Bula Fiji!

In most places, when you pass someone you don’t know on the street, the most you expect is a nod and maybe a polite ‘Good Morning.’ In Fiji, you often get a loud and enthusiastic ‘Bula!’ with a big smile. It almost feels like you just got a hug from a good friend. Fiji is a very special place. We

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Goodbye Tonga

Back in Neiafu for July 4, but there were no fireworks or other celebrations, this being Tonga, not the US. Still, we had a good time at a fund raising dinner for a veterinarian who travels from New Zealand to do mostly free work for the Vava’u community. On July 5 we went whale watching. Tonga is one of the

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Tonga At Last!

We left Samoa on June 9, sailing along the northern coast of Upolu to the Apolima Straight between Upolu and Savai’i, the two main islands of Samoa. The wind died when we got into the straight but picked up again as soon as we exited the southern end. The seas also picked up and we were in 2.5 to 3

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