Happy 4th from North of the Border!
AVATAR is now in Canadian waters and Mike and I are cruising alone, just the two of us, while Rod and May have gone home to the other side of the world for a much delayed Read More …
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AVATAR on the Move!
After the long dry spell impounded in Mexico, AVATAR is on the move again! Once safely back in San Diego we attacked the backlog of repair and refit projects in express mode and finally, Read More …
Mexican Standoff
My apologies for the six month hiatus since my last post back in September! AVATAR made a heroic journey cross-Pacific in October on the heels of our last Tongan adventure. The crew sailed non-stop from Read More …
Close Encounter
We’ve been treated to beautiful weather in Tonga, with sunny skies and crystalline clear water vibrant in shades of blue and turquoise. But day before yesterday a storm moved in bringing gray skies and rain. Read More …
Swallows’ Cave and Mariner’s Cave
Just around the corner from Neiafu near an anchorage named Port Mourelle (after the Spaniard Don Francisco Antonio Mourelle who was the first European to land in Vava’u), are two well-known tourist destinations – a Read More …
Whale Spotting
It took us two weeks to get from Fiji to Tonga, thanks to an uncooperative convergence zone stalled overhead, producing heavy gray clouds, buckets of rain, and high winds. We navigated southeasterly through Fiji looking Read More …
Bula from Yadua
Here we are back in Fiji for the umpteenth (I’ve lost count) time. Fiji offers a reliable starting off point for a tropical vacation with nonstop air service from Los Angeles, an excellent marina for Read More …
The Red Bird of Paradise
After scuba diving three times a day for five days in a row at Sorido Bay Resort, Mike and I were pretty well saturated. We were rather relieved to learn that Saturdays are no-dive Read More …
The Wayag Group
We are spending the final five days of the AVATAR portion of our Indonesian adventure in the Wayag group. This is an absolutely stunning location – the very essence of Raja Ampat. If you pick Read More …
Of Pearls, Piracy and Paperwork
We have been plying the waters of Raja Ampat with little interaction amongst the locals but the few encounters we have had have been memorable. First off, Indonesians seem quite fond of paperwork. When AVATAR Read More …