Question to guide: ‘What’s an Auck?’
New Zealand Day Two: Auckland, Part 1 What’s an auck? It is not a What. It was a Who. Auckland was named for George Eden, the 1st Earl...
New Zealand: ‘Hokey Pokey’ in ‘The Land of the Long White Cloud’*
‘Rubbish’ found under the Kemp House floorboards when renovations were done in 2000 Day One: The Bay of Islands (aka Russell) When the...
Cannibals!
Note: It is really January 26, but the blog site doesn’t believe me. Until the mid 1800’s, Fijians cooked and ate their enemies in...
Day # 43: Six Weeks On
I embarked 6 weeks ago today — well, MY today, which is Friday, January 26, which isn't your today, which is Thursday, January 25. I...
Ancient Tonga Traditions on the ‘Jesus Loves Me’ Bus
Don’t try this at home! He is ripping the husk off a coconut — with his teeth! Starting the job... Got something stuck in my teeth... But...
Tender in a Plight
Had to kiss off Rarotonga due to swells. Not anyone on board — I wouldn’t say there are any ‘swells’ on board, even though someone other...
Bora Bora: Swim with the Fishes
Face mask plus snorkel. I wasn’t being attacked by the creature from Alien. Rain shower over the mountain. Tikis on stilts over the...
Not Gauguin’s Tahiti…
From other photos of other places, some vestiges of Gauguin’s Tahitian paradise remain in the hills and on the beaches, but not in...
Nuku Hiva 8°52′S 140°08′W
[Visited Jan. 13. Finally posted Jan. 15. Passepartout has moved her office to Deck 1, nearer the internet mother ship… and the real...
‘Our Lady Queen of the Angels’
LA, aka City of Angels, was originally named ‘Our Lady Queen of the Angels.’ This I learned on the bus from our berth in San Pedro...
