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# Sending DVDs / USB stick from South Pacific to Europe Country forums / Pacific Islands & Papua New Guinea
aki2006 21:46 UTC 23 Jun 2012 | Hi everyone, I'll be leaving for a trip to the South Pacific tomorrow and I'm wondering which country would be good for sending DVDs or a USB stick with a backup of travel pictures home to continental Europe. I could use either normal mail (if reliable enough) or a courier service and I'm looking for a balance between price, reliability, and speed of delivery (speed is less important though). Question: Which country in the South Pacific (except Cook Islands & French Polynesia) would be a good place to send a small parcel with DVDs/USB stick from? Am I guessing correctly that New Caledonia would probably be a good bet? How about Fiji as I'll be passing through there several times? Any help is greatly appreciated. |
Laszlo 16:13 UTC 26 Jun 2012 | I'd do it from Fiji. New Caledonia happens to be the only place in the World from where a postcard I sent home never arrived... | 1
watsoff 16:57 UTC 26 Jun 2012 | I second Fiji. Never been to New Caledonia, but after 15 trips to Fiji nothing has ever been lost or not delivered by the Fijian PO. | 2
aki2006 01:54 UTC 27 Jun 2012 | Thanks Laszlo & Watsoff. Fiji would also be the most practical as I'll keep passing through there half a dozen times when visiting other islands on Air Pacific flights. Do you think its fine to just use regular mail or would you need EMS or another courier service? Any idea as to how long regular mail takes to continental Europe? | 3
Laszlo 07:02 UTC 27 Jun 2012 | Regular surface mail takes months (but has always arrived). I'd probably send it by some kind of registered airmail at the very least - EMS if available at a reasonable cost at the GPO (check) should be fine. | 4
aki2006 09:51 UTC 13 Jul 2012 | Great, thanks! | 5