Fifty Shades of Blue, Part II: Bora Bora
February 27, 2019, Bora Bora, French Polynesia — We say Bora Bora, they say Pora Pora, which means ‘first born.’ There is no B in their...
Fifty Shades of Blue*, Part I: Tahiti
February 26, 2019, Tahiti, French Polynesia — In Tahitian, ’Ia ora na, but Bonjour works just as well in French Polynesia. If I thought...
Easter Island: When life hands you lemons…Viking hands you margaritas.
web photo February 19, 2019, Easter Island, Chile — Welcome to Polynesia and the remotest inhabited island on the planet — 2,236 miles...
If It’s Thursday, Where’s Friday?
February 14, 2019, Robinson Crusoe Island — I grew up in a house full of books. Family heirloom books (a full set of Shakespeare and a...
‘¡Viva Chile!’
February 12, 2019, Valparaíso, Chile — Happy Birthday, Charles Darwin, born February 12, 1809. He classified Valparaíso’s palm trees when...
Valparaíso: ‘Funky Chile’
February 11, 2019, Valparaíso, Chile — Day 1 of an overnight in this city of 1 million. Like numerous smaller Chilean ports we’ve...
A Tale of Two Puertos: Parte 2, Puerto Montt
February 9, 2019 Puerto Montt, Chile — Sometimes my ‘bus notes’ threaten to overwhelm me... these are from our 8-hour excursion on...
