Daily Archives: December 21, 2011

Life at Sea

Twenty-three days at sea is a fairly long period of time to contend with, even when making the odd stop along the way. Although we tried to introduce some sort of routine, it was often difficult to maintain in the … Continue reading

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New Caledonia

New Caledonia consists of a breathtakingly beautiful group of islands (the largest of which is the main island of Grande Terre), which somewhat ironically, or perhaps torturously, were used by the French in the mid 19th Century as sites for … Continue reading

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Suva, Fiji

It was raining when we arrived in Suva. The sky may have been overcast and grey but the welcome at the port was warm with many greetings of ‘Bula!‘, a local word meaning all of ‘Hello’, ‘Cheers’ and ‘Life’. In … Continue reading

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