Travel Blogs Oceania

The island of American Samoa is situated in the South Pacific Ocean southeast of Samoa and territory of the United States. We arrived three months after the tsnumai and it was sad to see some places completely destroyed or heavily damaged.

It was also good to see how people tried their hardest to move on and rebuilt the society. The people were incredibly friendly and welcoming...

From Tonga we flew northeast to Niue Island, also known as the Rock Island because of its gorgeous landscapes, coastal cliffs and natural rock pools.

Besides touring around and sightseeing Niue Island is also an excellent place to discover the underwater world and do some snorkeling excursions condidering it being one of the world's biggest coral islands.

One of...

In Samoa we arrived at the Faleolo International Airport which is situated on Upolu Island where we started our Samoan adventure. From Faleolo we took a taxi to Apia, the capital of Samoa and a is the only bigger city of Samoa.

The island of Upolu is rather small and easily explored by car. To get from Apia to, for example, Lalomanu in the eastern tip of the island it will take you...

After my working experience in Papua New Guinea I decided to travel through to Indonesia and extend my stay in this beautiful part of the world.

From Indonesia I travelled to the Island of Palau which lies to the north of Indonesia and just East of the Philippines.

Palau is known for its gorgeous reefs and beautiful marine life so what better place to train my...

I went to Wewak for work and had the opportunity to get to know its lovely people and beautiful nature. I stayed in Wewak for three months and thanks to my collegues and the friendly locals I really did see a lot of this region.

Wewak is a peaceful seaside town with an incredible jungle and gorgeous panorama's. I remember going on a mountain trip in the weekend with two of my collegues...