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I’ll be the first to admit that I use creative editing from time to time, but the statement above is all truth.  The boat feels like it’s on dry land and we are surrounded by a 3D movie screen.  I have some beautiful pictures, but no pictures can exhibit the...

Yesterday at noon we started loading the Zodiacs.  We were called by color groups and we were the 4th of 6 to be loaded.  Our wait wasn’t that long.  Since it was to be the longest ride of our entire trip, the driver re-stated the safety rules.  If someone were to...

Thhe Captain consulted me when he found out I had been at sea longer than he had. On our first of 3 sea days, we were invited to a reception with the officers and all the guests that embarked back in Santiago Chile.  There are only 22 of us left.  Not my picture......

April 29, 2025 Welcome Commitee Today we stopped at Alotau, PNG.  Everyone took a bus tour.  The bus we rode was the prison bus, they used every bus on the Island, literally.   We learned that 90% of the people of PNG are unemployed.  Looking around, you would not...

Here's the map of our course fron Papeete to Honiara. Those that left the ship were flown to Sidney on a charter plane. Those that rmbarked were flown up from Sidney. Sunset as we leave Soloman Islands April 26, 2025 Honiara was the city we were docked at for a day...

April 22, 2025 Today is a special day for a special friend of mine, Dr. Paul Boring.  When I was a sophomore in high school, Paul (of course he was “Mr. Boring” then) was a first-year teacher.  He was my biology teacher.  I’ve mentioned before that I...