It's another sea day with one less hour in it. After breakfast, we listen to a presentation by Kainoa regarding activities in the next few islands followed by the entertaining Melvyn Foster and "From Wind & Wood to Steam & Steel", part of his series on maritime history. At noon, Mom wanted to lay out in the sun for a while so I went up with her to the pool and blogged while she sunbathed. Around 1:30, we ate a light lunch from the burger bar. Returning to ou...

Being a remote island with relatively no improvements, there is no pier for the Amsterdam to dock so today is another tender day. With no schedule to adhere to, we get breakfast, gather our things and saunter down to deck A where we luck out, board immediately and enjoy a pleasant 15 minute ride to Dravuni Island. As we approach, the beach and crystal clear water accented by sunlight stands out, offering several shades of blue and green water and no surf. Less t...

Ahh. Another night with an extra hour of sleep. It's so nice but someday it will all go back. It's 6:30am and time to get up. Actually, I'm up at 6 because it's light outside and I start downloading pictures and text to the Travelpod website. I get part of it done before it stops working so I exit quickly to avoid burning up my limited internet time I have left. I had hoped to send off two or three of the days I've completed this morning but ...