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Re: Short Layover in Nairobi
in Departure Lounge » Africa, May 18, 2013
Great info, thanks. It looks like there won't be time for me to get to the Park, but I might enjo...

Short Layover in Nairobi
in Departure Lounge » Africa, May 17, 2013
On a forthcoming trip, I have a 7 hour layover in Nairobi's Jomo Kenyatta Airport (NBO), from 4pm...

Re: Beaches & Whales in Ha'apai vs Vava'u
in Departure Lounge » Australasia & Pacific - Pacific Islands & Papua New Guinea, Mar 6, 2013
Bear in mind that having fewer people around could mean that boat trips do not run due to lack of...

Re: Volunteering in Tuvalu
in Departure Lounge » Australasia & Pacific - Pacific Islands & Papua New Guinea, Mar 6, 2013
Funafuti didn't seem particularly overcrowded to me. It's densely populated, sure, and they have ...

Re: 4 weeks in the region
in Departure Lounge » Asia - South-East Asia Islands & Peninsula, Jan 17, 2013
We travelled through Indonesia to Timor Leste during Ramadan last year. We encountered no major p...

Re: 4 weeks in the region
in Departure Lounge » Asia - South-East Asia Islands & Peninsula, Jan 17, 2013
We stayed at East Timor Backpackers and they had an example standard letter people could copy out...

Re: Samoan Holiday
in Departure Lounge » Australasia & Pacific - Pacific Islands & Papua New Guinea, Mar 29, 2013
There's also snorkelling at the Palolo Deep marine reserve, in Apia itself.

Re: Tuvalu for two weeks
in Departure Lounge » Australasia & Pacific - Pacific Islands & Papua New Guinea, Mar 29, 2013
Air Pacific are pretty reliable. When we were there, a flight was cancelled but they rescheduled ...

Re: Need Help with South Pacific Itin!!!!!!! please!!!!
in Departure Lounge » Australasia & Pacific - Pacific Islands & Papua New Guinea, Mar 29, 2013
You could definitely squash it into one month, but it would be a rush. I think you'd feel like yo...

Re: customs in fiji
in Departure Lounge » Australasia & Pacific - Pacific Islands & Papua New Guinea, Mar 29, 2013
New Zealand's customs procedures are a lot stricter than Fiji's. For example, NZ are interested i...

Re: Arriving in Apia Samoa
in Departure Lounge » Australasia & Pacific - Pacific Islands & Papua New Guinea, Mar 29, 2013
Arriving into Apia at around midnight, we encountered a driver who claimed to have been sent by t...

Re: 3 weeks in July - Samoa OR Tonga?
in Departure Lounge » Australasia & Pacific - Pacific Islands & Papua New Guinea, Mar 29, 2013
Since you've already made your choice to go to Tonga, I probably shouldn't mention that we prefer...

Re: 6 hour layover: Nadi or Suva -- Just want to go swimming on layove
in Departure Lounge » Australasia & Pacific - Pacific Islands & Papua New Guinea, Mar 29, 2013
The airport in Suva is quite a way outside of the city and there aren't really any beaches nearby...

Re: Guyana Trip Report:
in Departure Lounge » Americas - South America, Mar 20, 2013
Great report, thanks. You mention that a minibus from the airport is 200GD (1US). Did you have to...