Callao (Lima) Peru
We have two days in Lima. But we aren’t actually in Lima. Instead, we are in Callao, a large industrial port far from the heart of Lima. We are docked in the port’s container terminal, Read More …
Nazca Line tour in Peru
Despite the blue ocean off to the west, this is the bleakest place I’ve ever seen – even more desolate than the Sinai and without the grandeur of that harsh landscape. The only place I Read More …
Vinapu on Rapa Nui (Easter Island)
Sites where moai stood can be found all along Rapa Nui’s coast. While the historical record is mostly blank, it is clear that some sort of catastrophe – either environmental or interpersonal in nature or, Read More …
Rapa Nui Scenery
Tahiti to Florida cruise
Ahu Akivi on Rapa Nui (Easter Island)
The moai at Ahu Akivi are distinct because they face the sea (our guide tells us that they actually faced a village at one time), unlike the usual moai lining the shore and facing inland. Read More …
At the harbor on Rapa Nui
It looks rough. Despite the crashing waves, a small breakwater creates an equally small harbor at Hanga Piko pier, which is where the ship’s tenders take us. It does not look like a place that Read More …
Pitcairn Island comes to visit
Green and lovely, Pitcairn Island (settled by Christian Fletcher and some of his fellow mutineers) is one of the most isolated inhabited places in the world. Accessible by small boat in good weather, it is Read More …
In and out of Bora Bora’s Lagoon
We purchase a tour from Mata because Mike (Bassethound, who I “met” prior to the cruise through a series of emails and phone calls) recommends him. But customers are in tight supply today and Mata Read More …
It’s a small world: The Moorea shopping edition
There is no village to speak of near the dock where we landed, but there is a small market area with a few local residents selling colorful wraps, carvings, black pearls, and shell jewelry. Because Read More …
A Quick Driving Tour of Moorea
Back on shore there isn’t enough time to go up to Belvedere lookout, so we cast around for what to do and end up hiring a driver to give us a tour of part of Read More …