Photo Gallery 2005 Tonga
Rain and a Cold
We’ve been stuck in Suva Harbor for the third straight day, in a grey drizzly cloud that is not at all anyone’s idea of the tropical South Pacific! The photo is of the Royal Suva Read More …
Raven
Passage to Fiji
We’re all cleared in to Fiji and yesterday I added a new set of photos from our last days in Tonga. The photo above was taken at sunrise as we first spotted the islands of Read More …
Last Day in the Kingdom of Tonga
Today is our last day in Tonga. We sent Peggy and Jon off in a taxi to the airport and they are (hopefully) on their way back to the US. Our last dinner out together Read More …
Tonga Activities
We’re continuing to enjoy ourselves and getting more and more out of touch with reality. I couldn’t even guess what day of the week it is without a group discussion and a look at Read More …
Company Coming
Finally got to civilization (sort of) and located another internet cafe. Here’s the first installment of photos from Tonga posted on the Smugmug site. We are in Neiafu in the Vava’u Group of islands, moored Read More …
The Rainbow Warrior
We sailed north to the Bay of Islands as reported in my last big travelog post, and ended the journey at the Cavalli Islands where a wreck called the Rainbow Warrior has been relocated to Read More …
More Cruising
It took a few days to get our internet connection going…there always seems to be some catch everytime we come into a port and try to get online…however this stopover we have a wifi connection Read More …
Cruising the Hauraki Gulf
Between hikes our exercise consists of snorkeling – now that we have proper equipment it is all coming back quickly. Anouk is a certified dive instructor and keeps a sharp eye on us, so we Read More …
Port Fitzroy
A slow start this morning, with a dose of aspirin to get us going! After much hanging about on the boat, we went through the up-anchor routine and headed to the adjacent bay and Read More …