Port Vila, Vanuatu
Vanuatu is an archipelago of 83 islands in the South Pacific with a total population of 281,000. We stopped at the capital, Port Vila on the island of Efate. In 2007 Vanuatu was voted as the happiest place to live.…
Dravuni Island, Fiji
Lying just 71km south of Suva was one of the smaller inhabited Fijian islands called Dravuni Island with a population of just 125 and an area of 0.8 square km. Tiny. No roads, no cars, no multiplex cinemas. We were…
Suva, Fiji
Our first Fijian stop was the capital, Suva, which was reminiscent of the Caribbean capitals - Castries, St Johns and Bridgetown. Lots of hustle and bustle, masses of people selling curiously shaped vegetables and a general scruffiness. Suva us the…
Pago Pago, American Samoa
Pago Pago pronounced Pango Pango on the island of Tutuila is the capital of American Samoa which as the name suggests in an American territory and one of only two below the equator. The island group is roughly the size…
Oahu, Hawaii
This was my second visit to the Hawaiian Islands and I have a feeling I will come back again to do Big Island and Maui. Also a longer stay in Waikiki would be rather jolly good. Susan and Brenda thought…
Cruising to Hawaii
I joined the Maasdam as a 4 Star Mariner which entitles me to half-price wine packages, tender priority and of course the biggest boon of all, free laundry. They'd taken my Swiss Army knife away at security. Apparently they'd changed…
Las Vegas to San Diego
We left early as we had a 1pm lunch reservation with Brian at a golf club in Palm Springs and he thought we wouldn't make it. Dora expressed an interest in seeing Joshua Tree National Park which was on the…
9 Go Boating on Lake Powell
Lake Powell straddles southern Utah and northern Arizona and I do like a straddling lake. The Powell is a curious lake not only because of its straddling qualities but also its shape. Like tentacles spreading in all directions rather than…
Bluff to Lake Powell
I awoke early at my 2 star hotel and was on the road by 6:30. I drove back through Monument Valley as the sun was rising and it was a splendid experience. I arrived at Lake Powell at what I…