The Happy Isles of Oceania: Paddling the PacificThe author of The Great Railway Bazaar explores the South Pacific by kayak: “This exhilarating epic ranks with [his] best travel books” (Publishers Weekly). |
Contents
The Land of the Long White Cloud | 17 |
Sloshing Through the South Island | 25 |
Waffling in White Australia | 36 |
Walkabout in Woop Woop | 50 |
North of the NeverNever | 73 |
Buoyant in the Peaceful Trobriands | 105 |
Aground in the Troubled Trobriands | 129 |
Down and Dirty in Guadalcanal | 152 |
Alone on the Desert Islands of Vavau | 293 |
In the Backwaters of Western Samoa | 320 |
The Littered Lagoon | 346 |
The Windward Shore of the Island of Love | 360 |
A Voyage to the Marquesas | 382 |
In the Lagoon of Aitutaki | 410 |
Beyond the Surf Zone of Rapa | 435 |
The Old Canoe Ramp at Tongariki | 456 |
In the Egg Fields of Savo Island | 164 |
Cannibals and Missionaries | 186 |
The Oddest Island in Vanuatu | 201 |
The Divided Island of Viti Levu | 218 |
Vanua Levu and the Islets of Bligh Water | 239 |
The Royal Island of Tongatapu | 265 |
Open Espionage in Honolulu | 473 |
Following the Dolphins on the Na Pali Coast | 494 |
Some Men Are Islands | 502 |
Paddling in the State of Grace | 513 |