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 …
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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 …
The Equator
We crossed the equator today. Actually we probably flew across it on our trip here, but that hardly counts. We forewent the traditional maritime ceremony for first-time crossers, involving (Rod tells us) flour, tar and Neptune, Read More …
Waterlogged in Raja Ampat
After nine years (!) of cruising the South Pacific, we have moved into new territory. The Solomon Islands marked our entry into the Coral Triangle of Read More …
Solomon Reflections
We are aboard a Boeing 737 en route from Guadalcanal to Nadi, Fiji – a day late because yesterday’s flight turned back due to bad weather at Read More …
Nono Lagoon
We have been exploring Nono Lagoon for a few days. The official significance of its name is unknown to us but for AVATAR it stood for no rain and no wind! The high pressure pump Read More …
Head Hunters
On the subject of skulls (last blog – crocodiles), from Lola Island we were given a tour of nearby tiny Skull Island. Solomon Islanders have a history of headhunting and cannibalism that dates back hundreds Read More …
Salt Water Crocodiles
The one big dampening factor for cruising in the Solomons is the man-eating salt water crocodiles (not kidding!) that live in the mangrove swamps, especially at the estuaries where the big rivers empty into the Read More …
Munda
We have sailed to the vicinity of New Georgia Island and anchored off the Zipolo Habu Resort on nearby little Lola Island. Rod is reliving old times here. On his travels through the Solomons a Read More …