We arrived in Noumea, New Caledonia at 10 am on Saturday after a wonderful smooth 59 hr. passage from Luganville, Vanuatu. Even Ann thought it was smooth!
Noumea calls itself the "Paris of the Pacific" and it certainly is VERY French. Due to our being "language challenged" we used the services of a yacht agent to handle the paperwork and arrangements. Our clearance was the easiest ever. Our agent, Chloe, instructed us to proceed directly to our slip in the marina where she met us and took care of all the formalities. She even filled out the individual visa forms. The quarantine (agriculture) officer spent 5 minutes looking through our freezer, immigration didn't even board the boat and stamped our passports on the dock, and Chloe took our forms to customs. Voila', we are in New Caledonia.
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