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Bill and Lowie at the market

Bill admiring the cuddle fish

Dinner out at the Pazar (sunday market)

A REALISTIC MED CRUISING BUDGET

We are now in the Greek island of Lesvos with Morris & Gail. All is going well, and I’ll advise more on this in a few days.Since we posted an article on our blog in early April about the costs of cruising , I’ve had a few off-line requests to advis…

Lovu Feast at Viani Bay

The school at Viani BayMany of the Fijian islands support small primary schools for the local village kids. The Fijian government promotes and funds education, yet the schools are primitive (by American standards) and resources are limited. We have h…

#47 Roche Harbor

Pardon me while I reach back when we were dreaming about migrant life on a boat; what it might be like, highs and lows, possible show stoppers, etc.  So many things we couldn’t foretell, but one thing sure and certain was that we must keep our fam…

#47 Roche Harbor

Pardon me while I reach back when we were dreaming about migrant life on a boat; what it might be like, highs and lows, possible show stoppers, etc.  So many things we couldn’t foretell, but one thing sure and certain was that we must keep our fam…

Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia (Borneo)

Life in KK
Although KK (Kota Kinabalu) in Borneo was not our final destination for the season as far as we had planned, it was a major stopover for us.  It’s not that we did not like the Philippines, because we really did and had a great time th…

Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia (Borneo)

Life in KK
Although KK (Kota Kinabalu) in Borneo was not our final destination for the season as far as we had planned, it was a major stopover for us.  It’s not that we did not like the Philippines, because we really did and had a great time th…

Diving Fiji and Jack

Jack For ten Fiji bucks per head, a very sweet, jovial older Fijian man named Jack will take cruisers to the local dive sites near Viani Bay (the southeast side of the island of Vanua Levu). This is a bargain compared to the hundreds of dollars …