NZ: The Kiwi Countryside
March 7, 2019, Auckland, New Zealand — Half-way: Day 64. Our Shore Excursions director always recommends getting out of port, so, since...
New Zealand: ‘The land of the long white cloud’
March 6, 2019, Waitangi, Bay of Islands, New Zealand — First of five parts. When the Maori settled here about 700 years ago, they named...
From Meal de Mer to Mal de Mer
March 3, 2019, somewhere in the South Pacific — You read that right: Today is Sunday, March 3. At least where I am, it is. We crossed the...
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...
Bonjour!
February 28, 2019, steaming towards New Zealand — I’ve been keeping my eye peeled for a good ‘Name that Cloud!’ candidate, but I haven’t...
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...
A Gallimaufry of Nautical Terms, redux
February 25, 2019, steaming towards Tahiti — You haven’t heard from me because we haven’t set foot on dry land in ELEVEN days! This long...
