Happy news after the big outing in Samoa –  the Crystal folks, within about 20 minutes after the first guests returned from the “coastal walk,” advised everyone on that trip that a partial refund was already processed, so no one would pay more than 50% for that trip.   Helped to establish that the early […]

Yasawa-I-Rara Island, Fiji                                  Monday, February 8, 2014* *We are now a day ahead of USA We landed today in Fiji on one of the northwest islands of Fiji, Yasawa-I-Rara. I’ll let Joe’s pictures do all the talking – words […]

Pictures from Samoa…

Apia, Samoa                                                                                       February 5, 2016 Today we landed before Noon in Apia (Samoa’s capital) and spent the afternoon seeing parts of the Island of Upolu. This is a lovely island, and reminded us of St Martin/St Maarten many years ago, before it was developed to its current extent – jagged lava mountains rise high in […]

A few pictures from taken from our veranda…

January 31, 2016 We’ve been at sea for almost a week now, and were on land yesterday for the first time since last Sunday, when we left San Francisco. Being in the Pacific Ocean has been a great time for reflection, as we cruise along with no land in sight, no birds, and only the […]

At sea where we are 500 to 1000 miles away from land. Blue water everywhere.

We are on our way, having set sail at 4:00 this afternoon Pacific Time.