Groupers galore: French Polynesia, June 2018 (Part 2-Fakarava)

Thursday, June 20, 2018 Our first morning in Fakarava aboard the Aqua Tiki II was the usual chaos of trying to synchronize » Read more

Ravishing Rangiroa: French Polynesia, June 2018 (Part 1)

Saturday, June 16, 2018 What a long time in coming: sitting on a thin strip of land in the middle of the » Read more

Friday, August 31, 2018 The last several summers were marked with a tinge of regret. How could another year be passing without » Read more

In my Michel Thomas Japanese course on CD, a phrase I learned was appropo: Nihon ni ittara, Fuji-san o mitai desu. (When » Read more

Tuesday, February 6, 2018 Swan Lake lives! We spent a picture perfect morning at Lake Kussharo. It was snowing when we » Read more

Monday, February 5, 2018 Breakfast at the Green Park Hotel in Tsurui was Japanese, with grilled salted salmon, daikon pickles, rice, and » Read more

Our accommodation for this evening was Green Park Hotel in Tsurui. Tsurui means “cranes are here”. Sunday, February 4, 2018 5:45 am: » Read more

Monday, September 11, 2017 After 9 days aboard the Antigua exploring Svalbard, we were back in Longyearbyen, taking leave of our travel » Read more

Saturday, September 2, 2017 By our first morning aboard Antigua, a converted sailing vessel and our home for the next 9 days » Read more