Patti-Jo Boettcher
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Australia: Sydney
February 18-20th I can remember when I was 16, I arrived in Sydney, as an exchange…
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Australia: Cairns & Townsville
February 9-13th Cairns Reboot After 5 long sea days, it was land ahoy in Cairns again.…
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Duty Free Shopping- A return to Port Vila & Sea Days
February 2-3, 4-8th To break up the sea days, we made a two-day stop in Port…
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Tonga: Vava’u and Tongatapu Islands
January 25-28th Tonga is an archipelago of 176 islands divided into 4 groups: Niuatoputapu, Vava’u, Ha’apai,…
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Reruns, Death, and Outrunning Storms
January 13-25th Wow. I actually haven’t even completed my last post, but I felt compelled to…
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French Polynesia; Rangiroa
January 18-20 As the Odyssey began its way back towards Australia, we visited the second-largest atoll…
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French Polynesia; the Marquese Islands
January 5-8th Nuku Hiva Nuka Hiva is the largest of the islands in this archipelago. Only…
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French Polynesia: Fakarava Atoll
January 2-3rd Fakarava is roughly rectangular-shaped with a length of 60km and a width of 21…
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French Polynesia: Papeete, Tahiti Island
December 30-January 1 After a week in French Polynesia, I feel like I know what to…
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French Polynesia, Mo’orea – A Whole Lot of Snorkelling
December 27-29th Mo’orea is another tender port, with a very dramatic landscape of pointy-tipped ridged mountains.…
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French Polynesia, Ra’iatea
December 25-26 Uturoa Bah Humbug! Arriving in any Christian country on Christmas Day is a guarantee…
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French Polynesia, Bora Bora
December 22-24th Our vessel is spending the next 24 days exploring nine of 121 islands throughout…
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The Samoas
December 13-17th There are actually two distinct Samoas- Samoa and American Samoa. Samoa is a former…
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Suvasuva, Leleuvia Resort Island, and Levuka, Fiji
December 4-10th It all began with another itinerary change. Wallis and Futuna, which would have been…