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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
Today is Sunday August 22 (Vanuatu time) and we are gently cruising back to Port Vila, our latest adventure coming to a close. We have visited every island in southern Vanuatu except Futuna which has Read More …
August 7-9 From our one-night stopover in Aniwa we sailed another 5-6 hours to Port Resolution on the island of Tanna, named by Captain Cook after his own ship when he first discovered the island Read More …
Erromango Postscript: Last posting I forget to mention a special moment that took place as we returned from a scuba outing at Erromango. Rod, Mike and I were racing across the waves in the big Read More …