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Sunday, 20 December 2015

Mare Island, New Caledonia, 10th December 2015

Mare Island is accessed by tender at the port of Tadine on the west side of the island.
This was our first visit to Mare and we had booked the shuttle bus to beach and were in no hurry to get there as we had plenty of time.




On arrival there are a handful of markets, mainly selling sarongs and dresses. There is also a local bar where my husband sampled the local brew.
Local bar
Local brew



The beach is on the eastern side of the island and the bus ride took about 20 minutes (from memory). The beach is named Yejele Turqoise Beach. We swam for about two hours, snorkeling around crops of coral. There were quite a few different species of fish.
We decided to have a look at the market stalls at the beach. There are a few, mainly selling cold drinks and a limited variety of food. We had decided to have a late lunch back aboard so I didn't take too much attention of the food. We did find that walking to the end of the stall away from the bus set down that there are some covered cabanas which would of been handy if we had of known when we arrived.



We had a great time at this port and it was a most enjoyable day.



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