Last great adventure was traveling around Australia for 12 months in a VW van in 1992, and getting married in New Zealand on the way back to the States. After two years cruising in Mexico, in 2012 we sailed across the South Pacific stopping at many island nations including French Polynesia, the [...]

northern Cook Islands, Samoa and Tonga. In order to escape cyclone season in the tropics, we sailed south to New Zealand. We spent 2013 in Don's home country Australia where he worked to rebuild our cruising kitty and I got my 'permanent residency'. In June 2014 we sailed from NZ to Fiji and are now enjoying these fantastic cruising grounds. We plan to return to NZ in November 2014. You can contact us at: svbuenavista@gmail.com or better yet...leave us a comment on the blog.