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Surge

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This video will help you see the kind of surge we have here now with the current weather. The last 2 days have been pretty bad with large waves and a lot of wind. There’s also an afternoon storm whi…

Backgammon buddies

Fiji is Marvelous!

Marvelous weather!!!! We arrived from rainy, rainy, cool Calgary to 30 degrees C, with clear skies and no wind. We have been using all of our outdoor spaces – the flybridge, the back cockpit, the boat deck – you name it. Star gazing in perfectly calm e…

Nature Cooks

Boiling hot springs at SavusavuAt the hot springs on Vanua Levu in the town of Savusavu, the water is boiling hot – literally. To test how hot, we put a couple of eggs in a canvas bag and sunk them in the bubbling pool. After ten minutes, we were rewar…

Heading back to Just Believe

On our way back to Papagayo marina, we stopped in several areas to check them out for the future. Stopped at the German Bakery to get bread and sweet rolls. I also spotted my first money in the wild. I saw the monkey as we were driving aroun…

Manana…

Man… have we really gotten into this island life or what? Actually been sleeping in a bit—wake up, have a cup of coffee, leisurely check out the internet, (that is still running smoothly)  check the market, check emails, then walk up to the of…

PHOTOS

Castle being renovated at CandarliMorris, Gail & Laurie having a cooling ale in CandarliFour out of the five boats at anchor in Foca are from NZEating the small fish Morris boughtTanker refuelling Envoy with 750 litres of diesel at MytiliniGail & Diane…

Snorkeling at Night by Bear

We went on a night snorkel. We had to use underwater flashlights. There were not many fish, but a lot of feeding coral. We saw one 5 foot long, white tip shark (but he came around twice). We put our flashlights on him and his eyes glowed. I clutched…

Hanging out with the locals at IASOS

Arenal Volcano

Yesterday morning, Julie and I left Papagayo Marina and headed inland for a couple of days at the largest active Volcano in Costa Rica, the Valcon Arenal. It took us over 4 hours (stopped for lunch) to get to the Tabacon Grand Resort and Spa…