Hiva Oa Hanakee Pearl Lodge

We made it across the Pacific, and in plenty of time for Mick to fly back to Scotland for his brother's wedding. 25 miles out of Hiva Oa in the Marquesas, the sun was setting behind the island with glory holes coming through the cloud that was over it, and three dolphin were playing at the bow. It was an ideal arrival, very fitting for my best friend's 35th birthday. Back in high school (but friends since kindergarten), Angie was ...

Here we are, in French Polynesia, sailing around the Marquesas after 22 days at sea across the South Pacific. We were in the Golapagos for 3 weeks due to be delayed for 8 days in San Cristobal waiting for our cruising permit, without which we were not allowed to sail anywhere in the Golapagos National Park. After doing a tour of San Cristobal we left for Santa Cruz on the 3rd of March and spent 3 days there where we did another island tour involving a walk through a 600m long lava tube ...