In times of war governments tend to build a lot of warships, and once the…
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The Lands of Mu
Are they crazy people, con artists or are they correct? Some folks think the Universe…
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Neui…er, no…Neiu?…no—Niue! Yeah, yeah, that’s it.
Why don’t people go to Niue? Why have you never heard of this place? I…
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What could possibly go wrong?
By far my favorite tale of the Pacific is the whale that exploded on a…
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The Philippines: the craziness starts in Woodside.
In 1988 US marshals were seizing property Imelda Marcos owned in Hawaii, Europe and in…
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Malaita, the island of the white headhunter
Headhunting in the Solomon Islands region was a common practice long before the white man…
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Nauru, land of disenchantment
In 1975, the tiny island of Nauru had the highest GDP per capita in the…
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Papua New Guinea, bigtime penis envy down under
The central highlands of the island of New Guinea was the last place on earth…
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Drake’s Bay—Part 2, The Voyage of the San Augustin
In 1565, Phillip II of Spain claimed the Philippine Islands (hence the name) to take…
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Drake’s Bay – Shipwrecks and lies.
In 1579, Sir Francis Drake was circumnavigating the globe for good Queen Bess when he…
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Kowloon or Nam Kam, City of Darkness
Part of Hong Kong is an island in the Pacific Ocean called Hong Kong Island,…
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Pentecost Island
Pentecost Island is one of the 83 islands that comprise the Vanuatu archipelago. Pentecost island…
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Forbes Island
Forbes Thor Kiddoo built his dream houseboat back in 1980 up-river from San Francisco. Essentially,…
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Tanna Island
I promised you weird and wonderful—so if this isn’t it, well… Tanna is an Island…
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La Isla de las Muñecas
Is The Island of Dolls in the Pacific Ocean? Not technically but, hey it’s near…
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