Jewel of the South Pacific, FIJI!

Advantages: close to NZ and AUS
Disadvantages: very humid in summer months, only serviced by Air Pacific

...Fiji. A small pocket of paradise in the South Pacific, which is breathtaking to even the most seasoned world citizen. The first thing to strike you as you set foot for the first time on their soil is the Fijian people who have a calm, happy and down to earth nature about them. Fiji is a culturally diverse country although a good majority of the population is Indian and their cultural influences are ever present in the small town of Nadi (pronounced ?nan-dee?), which is a short distance from the International airport. Nadi is a bustling little town bursting with people, arts and crafts and food at the markets, which are held on a regular basis. The main industry in Nadi is tourism where there are countless shops selling souvenirs and duty free goods. Shop owners are standing outside their stores ushering prospective customers inside in...

hunkaspunk 08.02.2004 · Read review
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Review of Fiji (South Pacific Islands)

Motorstorm : Pacific Rift

Advantages: Graphics, Longevity
Disadvantages: Too Easy, Slightly Repetitive

...The original Motorstorm is one of the best games I had played for the PS3, so I had no hesitation in buying Pacific Rift. But, I didn't immediately start playing it, I had it for around 3 months before I first played it and from then on I was hooked. The main change that has been made is the introduction of new types of tracks. Air, Fire, Water and Earth. The Air zone has lots of big jumps and is probably my afvourite. The Fire zone is surrounded in molten lava ad makes the boost heat up a lot quick, with the Water zone doing the opposite - cooling down your booster. And finally the Earth zone which has very few jumps. I didn't think these new "Zones" made much of a difference to the game. The other main change is that the game has moved away form every track being full of dull grey, brownish colours. As the front cover shows...

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Nothing Pacific

Advantages: Cheaper than chips, easy to use and works well
Disadvantages: Not that reliable, not very attractive

...number of jug blenders, however there was a Tesco own brand for about £20, a Tesco value model for £9.78ish and then I saw the Pacific PB7001 for £9.28, I noticed on the price sign this item was 'discontinued'. At such a bargain price I would resist, when I went to Asda later the same week this same blender was selling off for £7.00 but what they hey. I went to Tesco at the weekend and this item is now selling off for £7.97. When I got the blender home I quickly unpacked it, there is nothing particularly interesting in the box. The blender is composed of a large jug with a capacity of nearly 2 litres, a lid with a feeding hole, a washable hole cover, a base unit with wired lead and fused plug and a special key which allows you to remove the blades. There is nothing to put together with this appliance simply fit the jug to the base unit...

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  Paradox in Paradise

Advantages: ?Things that happen here would seem?.?
Disadvantages: ??.Paradox in Paradise.? (Flecker)

..., the soporific heat. The hotel is a cliché - a comfortable, well-contrived cliché, but a cliché just the same ? with its open-walled bar and restaurant, its wood-slat-tiled walkways, its shops for beachwear, postcards and souvenirs. Its identical twins inhabit resorts around the world I consult my wife about the plants. Some were unrecognised, but most were the same as we had seen elsewhere in the tropics, presumably transplanted here to the South Pacific, or vice versa. Just one tree is unquestionably an indigenous oddity ? palmate with knobbly fruit about a foot in diameter, their grey-green outer cases fragmenting like grenades to disclose an orangey interior. We enquire of passing hotel staff as to its name, which they do not know. It does, however, provide perfect camouflage to tiny green finch-like birds with red heads. These...

torr 08.03.2005 (09.03.2005) · Read review
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Motorstorm Pacific Rift The Truth

Advantages: Split screen, more colourful than 1st MS much more read review
Disadvantages: motorstorm 1 seemed more chaotic

... Motorstorm Pacific Rift The Truth Introduction Motorstorm is the second game of the motorstorm series and a lot of people were hoping that this would make them forget about motorstorm 1 and its lack of modes. I think this game has but it has got some things that I preferred in motorstorm 1. In this review ill show everything i know and played of motorstorm PC. Story There is no story to this game, just a series of races and events. The only thing is that the amount of races, there must be about 150 races each 2 laps long which is long when your crashing and dodging vehicles. Gameplay Gameplay is Motorstorm PC is very well down, with the L2 and R2 buttons as your accelerate and decelerate really makes you feel you?re pressing down on a pedal. the x button for boost is a much improved system with the game...

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Specific about Pacific

Advantages: excellent food, fantastic service, wonderful decor
Disadvantages: None, except the price

...I have visited many of Manchester’s Chinese restaurants, and I can assure you that Pacific is certainly in the top two – and it’s a close run thing between the Yang Sing and The Pacific for the top position… I really couldn’t choose between them. So let’s just say that both restaurants are excellent, and very well worth a visit. Pacific is a restaurant with a difference, though. It has two separate restaurants, each with a separate team of chefs: one called China, and one called Thailand, on the floor above China. I have only visited China, so far, but I do hope to sample the delights of Thailand before too long. Actually, Pacific is a restaurant with more than one difference… The owner Raymond Wong, is very enthusiastic, and adventurous, with big ideas that work perfectly. His latest...

rsmith 29.05.2001 · Read review
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South Pacific Paradise? Bruny Island, Tasmania

Advantages: Stunningly Beautiful, Unspoilt, Unique
Disadvantages: Located at the very end of the world...

...MY MAP OF TASSIE: Although Bruny Island is not especially well known, I'm a little ashamed to admit I'd never even heard of it until I decided to go there, on a whim, about four years ago. Having booked Ferry tickets to Davenport, I was lazily studying a map of the Tasmanian coastline, wondering where to start. It was then that I spotted Bruny, right at the bottom of the map, at the exact point where the Indian Ocean swells into the southern Pacific. The Island is situated approx. 30km south of Hobart, and is separated from the 'mainland' by the D'Entrecasteaux Channel. It is comprised of two parts - North Bruny and South Bruny, which are connected by a narrow strip of land locally referred to as the 'Neck'. The island is accessed at Robert's Point by car-ferry from Kettering, a smallish town on the Tasmanian mainland. SO WHY...

snowbunni 29.11.2005 · Read review
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Review of Tasmania (Australia)

COCKEYED OPTIMIST BY CROSSEYED PESSIMIST

Advantages: Haunting melodies, stunning scenery
Disadvantages: Poor dubbing,

...Well I'm halfway through reading a very long book, but feel I must feed my addiction to Ciao, so I'll write about one of my favourite films of all time South Pacific.......yes, I know, I'm a soppy romanticist! ! I first saw this film as a teenager and was hooked, in fact I was so hooked that life thereafter was a downer. I was convinced that one day I would sail off to the South Pacific and meet a handsome man who would sweep me off my feet in much the same way as Joe Cable did to Liat, swinging her from side to side and singing "younger than springtime"........no it's not a porno film either. Enough of the witless humour and on with a review of the film. South Pacific is set in the Second World War. It is supposed to be l943 at a time when a U.S.navy base is set up in the Solomon Islands ready for an invasion towards New Quinea...

ANNJSEC 07.03.2001 · Read review
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Review of South Pacific (DVD)

The Islands of Perpetual Sunday

Advantages: Pristine rainforest and beaches, amazing diving, welcoming locals
Disadvantages: Not for those who cannot make their own entertainment

...eyes on Virgin Cove on the southern side of Upolu. After my time in Savaii I wanted to round off my trip with a few days lying on a beach and really could not have picked a better one. Sitting outside my jungle fale listening to the waves lapping over the white sand, this place seemed to sum up all my feelings about Samoa being a magical place. On my first night there I and the handful of other guests were treated to a kava ceremony after a dinner of fresh seafood and taro. One of the staff, a local Samoan, dressed up in a grass skirt, and with a head-dress of red feathers he danced and sang before preparing the kava in a small wooden bowl. Kava is common throughout the south pacific, and is a cold infusion of powdered kava plant root in water. Having mildly narcotic properties, its usual effect on me is to make my lips and tongue go numb...

cladach29 12.09.2006 · Read review
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Review of Independent Samoa (South Pacific Islands)

Pan Pacific What?

Advantages: Comfortable, pleasant, good service
Disadvantages: Not easy to work in the rooms

...steered me away from the X-ray machines, into the muggy warmth beyond the doors and into the car. We set off towards the hotel, which is about a thirty minute drive at the time of night. My gratitude was beginning to be frayed ten minutes into the journey by his incessant chatter. At midnight, after a multiple hour delay, I really don't care if the dark spot on the left is the prime minister's palace, the army football club or the state hula dancing stadium. After a dozen or so grunts and a fiddle with the mobile phone he finally shut up and at last we swung into the hotel drive. Location The hotel is located to the south of the commercial Gulshan area, so not in the centre itself but about ten minutes away. It is just a few minutes walk to the city's largest shopping mall and there are a number of other shops and restaurants within...

Vodkaboy 23.02.2006 · Read review
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