It’s Christmas every day on Christmas Island, the 52-square-mile jungle paradise that sits in the Indian Ocean about a 3.5-hour plane flight northwest of Perth, Australia.
Its thriving reefs and 250 endemic species have earned it the nickname “The Galapagos of Australia.”
Just 1,700 or so residents are lucky enough to call it home.
Local, Sook Yee Lai tells CNN Travel, “We do lots of free diving, snorkeling, diving, surfing, caving and walking through the jungle.”
About 22% of the residents have Chinese ancestry, 17% Australian, 16.1% Malay, 12.5% English and 3.8% Indonesian, meaning it’s common to hear many languages day to day. (CNN TRAVEL)
Obviously, they all get along with one another.
MERRY CHRISTMAS!
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