16 May 2011:

View of Nouméa from the plane. Ouvéa, our destination, is a coral atoll partially surrounding a large lagoon. I've officially decided that Fayaoué replaces Ouarzazate as the most exotic-sounding place I've flown into, and found it amusing that Fayaoué sounds like "far away," especially in non-rhotic accents (England, NZ, Aus, ...).

Rough notes:

http://mandarinmanmarktravelnotes.blogspot.com/2012/04/2011-nz-to-sf-day-3.html