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Captain Cook Cruises Fiji – I’m Liking This!

Post author:Norm
Post published:October 8, 2013
Post category:2013 Alyssa Dailin Eli Fiji Jaeden Kirsten Normand Orin Schafer South Pacific Sailing South Pacific Teyauna Zakary

Captain Cook Cruises was this weeks special treat for the family. Yes, true, we have our own sailboat but it was time to be pampered and to have a few…

Captain Cook Cruise Snorkelling

Post author:Kirsten
Post published:October 7, 2013
Post category:2013 Fiji Kirsten Schafer South Pacific Sailing South Pacific

Captain Cook Cruise’s nanny insisted she take Zak from me for a little while so I could snorkel. I felt anxiety tighten within my stomach. Zak seemed happy with the…

A wild ride and cultural trip up the Sigatoka River

Post author:Norm
Post published:October 7, 2013
Post category:2013 Fiji Normand Schafer South Pacific Sailing South Pacific

The wind blasted into my face so hard I could barely hear anything other than the roar of the engines. The acceleration of the speed boat was so powerful that…

A mom’s modern day miracle in Fiji?

Post author:Kirsten
Post published:October 5, 2013
Post category:2013 Alyssa Fiji Kirsten Schafer South Pacific Sailing South Pacific

As Alyssa opened the heavy lid to the fridge she announced that we had two dozen eggs from Samoa that still needed using up. Although the eggs had only been…

Sonaisali Island Resort

Post author:Norm
Post published:October 4, 2013
Post category:2013 Fiji Normand Schafer South Pacific Sailing South Pacific

We spent the entire day at the Sonaisali Island Resort Fiji. Sleeping in was a treat. It was great for each of the kids to get up whenever they wanted…

Fiji’s Denarau Marina Mooring and off to a Resort

Post author:Norm
Post published:October 3, 2013
Post category:2013 Fiji Normand Schafer South Pacific Sailing South Pacific

This morning we radioed in early to the Denarau Marina to see if they had any mooring buoys available. As we had arrived offshore late in the evening we were…

Tropical dreamscapes and Internet Cafes

Post author:Kirsten
Post published:October 1, 2013
Post category:2013 Fiji Kirsten Schafer South Pacific Sailing South Pacific

The fiery ball over the horizon sent sprinkles of white and orange dancing through our hatch. I rolled over and squinted as Norm stirred beside me. Not quite ready to…

Goooood Morning Savusavu!

Post author:Norm
Post published:September 28, 2013
Post category:2013 Fiji Normand Schafer Family Trips Schafer South Pacific Sailing South Pacific

“Goooood Mooorning Saaaavusaaaavu!” Curly's voice boomed over the VHF radio in a sing song greeting. I looked at my watch and sure enough, it was exactly 8 o'clock in the…

The fish caught us this time

Post author:Jaeden Schafer
Post published:September 28, 2013
Post category:2013 Fiji Normand Sailing Schafer Family Schafer Family Trips Schafer South Pacific Sailing South Pacific

Fiji is such an awesome place and everything is super inexpensive in comparison to most every other island in the south pacific, internet is like 1$ an hour (US) at…

To stay or to go

Post author:Norm
Post published:September 27, 2013
Post category:2013 Fiji Normand Sailing Schafer Family Schafer Family Trips Schafer South Pacific Sailing South Pacific

We had planned on leaving today but that was not what ended up happening. It seems wherever we go we meet incredible people and have a hard time picking up…