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Personally I would do some island hoping while in Vanuatu, which can be organized on the ground....

As it turns out (Sept 2011), the weight restrictions are real (Futunanians tend to be very heavy people...), but in most cases they will...

Good luck with your trip......

There seem to be relatively few boats around, and fewer still in regular operation, but it should not be too difficult to arrange one for...

Thanks for sharing, Laszlo! How did you go about organizing boat transfers to the motus?

Whereas the immediate reason for the flight interruptions is indeed related to high living costs there are long-time simmering inter-Kanak...

Ah, where to start...? The point about languages has already been made. Now, the poster mentions the fate of the oh-so-poor Kanaks, yet...

The hotel still exists; however there are early morning public buses from Noumea, starting @ 4:50am...

Given the problems with the flights Tickets are selling fast. Also, service can be cancelled due to weather, especially to the Loyalty...

Note that these flights get sometimes cancelled because of wind (sometimes the airplane, a Twin Otter, will turn back in mid-flight), so...

I called up Air Marshall Islands this week at their HQ in Majuro (their Web site having been down for a long time). Apparently they do fly...