Aranui 5 Day 5: The Hike, the Heat, and My Accidental Second Dinner
Day 5 · Ua Pou, Marquesas Islands · 2 March 2016 There are moments during travel when you realize you've made a mistake. Sometimes it's forgetting sunscreen. Sometimes it's taking…
Aranui 5 Day 4: The Principal Who Saved My Drone
Day 4 · Nuku Hiva · 1 March 2016 Travel teaches many lessons. Bring rain gear. Carry water. Keep your passport safe. Double-check your camera batteries. What travel rarely teaches…
Aranui 5 Day 3: A Ship Full of Stories
Day 3 · South Pacific Ocean · 29 February 2016 Every traveller talks about destinations. The islands. The beaches. The mountains. The famous places. What nobody tells you is that…
Aranui 5 Day 2: I Missed Breakfast Before It Started
Day 2 · Takapoto Atoll · 28 February 2016 I have missed breakfast before. I've overslept. I've been late. I've even arrived just as someone was putting away the last…
Aranui 5 Day 1: Welcome Back to the Marquesas
Day 1 · Papeete, Tahiti · 27 February 2016 There are few things more dangerous than arriving at a cruise ship after three days of very little sleep. Actually, there…
M.V. Aurora Explorer – Working BC Freighter Cruise – Day 6
0800 Breakfast Johnstone Strait 1230 Menzies Bay There was a bit of a sombre feeling aboard the ship during an early breakfast in the morning. Everyone aboard was taking in…
Remote Hiking: Blind Channel Resort – Day 5
Awake by 6am engines started 5am Breakfast 7 – 8 am Leisurly trip down the coast 1230 Knox Bay 1340 Blind Channel Resort – Walk to “Big Tree” 1800 Frederik…
Dwindling Echo Bay Community – Day 4
Foggy Morning 0840 Billy's Museum – 160 people in the 60's and 35 school kids, to 8 people today 1030 Burwood Fish Farm – 2 generators and something heavy, offload…
Yorke Island: Historic Military Post – Day 3
0700 offload at Jackson Bay 0900 Yorke Island Walk – World War 2 (160 people) 1230 West Cracroft 1300 Bocket Point – offload fuel 1545 Pott's Lagoon – logging camp,…
M.V. Aurora Explorer – Day 2
As promised we were promptly woken up around 4am as the engines started up on the Aurora Explorer. Due to tidal flows and the areas we were going to, our…