{"id":3178,"date":"2008-07-11T10:27:00","date_gmt":"2008-07-11T10:27:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/?p=3178"},"modified":"2008-07-11T10:27:00","modified_gmt":"2008-07-11T10:27:00","slug":"cruise-to-south-pacifics-rarest-islands","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/2008\/07\/cruise-to-south-pacifics-rarest-islands\/","title":{"rendered":"Cruise to South Pacific&#8217;s Rarest Islands"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/bp3.blogger.com\/_2bkHjxzZ_dY\/SHc23taUbWI\/AAAAAAAAAAc\/jXAspuPoY70\/s1600-h\/pacific+dawn.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;\" src=\"http:\/\/bp3.blogger.com\/_2bkHjxzZ_dY\/SHc23taUbWI\/AAAAAAAAAAc\/jXAspuPoY70\/s400\/pacific+dawn.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\"id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5221702623670070626\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>One of the South Pacific\u2019s most beautiful yet uninhabited islands \u2013 and another that\u2019s famous for its extraordinary cultural heritage involving sorcery, spell-casting and the original Bungy Jump \u2013 are amongst ports of call by super-liner Pacific Dawn to Vanuatu and New Caledonia in May 2009. <\/p>\n<p>Tiny Mystery Island in Vanuatu\u2019s south is less than a kilometre long and just half as wide, but has one of the South Pacific\u2019s most spectacular beaches; officially called Inyeug it was dubbed \u201cMystery Island\u201d many years ago when cruise ship Fairstar decided to call there \u2013 but found that with tides, currents and winds it was a \u201cmystery\u201d whether she could drop anchor or not each visit. <\/p>\n<p>Today passengers aboard the few cruise ships that do call there for its beautiful beach swimming, are also greeted by villagers from nearby islands selling fresh fruits and drinks, carvings, curios, shells and bead jewellery. <\/p>\n<p>Another call is at Pentecost Island that\u2019s home to the famous \u201cLand Dive\u201d \u2013 the South Pacific\u2019s answer to the Bungy Jump, but from bamboo towers six-storeys high, not bridges, and with vine ropes not rubber and elastic ones. <\/p>\n<p>Pentecost, that has no towns, is also famous for its sorcery and spell-casting and its extraordinarily rugged beauty; the 70,000 tonne Pacific Dawn that sails 11-nights return from Sydney on May 5 2009 will also visit Luganville in Vanuatu\u2019s north, capital Port Vila, and the Isle of Pines in New Caledonia. <\/p>\n<p>Prices through ecruising.travel start from just $1899pp twin-share with $100 per adult onboard spending credits for select cabin categories; book through 1300 369 848 or www.ecruising.travel<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One of the South Pacific\u2019s most beautiful yet uninhabited islands \u2013 and another that\u2019s famous for its extraordinary cultural heritage involving sorcery, spell-casting and the original Bungy Jump \u2013 are amongst ports of call by super-liner Pacific Dawn to Vanuatu and New Caledonia in May 2009. Tiny Mystery Island in Vanuatu\u2019s south is less than [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3178","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3178","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3178"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3178\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3178"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3178"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3178"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}