25 February 2024 | We are back in Gainesville, FL: Tregoning is in Mersin Marina, Mersin, Türkiye
18 February 2024 | We are in Glenwood, New Mexico: Tregoning is in Mersin Marina, Mersin, Türkiye
12 February 2024 | We are in Morro Bay, California: Tregoning is in Mersin Marina, Mersin, Türkiye
19 January 2024 | We are in Vancouver, BC Canada: Tregoning is in Mersin Marina, Mersin, Türkiye
01 January 2024 | We are in Washington State: Tregoning is in Mersin Marina, Mersin, Türkiye
15 December 2023 | We are in Minnesota: Tregoning is in Mersin Marina, Mersin, Türkiye
18 November 2023 | We are in Florida: Tregoning is in Mersin Marina, Mersin, Türkiye
29 October 2023 | We're in Florida - Tregoning is at B-dock, Mersin Marina, Mersin, Türkiye
21 October 2023 | 7 Oda Kapadokya Cave Hotel, Ürgüp, Türkiye
14 October 2023 | Hotel Aşikoğlu, Boğazkale, Türkiye
07 October 2023 | B-dock, Mersin Marina, Mersin, Türkiye
19 September 2023 | “Chez Jon & Angela”, Near Otterton, Devon, UK
14 September 2023 | Airbnb in Fortuneswell on the Isle of Portland, Dorset, UK
11 September 2023 | With Mike, Grange-over-Sands, Cumbria, UK
03 September 2023 | Ardington House, Ardington, Oxfordshire, UK
24 August 2023 | Near "Chez Joan and Peter", College of Roseisle, Moray, Scotland
11 August 2023 | Andrew's house (not exactly), Lichfield, UK
22 July 2023 | Chez Gail, near the New York Café, Budapest, Hungary
17 July 2023 | Piata Uniri Cozy Inn, Bucharest, Romania
14 July 2023 | Hotel Favorit, Sofia, Bulgaria
Update from Samoa
07 October 2017 | Apia Marina, `Upolu Island, Samoa
Photo: Smiling Samoan dancers as part of the cultural display at the Visitor Information Center in Apia
After an uninspiring passage of 52 hours of motor-sailing from Niuatoputapu to Samoa, we arrived in Apia Harbour on the north side of `Upolu Island on the afternoon of October 1st. We are very glad that we made the trip when we did, however, because weather conditions only became less favorable afterwards.
Having moved a couple of degrees closer to the equator and with summer approaching, it is not surprising that it is very hot and humid here. What is surprising, is how un-acclimated we felt when we first arrived, but we are now getting the hang of tropical living (sweating) again.
Other than a slightly annoying surge that sometimes stirs Tregoning rather rigorously in her slip, we are very happy to be in the Apia Marina and our first week in Samoa has been most enjoyable. The locals are friendly, helpful, and proud of their heritage; the markets and supermarkets are well-stocked; we can easily walk around Apia or take cheap taxis; we have already enjoyed excellent cultural displays at the Visitor Information Center, snorkeling at Palolo Deep Marine Reserve (literally around the corner from the marina), and admired the huge house owned by Robert Louis Stevenson and hiked up to his tomb (while bird-watching).
Over the next couple of weeks, we plan to drive around each of the two main islands, `Upolu and Savai`i, and visit a selection of notable sites. We look forward to spending a few nights off Tregoning (for the first time in eight months) and learning about life in Samoa outside the big city.
More details and photos to follow...