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10 - Tongazuma’s Revenge

August 22, 2016 - Gulping seawater the way I've been know to gulp down a margarita or two, I cough up a lungful of the briny South Pacific...
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9 - Half-drunk sailors hooten’ an’ a hollerin’

August 22, 2016 - Our experience on the water today brought us all back to reality. Under dead-calm glassy seas, there isn’t a whale in si...
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8-Life has slowed to a wondrous crawl

August 22, 2016 - As we head to breakfast, I notice how the early morning sun is casting long shadows on the remnants of footprints in the...
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7-A cracked windshield and bald tires

August 22, 2016 - The flight over in our little 33-seat commuter plane is pretty spectacular and at 8,000’ of altitude you could easily se...
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6-Our bodies banged and bruised with exhaustion

August 22, 2016 - To get to our little island paradise, we had to take several flights once we left Sydney. Despite being assured otherwis...
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5 - Soweto Gospel Choir vs Pokeman Go

August 20, 2016 - Checking into our B&B in Sydney, we find it charming, rustic and quaint, to use real estate terms. Translation: Old, col...
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4-"...a bit lumpy seas today.”

August 20, 2016 - Today we took a 2.2km hike through Mossman Gorge, a section of the Daintree Rainforest area. There isn’t much in the way...
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3-Don't feed the snakes!

August 20, 2016 - For those of you who have traveled with Mary & I through my nonsensical musings, you may remember some of the past spots...
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2-"Hello, Avis? We need a tow..."

August 20, 2016 - After almost 18-hours in the air and close to 24-hours of total travel time, safely maneuvering a right-hand drive car i...
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1 - Where the Hell is Tonga?

August 20, 2016 - In the late spring of 2015, Mary & I visited the Reuben H. Fleet Science Center, home of our local IMAX Theater, to see...
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Australia & Tonga - Prelude

August 20, 2016 - July 24 th, 2016 “Call me Ishmael." The opening line to Herman Melville’s classic Moby-Dick, seems like a perfect...
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