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Tiger Beer
Joined: 07 Feb 2003
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 Posted: Mon Sep 12, 2005 9:19 am Post subject: New Caledonia: How much do you know about it? |
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For one of the larger Pacific Island nations PLUS a 37.1% of the population is of European blood.. its surprising how international exposure to the island-nation is almost non-existant.
I'm guessing those from NZ/OZ have a much stronger sense of it.. but internationally the place is nearly non-existant. |
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skinhead
Joined: 11 Jun 2004
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| Posted: Mon Sep 12, 2005 9:28 am Post subject: Re: New Caledonia: How much do you know about it? |
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| Tiger Beer wrote: |
| but internationally the place is nearly non-existant. |
Prolly because physically the place is nearly non-existent. It's really small, eh.
hoju's been about that part of the world a bit I think. |
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Tiger Beer
Joined: 07 Feb 2003
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| Posted: Mon Sep 12, 2005 9:33 am Post subject: Re: New Caledonia: How much do you know about it? |
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| skinhead wrote: |
| Tiger Beer wrote: |
| but internationally the place is nearly non-existant. |
Prolly because physically the place is nearly non-existent. It's really small, eh.
hoju's been about that part of the world a bit I think. |
Yeah.. but with 37% of the people being of European heritage..
I mean, places like The Netherlands are small.. Fiji is small.. Singapore is small.. but most people know most things about those places.
New Caledonia compared to its Pacific neighbors.. it actually seems to be a decent size as well..
Better with this map:
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skinhead
Joined: 11 Jun 2004
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| Posted: Mon Sep 12, 2005 9:51 am Post subject: |
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| Hey right. It's been there all my life and I didn't even know it. They must feel pissed. |
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Tiger Beer
Joined: 07 Feb 2003
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| Posted: Mon Sep 12, 2005 10:11 am Post subject: |
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| skinhead wrote: |
| Hey right. It's been there all my life and I didn't even know it. They must feel pissed. |
Can you imagine being some backbacker white guy travelling around on a New Caledonia passport.. just imagine those blank looks..
"You say you are from New Caledonia?" |
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skinhead
Joined: 11 Jun 2004
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| Posted: Mon Sep 12, 2005 10:24 am Post subject: |
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| Tiger Beer wrote: |
Can you imagine being some backbacker white guy travelling around |
Maybe that's it. i can't imagine that. i seem to be missing out on a lot in life, don't i? |
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mithridates
Joined: 03 Mar 2003
Location: President's office, Korean Space Agency
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| Posted: Mon Sep 12, 2005 3:10 pm Post subject: |
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I've thought about that too, but here's another one:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mauritius
Five times the population of New Caledonia, lots of Europeans, Chinese and Indians, plus a university. |
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joe_doufu
Joined: 09 May 2005
Location: Elsewhere
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| Posted: Mon Sep 12, 2005 3:13 pm Post subject: |
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| I met a guy in HK once who called himself a Frenchman but actually came from New Caledonia. That's all I know. Apparently it's nice. |
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gdimension
Joined: 05 Jul 2005
Location: Jeju
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| Posted: Mon Sep 12, 2005 3:32 pm Post subject: |
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They seem to like sports.
I got this picture a couple of weeks ago at the Ironman Triathlon held here on Jeju...
Patrick Vernay of New Caledonia crosses the finish line after stopping on the red carpet to give his mom a hug. After seeing the amount of sweat on the man, I'm not so sure she was real pleased about that.
Last year at the Ironman Final Event in Hawaii he got 15th place, and this was his second year in a row to win on Jeju.
PS I'm not sure what the official language of New Caledonia is, but his family spoke French as a first language. |
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Bulsajo
Joined: 16 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Mon Sep 12, 2005 3:40 pm Post subject: |
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| I know that New Caledonia is newer than old Caledonia. |
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gypsyfish
Joined: 17 Jan 2003
Location: Seoul
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| Posted: Mon Sep 12, 2005 4:24 pm Post subject: |
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| It was the place that the guys from McHale's Navy used to go for R and R. |
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fidel
Joined: 07 Feb 2003
Location: North Shore NZ
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| Posted: Mon Sep 12, 2005 5:11 pm Post subject: |
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| Had a mate a while back spend a year teaching English in New Cal. It's a fantastic place with high pay but the local prices for food and what not are apparently pretty steep. |
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Summer Wine
Joined: 20 Mar 2005
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| Posted: Mon Sep 12, 2005 5:14 pm Post subject: |
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| I'm probably wrong, but the issue may be that they are a predominantly french speaking country, surronded by english speaking states. They tend to be more tied towards France than promoting themselves to thier neighbors. It is a beautiful country, and well worth a visit. Their tourism is probably also aimed more for the French tourists than English speaking ones from America, making it less well known than Fiji. |
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sheba
Joined: 16 May 2005
Location: Here there and everywhere!
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| Posted: Mon Sep 12, 2005 6:09 pm Post subject: |
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| joe_doufu wrote: |
| I met a guy in HK once who called himself a Frenchman but actually came from New Caledonia. That's all I know. Apparently it's nice. |
New Caledonia is in French Polynesia.... they all speak french. Same with Tahiti and a lot of other Islands there..... |
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kermo
Joined: 01 Sep 2004
Location: Eating eggs, with a comb, out of a shoe.
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| Posted: Mon Sep 12, 2005 8:32 pm Post subject: |
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I'm just flabbergasted that this thread wasn't started by Mith.
That said, I'm glad you brought New Cali to my attention, and I will put it on my list of places to visit. It will sit in the #2 spot, right behind Suriname. |
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