2020: A year of clear vision?

Preamble How to sum up 2020? A year so chaotic, full of fear and fury, as to be life-altering, unforgettable and for » Read more

Southern Raja Ampat on Damai 2: February 2020 (Part 3)

Sunday, February 9, 2020 We were heading into the final week of our 3-week idyll. It had been a fantastic trip, beginning » Read more

Tuesday, February 4, 2020 After an idyllic week at Papua Paradise, it was on to the main course, a 10 day cruise » Read more

Saturday, January 25-Sunday, January 26, 2020 Given that I was born in 1960, was soon to turn 60 and this trip was » Read more

2019 was an active, hectic, and stressful year. The simmering concerns I had been harboring in recent years about my mother’s living » Read more

Wednesday, October 2, 2019 Rangiroa to Fakarava A short afternoon flight to Fakarava and a need to stay out of the water » Read more

Friday, September 27, 2019 Rurutu to Tahiti to Rangiroa This travel day began early, at 5:45 am, with Greg’s voice in the » Read more

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

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

The short version I didn’t really try to set a new record for longest year’s end summary EVER, it was an EXCEPTIONALLY » Read more