Tag: beach
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Family Time!
My brother Weston, his partner Justine, and their two kiddos Jasper (age 3.5) and Mira (age 23 months) arrived to Phuket on Saturday, three days after we did. I went to pick them up at the airport, and we arrived back to the beach by evi just at sunset. We enjoyed a mellow week at…
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Dada (goodbye) Indonesia … for now
In January we enjoyed more fabulous snorkeling in Yanggelo, Naffi-Nokor, and Dayang. Packhorse Riki heading into Waisai to fill diesel jugs and swap out the propane bottle. We got to eat out at a resort and a diving homestay. Tomu learned to play bridge! Bridge is my favorite card game, so I was thrilled to…
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Triton Bay – Turtle Cove
We spent about 10 days exploring different places in Triton Bay. We anchored just north of Triton Bay Divers, and I did a refresher dive course there. I did my PADI course in Savusavu, Fiji in 2012, the summer that Riki and I met, and I hadn’t dove since then. (Oh, and I got Bells…
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Surf Camp
Tomu and Jade had surf camp for one week, from 9 am to noon each day. Our dear friend Melva lent us her only car for the week so we could transport the kids to surf camp and back each day (a 15-minute drive up the coast). We also drove to Whangarei to go to…