Fiji!

Why go...Diving! Gorgeous hiking! Villages! Kava ceremonies! Sing in church with locals! Learn  basket weaving!  Sawailau Caves!  Swim with sharks and manta rays! Learn to cook Fijian food! 

Namale Resort!  They prepare kick ass dreamy picnics!  

Wakaya Club!  Big and gorgeous villas; they would be heaven to go with your whole family!

Dolphin Island!  Beautiful island with treehouse!

Royal Davui Island Resort!  Another beautiful private island resort! It's such a beautiful, tiny island and such a lovely resort; I just wanted to be there!

Poseidon Underwater Resort!  For those of us that love the water but are scared silly by sharks!  To be under the sea hour after hour!  Heaven!  Please hurry and open!  We need you! 

Turtle Island!   Beautiful, romantic private island resort!  The island matches you with a  "bure mama" who makes sure you are comfy and hugs you into Fiji culture! 

Matamonaoa Resort!  Beautiful, private island resort!  I love how tiny the island is, and how pretty the beaches are.  It  has a castaway feel!

Remote Resort!  I love how forest-y this is!  It reminds me of being a kid and spending the day wandering around outside in the summer.

Nanuku Fiji Resort!  This is a big, glossy resort  with an ex-pat retirement community in residence!  I love that a lot of the other resorts are small and personal, but sometimes anonymity is perfect!  And...how fun would it be to chit chat with ex-pats!

Emaho Sekawa Resort!  This is a pretty resort that will put together beautiful and romantic picnics for you anywhere on the island!

Tui Tai!   24 passengers at a time sail around the Fiji islands stopping at the best scuba dive locations, beaches, and hiking.  They also provide a lot of opportunities to spend time in small villages! 

Coastal Inland Tours!  You can go on a trip to Cannibal Cave!  

Heritage Hamlet!  An interactive cultural museum!  Right up my alley; I love this kind of thing!

New Caledonia!

Why go...beautiful islands that are tropical and forest-y at the same time!  A mixture of French and Melanesian cultures!


Lots of awesome museums, scuba diving, and hiking!  I've never seen such clear water right next to a forest; it's so beautiful!


Le Meridien Ile Des Pins Resort!


Le Meridien Noumea Resort!

Solomon Islands!

Why go...Tropical beaches, scuba diving, hiking through orchid filled jungles, unique and interesting cultlure!



Solomon Kitano Mendana Hotel!

Vanuatu!

Why go...Volcanoes!  Scuba!  Caves!  Traditional villages!  Hiking! Tropical beaches!  

Ratua Private Island!   

Havannah Resort!  

Norfolk Island!

Why go...Visit a former penal colony!   It is a beautiful island with a tiny population!  Hike, visit the museum, enjoy "Night as a Convict Dinner Theater!"  

Forrester Court, a very lovely resort. 

Guam!

Why go...Guam is a super cool tropical island with lots and lots of really fun, touristy things to do!  Scuba, traditional Chamorro culture, beautiful gardens, and lots more!

Lina'La'  Living Village Cultural Museum!  Called a "beach and cultural park."  Wow!  You can learn crafts, taste food, see traditional culture, and enjoy the beach!

LoveLand! Adults-only erotic sculpture garden! Who doesn't love to see odd and unusual things!

Lots of luau-style dinners around the island.

Visit Hamamoto Tropical Fruit World!  "A fruit experience!"  Wow!  Walk in beautiful gardens!  Sample unusual fruits!  Learn about local agriculture!

Fish Eye Marine Park!  Underwater viewing station and over-water observation deck!  

Underwater World, an awesome aquarium where you can dive with the sharks!  

Pacific Islands Club Resort!  This is a pretty hotel on the beach with a "swim-thru-aquarium!" A swim-thru aquarium is heaven for scardy cats like me!  They also have traditional craft classes!

Palau!

Why go...A lake full of sting-free jellyfish!  Scuba diving on a beautiful tropical island!  A unique, matrilineal culture!

Palau Pacific Resort!

This would be one of my favorite memories!  Peaceful!  Beautiful!  And other-worldly!  Ooh La La!

Northern Mariana Islands!

Why go...Super-pretty islands with lots of beautiful hiking and snorkeling!  An interesting mixture of indigenous Chamorro culturea and the colonizing Spanish and Japanese cultures! 

Saipan! Fiesta Resort is a lovely hotel on the beach.  It has a spa, and a luau-style dinner show! 

Marianas Trekking!  Hike to the Forbidden Island!  Snorkel in the Grotto!  Paddle around the island in a clear kyak!  

Federated States of Micronesia!

Why go...unique culture that practices a caste system, scuba diving on a beautiful tropical island! 

Yap Island! Yap Pacific Dive Resort.  

New Zealand!

Why go...The Southern Alps!  Geothermal activity!  Beaches and forests!  Also, a little bit of Victorian England as far away from the UK as possible; I love the idea of such a far away replica - like twins separated at birth!  

NORTH ISLAND

Bay of Plenty.  Beachy tourist spot.  White Island - an active marine volcano that you can walk on!  Matahui Lodge.  

Taranaki.  Beautiful gardens and museums!  Nice Hotel. 

Rotorua.  Moari Cultural Village, California Redwood Forest, volcanic valleys, museums, hot springs. Solitaire Lodge.

Wanganui.  Museums and the beautiful river.  Waiwari Shepherds Cottage. 

Napier/Hamilton Bay.  Art deco capital of the world!  Scuba dive in tanks at the National Aquarium of New Zealand!   Kiwiesque.  

Lake Taupo.  Craters of the Moon - "geothermal mayham!" Huka Lodge.  

Bay of Islands.  This bay has a bunch of tiny, beachy islands; you can take a cruise to visit them all.  You can also visit the Kauri trees; some of the largest and oldest trees in the world!  Wake up to the beautiful view from Eagles Nest Resort!      

Waitomo/Hamilton.  Swim throught the Waitomo glow worm caves; like a beautiful constellation of stars underground!  Kawhia black sand hot water beach, and gardens.  You can stay in a very hobbity inn at the Underhill Valley Earth House. 

Coromandel.  Cathedral Cove and Hot Water Beach; if you dig a little pool on the beach, your little pool will fill with warm water that is always right underneath the surface of the sand on account of New Zealand's mega geothermal activity.  Manawa Ridge Lodge. 

SOUTH ISLAND

Fjiordland National Park. Kyak, dive, hike, cruise.

 Milford Sound Lodge.

Lake Tekapo. Tekapo Springs .  Unesco Dark Sky Zone! This is the starlight preservation area of the Southern Alps, because so many starts are visible here!  Pepper Blue Water Resort.  

Abel Tasman National Park. Beautiful, beachy, incredibly  clear water!  Meadowbank Homestead.

Dunedin.  Called "Edinburgh of the south," the city has the best preserved Victorian architecture in the southern hemisphere.  As well as awesome gardens and museums.  Kaimata Retreat.  

Christchurch.  Neat museums and gardens, River Avon, Antarctic Museum (simulation of  Antarctica where you can experience an antarctic storm!).  Peppers Clearwater Resort. 

Takaka.  Ex-pats from all over the world come to live in this eccentric town!  Ora Bed and Breakfast. 

OUTLYING ISLANDS

Chatham Islands.  Remote island life!  Hotel Chathams, Traveller's Rest.

Pitt Island.  Population 38!  Reminds me of the deserted island in Agatha Christie's 10 Little Indians!  Flower Pot Bay Lodge.

Sub-Antarctic Islands.  To see a non-icy environment that is isolated and inhabited only by animals!  Polar Cruises.