Sea day and Margarita Day (in the Pacific between Nuka Hiva and Moorea). Coffee on balcony and then breakfast. Then a swim and lecture on the upcoming ports and history of the area. Then lunch, a snooze and some reading, before margaritas. Tomorrow at noon we’ll be in Moorea, a small island beside Tahiti. At […]
Month: November 2018
Day 14 in Nuku Hiva
Arrived Saturday at 9:30. Beautiful weather, but warm today (and a lot warmer than Collingwood). The pilot boat was a lot smaller that what we had in LA, but my guess is the pilot doesn’t get a lot of work. Nuku Hiva is very mountainous due to dormant volcanoes.
Day 13 – We Are in Southern Hemisphere
Crossed equator last night about 8pm. Now have longer days with sun rise around 6 and sunset at almost 6pm. Another day of eating and reading with activities in between. Temps are over 80F, so warmer than back home. Will be in Nuku Hiva tomorrow morning around 10am. Progress has been slowed by constant SE […]
Equator Crossing
King Neptune, his queen and his mermaids arrive to initiate the Polliwogs (those who have never crossed the equator) to be a Shellback (those that have crossed the equator before). Fortunately Kid and I crossed the equator in January so did not have to undergo a kissing of the turkey fish and being drenched with […]
Day 12 – Equator Crossing tonight
Last day in Northern Hemisphere. About 2 Degrees N and expected to cross equator about 8pm so hope to get a picture of it as we cross Saturday will be in Nuku Hiva in the Marquesas Islands in French Polynesia. Sounds like a remote island group with a population of around 2,500. Today we had […]