• Shark soup

    When we visited Rangiroa eight years ago, where we did some fabulous diving, someone told us: “if you enjoy diving here, you should go to Fakarava – the diving is even better there.” It’s taken a while, but here we are! Fakarava is an atoll that looks like Rangiroa, only bigger, and with two passes […]

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  • From Tonga to Huahine (via Auckland and Tahiti)

    It was great to get to know Tonga. We think it is the ideal destination for yachties. It must be fantastic to sail the different island groups with a big yacht. The number of yachts floating around Vava’u makes you think that more people are aware of this. The bonus is obviously the whale spotting […]

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  • ‘Ofa Atu – Tales from Tonga

    After a very quick 16 hour visit of Fiji (we’ve been there before, after all…) Fiji Airways flew us directly to the Vava’u group of islands in Tonga. Unfortunately, they did not put our bags on the same flight… something to do with weight restrictions and the inability to get fuel on Vava’u. Fortunately, we […]

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  • Kanak, Cagou and yuck cappuccinos

    When you travel the Pacific there is one name that keeps popping up: James Cook. The eighteenth century cartographer and captain in the British Royal Navy was the ultimate world traveler. During his expeditions across the Pacific he discovered, visited and named many islands. One of these islands reminded him of Scotland so he named […]

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