We left San Francisco on February 10, 2010 with a plan to head south to Mexico and then make the innocently named "puddle jump" to the South Pacific (!!) this spring. From there, who knows?!?!?!? Maybe Fiji? Australia? New Zealand? For now, we're just thrilled to finally be out at sea! 
For us in the US, it seems Bora Bora is the posterchild of the South Pacific. Initially, we thought we wanted to go there just because, well, it’s Bora Bora. But, several cruisers that went there had mixed reviews of the island as a cruising hang-out. It was expensive, there were lots of resorts and […]
Entries Tagged as 'Society Islands'
Huahine, our last stop in French Polynesia (Aug. 6-11)
September 1st, 2010 · No Comments · French Polynesia, Our Route, Society Islands
Tags: Huahine
Cruising Must-Have: Good snorkeling gear!!!
August 4th, 2010 · 2 Comments · Cruising Must-Haves, French Polynesia, Life Lessons, Life on the Boat, Random Thoughts, Society Islands
Right before Matt and I left SF, our cross-the-dock neighbor generously gave us fishing tackle and scuba gear and three sets of masks/snorkels/fins. We felt like it was Christmas!!! He just kept bringing more and more stuff over for us. We were excited and thrilled to have such gifts literally falling into our lap. Because […]
Tags: Moorea·snorkeling
The Moms in Moorea (July 24-30)
August 1st, 2010 · 2 Comments · French Polynesia, shoe-cruising, Shore Excursions, Society Islands, Somebody likes us, Thoughts on Family
Wow. What a whirlwind week. The moms arrived in Tahiti last Friday, after a long day of traveling – Sandy (Matt’s mom) from New Jersey, my mom (Vicki) from California. Matt and I had planned to surprise them at their hotel, but their late arrival combined with the lack of buses combined with our hunger […]
Love, Tahiti style
July 21st, 2010 · 2 Comments · First Mates, French Polynesia, Random Thoughts, Society Islands
TRUE LOVE IS….. ** spending an entire day walking around downtown Papeete with your wife, willingly going into every women’s clothing boutique in a FIVE BLOCK radius, waiting patiently while she tries on outfit after outfit after outfit, occasionally bringing her even more clothes to try on, not losing it when she starts to cry […]
Tags: Marriage·Papeete·shopping·Tahiti·thankful·Woman on a Boat
Dreaming of a Mini-Break
July 18th, 2010 · 5 Comments · First Mates, French Polynesia, Life on the Boat, Our Route, Random Thoughts, Shore Excursions, Society Islands, Thoughts on Family
I remember first hearing the term “mini-break” in the movie Bridget Jones’ Diary – which I totally LOVE btw – and thought it was a quaint, truly british phrase. But, Lord A’Mercy, I am in need of a mini-break from the boat. We have not spent a night off the boat in almost EIGHT MONTHS. […]