Cruise of the Ladybug

A few pictures from our stay at Taiohae Bay. More description can be found in earlier blog posts. These wasps visited us often on the b...

A few pictures from a hike we made from Anaho Bay in the Marquesas. Little critter we met on the beach. Karim's beachfront hou...

These photos refer to text published earlier on this blog about a hike we made with our friends from 'Knotty Lady' from Anaho Bay t...

These pictures belong with text that was posted earlier on this blog. Anaho Bay was our favorite anchorage on Nuku Hiva -  tranquil and the...

Text related to these pictures can be found earlier in this blog. The paepae pictured may be one that Herman Melville would have visited wh...

We arrived at anchor off Point Venus, Tahiti at midnight after a 1.5 day passage. The tall islands were visible more than 40 miles away, the...

I have been reading an excellent book - "Guns, Germs, and Steel" by Jared Diamond. The general aim of this book is to explain why ...

When I think of palm fringed atolls and green coral strewn waters, I think relaxation - an escape from the stress of the work world. Strange...

It's funny how quickly we adapt to a new climate. Wintering in Baja, Mexico, we rarely saw temperatures above 80 degrees and found the e...

We had serious rain last night and plugged up the scuppers to catch some for laundry. Today we also made drinking water using our reverse os...