Norm, Author at Family Adventuring

Aranui 3 Day 3: The Day at Sea Where the Food Became a Threat

Post author:Norm
Post published:April 9, 2007
Post category:2007 Aranui Freighter Cruise French Polynesia Marquesas Normand South Pacific

Day 3 · At Sea · 9 April 2007 A day at sea sounds restful until someone keeps feeding you. Then it becomes a test of character. After our first…

Aranui 3 Day 2: Easter Sunday, Tahitian Time, and a Four-Year-Old Betrayal

Post author:Norm
Post published:April 8, 2007
Post category:2007 Aranui Freighter Cruise French Polynesia Marquesas Normand South Pacific

Day 2 · Fakarava, Tuamotu Islands · 8 April 2007 The first thing we learned in Fakarava was that being carried by a stranger down the side of a cargo…

Aranui 3 Day 1: The Day the Aranui Turned Our Cabin Into a Washing Machine

Post author:Norm
Post published:April 7, 2007
Post category:2007 Aranui Freighter Cruise French Polynesia Marquesas Normand South Pacific

Day 1 · Papeete and the Aranui 3 · 7 April 2007 There is a dangerous moment at the beginning of every voyage when everyone is still awake enough to…

Part 4: Bora Bora, Raiatea, Tahaa, Maupiti

Post author:Norm
Post published:April 6, 2007
Post category:2007 French Polynesia Normand South Pacific Tahiti & the Society Islands Tahiti and Cook Islands 2007

Part 4: March 22 - April 6, 2007 - Two Weeks in Bora Bora, Ra'iatea, Taha'a and Maupiti 24 March 2007 - Flight to Bora Bora Well the time had…

Part 3: Two Weeks Tahiti Island & Moorea

Post author:Norm
Post published:March 21, 2007
Post category:2007 French Polynesia Normand South Pacific Tahiti & the Society Islands Tahiti and Cook Islands 2007

Part 3: March 8 - 21, 2007 - Two Weeks on the Island of Tahiti First Week in Tahiti - March 8 - 14, 2007 Well the first week in…

Part 2: Two Weeks Cook Islands & Aitutaki

Post author:Norm
Post published:March 7, 2007
Post category:2007 Cook Islands Normand South Pacific Tahiti and Cook Islands 2007

Part 2: Feb 22 - March 7, 2007 - Two Weeks in the Cook Islands - Rarotonga and Aitutaki First Day in the Cook Islands We arrived early at the…

Part 1: Family of 7 South Pacific Voyage

Post author:Norm
Post published:February 21, 2007
Post category:2007 Cook Islands Normand South Pacific Tahiti and Cook Islands 2007

2009 I am travelling with my wife Kirsten and five children Alyssa (12), Jaeden (10), Dailin (8), Orin (6) and Eli (3) for a two and a half month adventure…

My Family’s $900 Passports.

Post author:Norm
Post published:January 10, 2007
Post category:2007 Normand

Under normal circumsances passports are a reasonably priced form of identification but times are changing. Normal circumstances are few and far between these days. At least that's what my experience…

Galapagos Islands Adventure Week

Post author:Norm
Post published:December 1, 2005
Post category:2005 Cruise Galapagos Normand

Day 1 - Dec 1, 2005 - Getting there from Quito Ecuador Today was a big travel day. After having breakfast at the hotel's restaurant, we took off for the…

Nov 22 – Nov 29,2005-Peru Amazon, Inca Trail

Post author:Norm
Post published:November 22, 2005
Post category:2005 Normand Peru

Day 1 - Nov 22, 2005 - The Taxi's in Lima, Peru My first trip in a Peruvian taxi was quite an "eye-opening" experience. After the doorman to our hotel…