The islands of Fiji are located at the crossroads in the Pacific Ocean, as well as in the very center of the cultural fusion of Polynesia and Melanesia. This is my favorite topic! Exactly a year ago, I became interested in the islands of Oceania while living in Chile, on

On Easter Island, you can find around 160 stone statues (in the local Rapanui language called moai). However, they are only those that were brought to the coast of the island and placed on platforms. They were produced more than 800. Most of the statues are located along the coast

Easter Island is 165 square kilometers with a population of approximately 3,000 inhabitants and tourists (information on the island of Rapa Nui) locals. Here are the platforms with the statues (Te Moai). However, not only stone giants are attractive to visitors. Thanks to the special tectonic structure and the emission

The Tonga Islands are on the border where Polynesia ends and Melanesia begins. This charming paradise is located near the Tonga Trench. In this area, you can move between the Pacific islands almost blindly to Asia. The exceptions are Hawai’i, New Zealand, and Easter Island. Here there are ideal conditions

Many varieties of palm trees like this are the landscape in the Solomon Islands. This is an amazing place where you can find people very different from other people. It is interesting to note that while most people are dark-skinned, very often you can find blond or tall skin and

New Caledonia was first discovered by Captain Cook in September 1774. The island is tricolor and similar to the French flag (a white strip of sand and coral reefs, the blue of the water, and the red mountains that frame the coast), which is quite funny because this territory belongs

African drums have the magic of sounds and a deep story. Each ancient tribe filled their common life with the religious musical instruments that until now we have known as African percussion instruments. African music with drums brings the sensation of the ancient past of the people, of the mysterious

As the legends say, Cusco was founded by Manco Capac and Mama Ocllo in the 13th century. But it was Pachacuti, the ninth Inca, who made Cusco an imperial city so he favored the construction of the historical monuments of downtown Cusco and other cities such as Ollantaytambo and Machu

The Maori is a very particular and isolated culture that historically has its origin on the island of New Zealand but with time it dissipated through several islands of Oceania. Around the year 1000 d. C. the Polynesians finally settled on the islands of the South Pacific that form the Polynesian