Hike to Cap Ndoua Lighthouse
The internet has failed us as we cruise farther afield. This morning (Saturday) in hopes of a dinner out we have relocated to a bay with a resort on the shore. With civilization our cell Read More …
Country
Repel All Boarders
This morning we are anchored in a protected bay tucked into an island known as Ile Ouen just across from Canal Woodin. The entire bay is surrounded by mountains with raw red soil (think Georgia Read More …
Mini Shipwrecks
Sunday morning – blue skies and balmy breezes here today. Internet on the boat not working so I hiked down to the Best Western Hotel Le Paris to log onto their wifi and catch up Read More …
Maybe Not Quite “All Over”!
Video of our neighbor across the dock checking his lines. Interesting news story…surprised the cruise ship Pacific Pearl sailed directly into the teeth of the hurricane passaging from Noumea to Port Vila in Vanuatu. http://www.stuff.co.nz/world/south-pacific/4541079/Cyclone-batters-Pacific/ Read More …
Cyclone Vania Video Taken Near Peak of Storm
I think these videos work – but if not drop me a line. The connection is slow here and I can’t get them to play back for me. But here’s two links to the YouTube Read More …
All Over
Vania has come and gone – apparently arriving ahead of schedule and departing fairly quickly. All the action peaked at about 11:30 a.m. when I was posting the last blog. Light drizzly rain now, not Read More …
Still Waiting…
It’s coming up on noon Friday here in Noumea. I’m sitting in the hotel lobby by open doors to the sidewalk…the internet works here at the moment but stopped working in our hotel room several Read More …
No News Isn’t Bad News!
Just a quick update – no change here except wind gusts are picking up. News reports say Tanna and Erromango in Vanuatu were pounded; now New Cal’s Loyalty Islands east of here are next Read More …
Waiting for Vania
Our watched tropical disturbance has blossomed into an official cyclone named Vania. We snagged the above photo from the US Naval Observatory’s website on the internet this morning – it was taken about six hours ago. Read More …
Hi from Nouvelle-Calédonie
Jan 2011 11 Tues Mike missed his birthday this year so I guess he’s on hold for 2011;) We left Tucson on Sunday Jan 9, slept aboard our Air New Zealand 747 as we crossed Read More …