Month: October 2025

Today’s Chronicle can be found here. With no roosters to wake us up – and the gentle wash of waves to lull us to sleep – we had no trouble…

Up bright and early this morning, with an emphasis on early. Why are there so many roosters aorund, when only a fraction are needed relative to the hen population? And…

And so the sun rose on our final day in Moorea. It is at difficult to believe at once that it has gone so quickly and that we have managed…

Another later start to the day today, which meant I actually got to enjoy a coffee on the lanai without interruptions. Our travel agent even confirmed that our new LATAM…

Snow day! By which I mean, complete-absence-of-snow day – but this is the term coined by one of our long-travelling friends whenever she took a day just to relax and…

Later start to the day today, but our bodies are slow to adjust to Tahiti Time – and let me say how much I love that’s the legitimate name of…

Surf to Sand – French Polynesia to the Atacama – Moorea – Day 3 can be found here. Every time we get a system down for one activity, we start…

Surf to Sand – French Polynesia to the Atacama – Day 2 can be found here. Now that was a good sleep. We’d set the alarm for after 8 am,…

Surf to Sand – French Polynesia to the Atacama – Day 1 can be found here. The night before a big flight is always a wildcard in terms of both…

It seems like it’s been only a short while since our last big trip. So short indeed that my To Do list is still labelled “On Return:” But time marches…