09 December 2012 | Opua, New Zealand
03 November 2012 | Kunutu, Vava'u group, Kingdom of Tonga
03 November 2012 | Kunutu, Vava'u group, Kingdom of Tonga
03 November 2012 | Kunutu, Vava'u group, Kingdom of Tonga
03 November 2012 | Neiafu, Vava'u, Kingdom of Tonga
03 November 2012 | Kunutu, Vava'u group, Kingdom of Tonga
03 November 2012 | Falehou, Niuatoputapu, Kingdom of Tonga
03 November 2012 | Tafahi volcano, Kingdom of Tonga
03 November 2012 | Falehou, Niuatoputapu, Kingdom of Tonga
03 November 2012 | Falehou, Niuatoputapu, Kingdom of Tonga
03 November 2012 | Vaipo, Niuatoputapu, Kingdom of Tonga
03 November 2012 | Niuatoputapu, Tonga
21 October 2012 | south side of Samoa.
21 October 2012 | South side of Samoa
21 October 2012 | Apia, Samoa
21 October 2012 | Apia, Samoa
21 October 2012 | Apia, Samoa
15 September 2012 | Suwarrow, Northern Cooks Islands
15 September 2012 | Suwarrow, Northern Cooks Islands
15 September 2012 | Suwarrow, Northern Cooks Islands
Lovely Los Frailes
04 April 2012 | Frailes anchorage
so nice
We ended up staying a week in Los Frailes, and so said farewell to Buena Vista and Chapter Two, the island packet, who left after a couple of days there. They are now more than half-way to the Marquesas! We did a bit of hiking and snorkeling in this really lovely and peaceful spot. A highlight of staying there were the constant displays of schools of jumping manta rays – they seem to just be cavorting around, leaping out of the water three or four feet, flapping their ‘wings’ wildly as they get a few seconds of air time. Some of them do somersault flips! These displays went on all week, sometimes just a ray or two a time, but on some days they all got together in groups of 20 or so and splashed around like mad for 15 minutes at a time.