Tag: beach

  • Family Time!

    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

    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

    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

    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…

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