Sojourn in the South Pacific

This blog on New Caledonia is for those of you who ever wondered what life on a tiny island in the South Pacific might be like. Tired of bracing winter winds, the stress of an inner city or simply dreaming of a life change? This is a blog about what happens when, in the words of Yogi Berra, "you come to a fork in the road, [and] take it".

10 September 2005

Swimming in September

Okay, so I am known by some to never enter a sea or ocean for fear of freezing to death. That is what growing up in Florida does to you. You get used to swimming in "bath water" and it ruins you for life. Well, guess what. I've refound my "bath water", where in a few months, the water will be as warm as the temperature hors de l'eau. Fabulous. I can't wait.

In the meantime, proof here, that in reality I am not the frileuse that everyone thinks I am. This is an attempt, in the month of September, to test the waters. Where? Ile aux Canards ...

Photo by Sophie-Alix Kilcoyne, 2005.

Posted by JHG at 7:40 PM

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Anonymous said...

Woo hoo Julie. I think I've never seen you that happy and smily to go into the water!!!

10:49 PM

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