http://www.isnare.com/?s=author&a=David+Stanley Travel David Stanley Wed, 24 Sep 2008 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=210510&ca=Travel Since the age of explorers Wallis, Bougainville, and Cook, legendary Tahiti has tickled imaginations worldwide. More recently, Tahiti became the most famous Polynesian island of all when Clark Gable (1935), Marlon Brando (1962), and Mel Gibson (1984) played the role of Fletcher Christian in three bl... Sexuality David Stanley Wed, 26 Jul 2006 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=61799&ca=Sexuality In 1981, scientists in the United States and France first recognized the Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS), which was later discovered to be caused by a virus called the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV). HIV breaks down the body's immunity to infections leading to AIDS. The virus can lie... Travel David Stanley Sat, 30 Jul 2005 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=683&ca=Travel Ask me which Pacific island has the most to offer hikers and I'll probably answer Easter Island. Here on an island 11 km wide and 23 km long you'll find nearly a thousand ancient Polynesian statues strewn along a powerfully beautiful coastline or littering the slopes of an extinct volcano. The legen... Travel David Stanley Tue, 21 Jun 2005 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=1655&ca=Travel The islands of Samoa are emerging as an exciting new South Pacific travel destination between Hawaii and New Zealand. This "Heart of Polynesia" is politically split into two distinct entities 80 miles apart. The country Samoa is a former German colony, captured by New Zealand in 1914 and granted ind... Travel David Stanley Sun, 20 Mar 2005 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=1479&ca=Travel "Ouvea is everything you'd expect in a South Pacific island. Twenty kilometers of unbroken white sands border the lagoon on the west side of the island and extend far out from shore to give the water a turquoise hue. The wide western lagoon, protected by a string of coral islands and a barrier reef,...