The "idyllic" south pacific islands can be tricky; some are slums and industrial sweat shops (Guam is full of imported chinese workers making "made in USA" products) and American Samoa is also quite depressing. There is probably a reason that so many Islanders are living in Auckland, Sydney and even Los Angeles. Yet there are beautiful and even truly idyllic islands in the Pacific, but none of them are viable for a 36-48 hour trips (it takes that long just to get to them, one-way). Some of these islands look more like a superfund (pollution cleanup) candidate site (sadly).