"Let our New Year's resolution be this: we will be there for one another as fellow members of humanity, in the finest sense of the word." Goran Persson
Happy New Year! By the time you read this post, it would be New Year's Day in, at least, the top 15 countries listed here. It might even be New Year's Day in all of them and many more.
Kiritimati in Kiribati is the first part of the world to enter the New Year. It's an island that is considered a Wildlife Sanctuary; with lots of beautiful and unique fauna and flora. Kiribati became independent from the United Kingdom in 1979 and has a fascinating history. As you think of things to do in 2015, add this beautiful nation and sanctuary as a peaceful oasis on your calendar of places to visit.
"Be at war with your vices, at peace with your neighbors, and let every new year find you a better man." Benjamin Franklin
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| Happy New Year: The native sooty tern of Kiritimati Island |
1. Samoa (Apia), Kiribati- Christmas Island, Kiritimati is the FIRST to enter New Year 2015. At midnight there, Dec 31, 2014 (New Year 2015), the local time in New York was 5:00am on the morning of the 31st. It was 10 am in London and 9pm in Sydney.
2. Chatham Islands - New Zealand. Local time in New York was 5:45am
3. New Zealand - Wellington, Tokelau, Fiji, Tonga, Antarctica-South Pole, McMurdo, Skott stations; Kiribati- Phoenix Islands. Local time in New York was 6:00am
4. Russia - Chukotka, Kamchatka; Nauru, Tuvalu, Marshall Isl., Wallis and Futuna, Kiribati - Tarawa. Local time in New York was 7:00am.
5. Norfolk Island (Kingston) - Australia. Local time in New York was 7:30am Courtesy World Time Zone
Happy New Year! By the time you read this post, it would be New Year's Day in, at least, the top 15 countries listed here. It might even be New Year's Day in all of them and many more.
Kiritimati in Kiribati is the first part of the world to enter the New Year. It's an island that is considered a Wildlife Sanctuary; with lots of beautiful and unique fauna and flora. Kiribati became independent from the United Kingdom in 1979 and has a fascinating history. As you think of things to do in 2015, add this beautiful nation and sanctuary as a peaceful oasis on your calendar of places to visit.
"Be at war with your vices, at peace with your neighbors, and let every new year find you a better man." Benjamin Franklin
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| Happy New Year: The Famous Sydney Opera House |
6. Australia - Sydney, Melbourne, Canberra, Hobart; Solomon Isl., New Caledonia, Micronesia - Pohnpei, Vanuatu;Bougainville (Papua New Guinea); Russia - Srednekolymsk. Local time in New York was 8:00am in the morningAt number six on the list of places in the throes of New Year's celebrations, Sydney, Australia and many other parts of that nation are blowing kisses in the air and welcoming 2015. For those folk lucky enough to be nearby, the famous Sydney Opera House will welcome you and your family with fantastic entertainment. Wherever you are around the globe, make the new year a memorable one.
7. Australia - Adelaide. Local time in New York was 8:30am
8. Russia - Vladivostok , Khabarovsk, Magadan, Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, Yuzhno-Kurilsk, Birobidzhan, Komsomolsk-na-Amure; Guam; Australia - Brisbane; Papua New Guinea, Northern Mariana Isl. Local time in New York was 9:00am
9. Australia - Darwin, Alice Springs. Local time in New York was 9:30am
10. Japan - Tokyo, South Korea, North Korea; Russia - Yakutsk, Blagoveschensk, Mirnyi, Tiksi; Palau, Indonesia- Jayapura, Ambon; East Timor, more ... Local time in New York was 10:00am. Courtesy World Time Zone
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