Taling Kaia

We sailed from Aitutaki with sometimes too lively wind and waves from the back, anchored for almost a day at Beveridge Reef, and resumed our passage with a pleasant sail to Niue on our spinnaker. The forecasted weather forced us to cut short our visit to Niue...

We stayed in Aitutaki for five days, the highlights of which were the two resorts that we visited, as well as a tour around the island in a rental car, which included visiting Mount Maungapu, the top of the island, and the Aitutaki Marine Research Centre,...

From Bora Bora we sailed to the main island of the Cook Islands, Rarotonga, in almost 5 days. There we stayed for a week and got to know and enjoy some what this island has to offer, including beaches, wildlife, nature walks, cultural shows, great dining and...

Bora Bora was for us one of the most beautiful places we ever visited, while it also served as the place where we prepared ourselves for the rest of our trip to New Zealand, including looking for extra crew for the longer passages we would be making.

This blog entry covers the 11 days we criss-crossed the Raiatea/Taha'a islands, including taking a "botanical tour" around Taha'a, the snorkelling in the Taha'aCoral Gardens and returning to Raiatea for an emergency engine repair.

Huahine was the first of the Leeward Society Islands we visited, and we stayed there for about a week. This blog relates our activities on this beautiful and less visited island, including a bicycling tour, which almost ended in major calamity, a day tour of...