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
View from the top of Mt. Pahia on Bora Bora. (of the peak that we didn’t climb)
18 August 2012 | Bora Bora, French Polynesia
It was a pleasant daysail from Raiatea to Bora-Bora, about 25 miles long since you have to get around to the west side of BB to enter the pass.
A highlight of BB was snorkeling with manta rays, on the east side of the island just south of a twisty, coral-lined pass in the middle of the lagoon. We took a dinghy ride to the spot which was north of where we had anchored in the southeast corner of the lagoon. There were lots of tour boats there, and at least 15 snorkelers in the water but the huge beasts didn't seem to mind us and just swooped and glided effortlessly along the bottom, about 20 feet below us.