About Tonga in general Malo e lelei (“Greetings” in Tongan) Our bags are packed and Tuesday afternoon we board our plane(s) for the long flight back to Raven, currently anchored in Vava’u, Kingdom of Tonga. Read More …
View Larger Map Our summer cruise is now complete. Mike and Carol caught up with Raven in Bora Bora and embarked on a 1,750 mile tour of the South Pacific, cruising first to Penrhyn Atoll Read More …
PHOTO GALLERIES 2009 South Pacific Yesterday we headed out of the harbor towards the anchorages, and this morning we decided to move around to a favorite spot called Blue Lagoon – a beautiful circlet of Read More …
PHOTO GALLERIES 2009 South Pacific We’re safe and sound in Port of Refuge Harbor, Neiafu, Vava’u, Kingdom of Tonga. Nothing exciting to report about our 750 mile passage – alternately reading, sleeping, and standing watch Read More …
The following video and news story on March 18 definitely caught our attention, as we plan to be sailing into Tongan waters come May, remaining there through October. This volcano is actually a couple hundred Read More …
“Many of you have asked me if I’m going to give a talk about our recent trip to the South Pacific. I won’t bore you with a talk. However, as always, Carol has done Read More …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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