Two Froggies Abroad: New Caledonia

Swim with very special animals...the Dugong & sharks - Jan 2014

Phare Amedee (Noumea) - Jan 2014

Our last day before heading to Sydney for 3 days

Oh yeah...I like!

One of our last pic with Jerome & Gaelle, our hosts...from Brittany!

How nice to end up the trip with such a wonderful island: Phare Amedee

So cute...two lovely birds in their comfy nest

A Stern just after catching a tiny fish...

Gang of sterns

The quiet nice and unique Phare Amedee (Lighthouse) built in 1700ish and made of steel

The deadly, quiet and easy going snake "Tricot raye"...

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Nice view from the top of the lighthouse

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Agnes and our first swim with turtle in New Caledonia

Small shark...

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Me and Mrs Turtle...

Agnes...

...the same one...

The beautiful Dawa

On the way to the phase: the raincoat is more a suncoat for me...Lobsterish..I dont want to be...

Jerome like a fish...

Clown fishes in their anemone...

How wonderful to see this for our last day in New Caledonia!

The squad...

The parrot fish...

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Jerome...

and Agnes...

...showing off....

Diving Session (Boulari Pass) - Jan 2014

Scuba diving session near the coral reef...Go pro stopped working after 1 picture ;-)...you wont be able to see the Giant Loche (Loche Carite), the beautiful wreck that we saw, the big 2m long mummy shark...etc...1 dive at 20m deep for 40min and dive at 17m deep for 50min

Ile des Pins (Pines Island) - Jan 2014

The Kanumera rock (Dedicace aux fans de Faites Entrer l'Accuse)

If you have watched Faites Entrer L'accuse, you now understand why it is better not to go on the rock ;-)

The "Tricot raye" snake...deadly bite, but it is almost impossible to get bitten as its jaw is very small

Nice campsite near the seaside

Nice evening with the tribe's head, Yves, Wendy....wine, petanque, cards...etc.

Kayak near Kanumera rock...

January blues

The Piscine from the front

The Piscine from the back

Nice lunchtime break on l'ilot Brosses (langoustines...fish...)

Colorful corals...

Upi Bay on the way to the Piscine...in 5 minutes we saw a small shark, 3 dolphins, one ray and one turtle...

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Sunset...

Nokanhui Atol

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Ilot Brosses where we ate some nice langoustes....

Road Trip on the West and North coasts - Jan 2014

On the road...

Mangroves in the north

Probably a nicer bus top than in London

BBQ time

Jerome, Gaelle and us

Nice flower...

Froggies pic

Nenuphar river...

January is depressing...

After a few days camping..we deserved the Honey Moon room for 4...

Blue corals

Beautiful small ray...

Nice corals..again...

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Spot the small shark...(1m40...)

Afternoon digestive walk...

Sorry..another nice sunset...

Intense red...

Deep sea fishing on a wild sea...

Gaelle...harpoon fishing

Agnes, spotting a shark...

Nice Tazard...8kg/10kg...check the foodies section to check how we cooked it...in Carapccio, on the BBQ + fried with butter...probably one of my best fish ever...white meat, tender, De- Li-Cious!