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February 5, 2025 Today we make a visit to the kingdom of Tonga. Tonga was first visited by Abel Tasman in 1643. Yes, the same guy who discovered New Zealand.  Tonga consists of 170 Island with a population of approximately 105,000. Today we are docked at the largest Island Tongapatu in the capital city ofContinue reading “Tonga”

February 1th, 2025 Today’s stop is the Island of Ratotonga, the largest of the 15 islands that form the nation of the Cook Islands. In 1901 the UK government made the Cook Islands part of New Zealand. In 1965 New Zealand granted the Cook Islands self-governing status. The total population today is approximately 14,000, withContinue reading “Rarotonga, Cook Islands”

January 28, 29, 2025 First of all a correction to my write up about Pitcairn Island. One of my readers pointed out that from the 43 people who live on the island,  35 of them are direct descendants from the Bounty Muteneers and 8 are not. Thank You. This morning we made a stop inContinue reading “Papeete, Tahiti”

January 30, 2025 An early morning today. Carol was in a considerable amount of pain when she awoke this morning. We had arranged for the Taxi to pick us up and take us to the airport. After we arrived at the airport, it took a while before we boarded our Air Tahiti plane to Raiatea,Continue reading “Raiatea, French Polynesia”

January 25, 2025 Today we met up with the people from Pitcairn. Pitcairn, mostly known from the mutiny on the HMS Bounty. Numerous books have been written and movies have been made about this event. In 1789 Fletcher Adams took control of the HMS Bounty and burned the ship on the shores of the Island.Continue reading “Pitcairn Island”

January 22 2025 (day 2) Good Morning readers! Another morning waking up outside Easter Island. My first action of the day was to look out the window and check the height of the swell. The swells didn’t seem to be worse than yesterday. For today I managed to get a spot on another tour onContinue reading “Easter Island”

January 21 2025 (day1) Early this morning we anchored offshore outside Hangoa Roa, the main town on Easter Island. Easter Island discovered in 1722 by Dutch explorer Jacob Roggeveen. He landed on Easter Sunday 1722   and named it Easter Island. Today the island is part of the South American country Chile and the main languageContinue reading “Easter Island”

January 15, 2025 On Jan.14, I left the ship for 3 days to visit Machu Picchu, a World UNESCO site high in the Andes Mountains of Peru.  Our excursions started with an hour flight from Lima over the Andes to Cusco. Cusco is at an altitude of 11,152 feet. When we left the plane weContinue reading “Machu Picchu”

January 14, 2024 After being at Sea for Two days, we anchored in the port city of Callao. Callao is a bustling container port. There were also numerous large ocean grain bulk carriers being unloaded. Callao and Lima are basically connected. This morning I hopped on a shuttle bus to the outside of the portContinue reading “Callao / Lima, Peru”

January 11, 2024 Around 4:00 this morning we arrived in Manta the second largest city in Ecuador. For today we did not book any tours. After we had breakfast we walked off the ship. We kept following the Malecon, searching for an Artisan market. The artisan market was nowhere to be found, instead we decidedContinue reading “Manta, Equator”