Today’s Chronicle can be found here. Who just made five landings in the past three days, and is sorely in need of a sea day? That’s right – this family…
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Surf to Sand – French Polynesia to the Atacama – Tahuata and Atuona – Day 14
Today’s Chronicle can be found here. Up bright and early this morning for snorkelling – we’re thrilled to go again after Rangiroa, as everything we’d heard previously suggested there would…
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Surf to Sand – French Polynesia to the Atacama – Fatu Hiva – Day 13
Today’s Chronicle can be found here. A busy day on the horizon with our complicated combination village visit to Hanavave and zodiac cruise and perilous ridge run to and from…
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Surf to Sand – French Polynesia to the Atacama – Nuku Hiva – Day 12
Today’s Chronicle can be found here. Our morning at sea passed in a blur. We continued to bash on with reading / writing / homework as well as the usual…
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Surf to Sand – French Polynesia to the Atacama – At Sea – Day 11
Today’s Chronicle can be found here. I managed to sleep past 7 am for the first time this trip, no doubt helped by the 30 minute timezone shift. Perfect timing,…
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Surf to Sand – French Polynesia to the Atacama – Rangiroa – Day 10
Today’s Chronicle can be found here. With no roosters to wake us up – and the gentle wash of waves to lull us to sleep – we had no trouble…
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Surf to Sand – French Polynesia to the Atacama – Embarcation – Day 9
Up bright and early this morning, with an emphasis on early. Why are there so many roosters aorund, when only a fraction are needed relative to the hen population? And…
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Surf to Sand – French Polynesia to the Atacama – In Transit – Day 8
And so the sun rose on our final day in Moorea. It is at difficult to believe at once that it has gone so quickly and that we have managed…
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Surf to Sand – French Polynesia to the Atacama – Moorea – Day 7
Another later start to the day today, which meant I actually got to enjoy a coffee on the lanai without interruptions. Our travel agent even confirmed that our new LATAM…
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Surf to Sand – French Polynesia to the Atacama – Moorea – Day 6
Snow day! By which I mean, complete-absence-of-snow day – but this is the term coined by one of our long-travelling friends whenever she took a day just to relax and…
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