The ironman of travel Yoshimasa Ikeuchi

Mr. Matsui and Kotetsu going through the forest

Flower slideshow

Nepenthes

Wash your limbs in a stream in the park

Madeleine Falls (in the state park)

Get interviewed

Guide John, Writer, Kotetsu (in front of the cave)

Published in New Caledonian newspaper

Goodbye party

Toshi's birthday cake

Kotetsu Toshi Dengeri

Mr. and Mrs. Kuroki on their honeymoon (Fukuoka)

Morning market fish shop

Wild orchid

Reindeer lichen companion of lichen

Xantosmon

Mr. Matsui and the author in front of the giant hoop

A landscape of dead trees on Lake Yate

Villagers going to church

"Ponju" and "Ponju" and morning greetings fly around.
The friendliness of the Melanesians on the Island
is very nice.

Noumea and Anse bata on the main Island of
Grande Terre are urban,
but when you leave the city,
you will see reddish-brown land and rainforest.

The sea is not the only attraction of New Caledonia.

The natural mountain landscape is also new.
Another attraction is the museum slide show.

Museum slideshow

A word from Kotetsu

The view from the sky above Ile de Pan is a magnificent view suitable for an angel to descend. I was left alone on Nokanhui Island, and I was worried that the Island would disappear when the tide was rising. When I saw the boat picking me up, I stroked my hot chest.

Surrounded by South Sea cedar, the Isle of Pines has a natural beauty drawn

in the contrast between the whiteness of the sand and the color of the sea.

Thanks to my guide John, I was able to enjoy the Island.

When exploring the cave of Queen Hortense,
a local newspaper reporter asked and praised the
"Island Tour of the Earth".
It was reported in the newspaper the next day
that a Japanese couple visited the Isle of Pines.

For many encounters. Thank you!

The connection between people is an immeasurable asset.

Thanks to that, I was able to visit the deep Islands of New Caledonia.
I realized again the importance of maintaining the natural environment by seeing the true appearance rather than the trip of skidding.

I hope that the day when the Grand blue sea and natural ecotourism will be in the limelight will soon come.

Return to Anse Bata from Il de Pan for the final dinner.

 I shook my arms in the kitchen of my room in
Casa de Sol with the locals who took care of me.

Dengery (30, French police officer)
who went out to three supermarkets for dinner.

Mr. Kuroki (Fukuoka) on his honeymoon that
I met by chance at Il de Pan.

Toshi (31, Toshiyuki Kamei),
who has lived in New Caledonia for 2 years.
What is the reason why today is Toshi's 32nd birthday?

A lot of thanks to the guide who can hear the birds singing in the distance and cannot experience it on the tour.

I want to come back in the cooler season and capture the beautiful endemic species in my camera.

I was surprised that there were no mosquitoes in the forest.

After sweating all over my body, I washed my limbs with cold stream water.On the way home, I fell asleep soundly, knowing that it was bad for my friend who was driving.

The one-hour journey was very hard for me.

The view of Lake Yate from the top of the mountain is
"reddish brown and green forest and lake"

I touched another real face that
New Caledonia did notknow.

The yellow flower "Xantosmon" that blooms on the red
rust-colored mountain road containing nickel is fascinating,
but the heat drips on the camera.

"Why?" I didn't know that Lake Yate was
an artificial lake until I witnessed it.

It expresses a fantastic beauty,
but it is a sad figure of a forest buried alive.

The, park is beautifully maintained and
the public toilets are well cleaned.

The climate changes drastically in the forest,
and it is different from the cool breeze,
and in the tropical jungle,
you sweat no matter how much water you replenish.

Introduced by an acquaintance photographer in Osaka, he deepened his friendship with Mr. Matsui (46), who runs a local travel agency.

With his special guidance, he explored the Island-specific (orchid flower native) from La Riviere Blue State Park to Lake Yate.

Watching wild orchids and rare flowers overlooking Lake Yate from the top of the mountain.

Encounter a sad landscape that is half buried in the lake and is a dead tree.

February 7-12, 2008, 　　　　　　　　　　Traveling Iron Man, Yoshimasa Ikeuchi

Epilogue