Travel – Page 5 – Andrew & Jazz

Bora Bora to Samoa, or In Which Everything Breaks

Our first day of sailing was lovely. We had the spinnaker up in light-moderate wind, and we were cruising along[…]

Several people had told us about this island’s nickname, Boring-Boring: apparently the majority of the tourism funnels through resorts, and[…]

We had intended a day sail to the twin islands of Taha’a and Raiatea, but the weather was not cooperative.[…]

We left for Huahine at sunset, our last overnight passage in French Polynesia. Wind was lighter than forecast, so we[…]

We went swimming with humpback whales! We made a video, silent because all our favorite songs are copyright-protected. So put[…]

We motored up to Mo’orea, watching the whales jump in the distance, and rounded the northeast corner. We passed Cook’s[…]

We are safely anchored and doing the customs-immigration-quarantine dance. This began with two hours circling the harbor entrance yesterday while[…]

This morning Jazz is noticeably improved, though still sick. The wind is doing the opposite, lightening and getting squirrelier, and[…]

Jazz remains sick. Wind remains light. Samoan officials apparently asked our agent for an English translation of our COVID tests.[…]

The Jazz remains sick. Yesterday it rained about every other hour, so we spent the whole day inside. Which is[…]