia 403 Tahiti 412 Sara Beach (Va) 576 health 646 Tonga 510, 527, 530 St Lawrence Beach (Va) 576 history 29, 35, 46, 63 Vanuatu 576, 601 Takauroa beach (CI) 280 New Caledonia 178 caving 12, 290, 530 Taunganui Harbour (CI) 280 Niue 230 cell phones 632 Taungaroro (CI) 280 Pitcairn Island 241, 247 Chanel, Pierre 613 666 Index (C-D) children, travel with 627 Cook, James 36, 40, 41, 83, 252, 398, culture 48-57 American Samoa 347-8, 355 495, 512, 555 American Samoa 339 Cook Islands 291 Cook Islands 251-95, 253, 262-3, Cook Islands 253-4 Easter Island 89 274, 280, 283, 285, 287, 13 Easter Island 84 Fiji 167 accommodation 290 Fiji 100-2, 130 food 62 activities 290 New Caledonia 177-8 French Polynesia 476 business hours 291 Niue 229-30 New Caledonia 187-8, 222 children, travel with 291 Pitcairn Island 241-3 Niue 234 climate 252 Samoa 298-300 Rarotonga 265-6 costs 252, 293 Solomon Islands 363-4 Samoa 303, 332 culture 253-4 Tahiti 400-2 Solomon Islands 391 diving 290 Tokelau 487-8 Tahiti 413 electricity 291 Tonga 496 Tonga 531 embassies & consulates 291 Tuvalu 539-40 Tuvalu 551 environment 255-6 Vanuatu 558-9 INDEX Vanuatu 570-1, 607 festivals & events 30, 292 Wallis & Futuna 612-13 Wallis & Futuna 617, 621 history 252-3, 256, 273, 279, 286 Cumberland Ranges (Va) 602 Christian, Fletcher 24, 37, 40, 244, internet access 292 cycling 642 245, 246-7 internet resources 292 Easter Island 92 Christianity 41-2, 51, 299 language 255 French Polynesia 422, 474 churches money 252, 292 Tonga 530 Cathédrale Saint-Michel (FP) 472 newspapers 291 Tuvalu 546 Cathédrale St Joseph (NC) 183 planning 252 Vanuatu 569-70 Centenary Chapel (To) 502 postal services 293 cyclones 26, 65 Church of St Joseph (WF) 617 radio 291 Heta 227, 229 Église Dame-de-la-Paix (FP) 472 telephone services 293 Percy 487 Église Saint-Gabriel (FP) 472 time 293 Église Saint-Raphaël (FP) 472 tourist information 293-4 D Mulivai Catholic Cathedral (Sa) tours 276, 281, 283-4, 288 Dakuniba (Fi) 155 308 travel to/from 294-5 dance 54 Pierre Chanel Church (WF) 619 travel within 295 courses 413 St Joseph’s Cathedral (To) 519 TV 291 Fiji 103 St Mary’s Cathedral (To) 502 visas 294 French Polynesia 402-3 Sausau Church (WF) 619 weights & measures 291 New Caledonia 178 Chutes de la Madeleine (NC) coral atolls 64 Tonga 497 193 Coral Coast (Fi) 117-25 Tuvalu 540 cinema, see films coral ear 650 Vanuatu 560, 593 climate 26, 64-5, 627-8, see also coral reefs 66 deep-sea fishing, see also fishing individual countries costs 27-8, see also individual countries Cook Islands 281, 290 climate change 70, 637 courses Rarotonga 264 Cobra Rock (Fi) 155 dance 413 Vanuatu 578 coffee plantations 280-1 diving 79, 143, 148, 165, 186, 264, Deep Vein Thrombosis (DVT) 646 Colo-i-Suva Forest Park (Fi) 330, 521, 569, 598 deforestation 72 125 kite-surfing 221 dengue fever 647 cone shells 649 sailing 522 Des Voeux Peak (Fi) 159-60 Conrad, Joseph 54 surfing 93, 413, 475 diarrhoea 649 conservation areas 69, see national credit cards 630-1 disabilities, travellers with 628-9 parks cricket 51 diving 73-80, 625 consulates 629, see also individual crocodiles 649 American Samoa 354 countries Cross, Mark 230 certification 80 Cook’s Bay (FP) 422 crown of thorns starfish 601 conditions 73 cruise ships 640, 641 Cook Islands 73, 264 000 Map pages Fiji 142-3 courses 79, 143, 148, 165, 186, 000 Photograph pages French Polynesia 483 264, 330, 521, 569, 598 Pitcairn Island 250 Easter Island 73-4, 92-3 Index (D-F) 667 Fiji 74-5, 121, 123, 133, 134, language 84 Bougainville, Louis-Antoine de 136-7, 151, 158-9, 164, 167 money 82, 94 39-40, 398, 555 French Polynesia 75-6, 422, 428, newspapers 93 Carteret, Philip 244, 360 433, 437, 439-42, 451, 454, planning 82 Christian, Fletcher 24, 37, 40, 244, 455, 456, 467, 468, 474-5 shopping 92 245, 246-7 hazards 650 telephone services 94 Cook, James 36, 40, 41, 83,
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