The rescue of Pocahontas.

April 24, 2014.Reading time 13 minutes.

Suva, 23rd April We wake this morning in Suva, the most nostalgic of the ports visited, as it's where YM and I had our first 'date' together on dry land. Never thought then, that one day, 41 years later, we'd be back, and still, happily, together. Boy, am I glad that we had the opportunity […]

Oogivesadam? We very nearly didn’t!

April 23, 2014.Reading time 22 minutes.

Tuesday 22nd April, Lautoka, Fiji. Up bright and early today, and head straight for the Gym up on deck 10, must try and work off all the extra calories I believe I consumed yesterday. I'm not unlike the man in a leaky boat, having to keep on bailing out the water just to stay afloat, […]

Million Dollar Point

April 21, 2014.Reading time 21 minutes.

Luganville, Espírito Santo, Vanuatu. Easter Sunday, 20th April 2014 We berthed this morning at Luganville at about 8am, but no hurry, let all the passengers on tours get off first, and so after a light breakfast in the Neptune Lounge, we head ashore at 10. We have never visited this island before, and YM and […]

If it’s Good Friday is it ‘Easter Island?

April 19, 2014.Reading time 8 minutes.

Good Friday, 2014 I'm certainly on an island, and quite a small one at that. YM and I slept in a little later than planned ( what a joke, we dont have any plans!) and so we didn't wake up to see our arrival…no, not at Easter Island…although it is Easter, but at the mysteriously […]

Q; How big is the Specific Ocean? A; Can you be more pacific?

March 8, 2014.Reading time 8 minutes.

I've loaded fresh batteries in the TomTom, and Yineka-mou and I are getting ready to take off ( or in this case launch off) on another big trip. We are leaving Sydney in early April, onboard Holland America Line's cruise ship, the MV Oosterdam. Link This is not your usual two week cruise, well, for […]