Diving from the Palau Aggressor II

Some more diving photos from our time in Palau:                   Edited with BlogPad Pro

Outwit Outplay Outlast

Coming from the friendly, laid back, uncrowded Pacific, and after 42 hours of traveling with little sleep; Manila was a serious culture shock. It is a fairly typical south-east Asian city, chaotic traffic, lots of poverty and swelteringly hot. We got ripped off by a taxi driver pretty much immediately. We stayed at an interesting guesthouse (link below) which is used to fund an NGO which assists street kids.

There and back again – an unexpected shredding of gnar

As a result of the fight between Fiji and the Solomn Islands about landing rights, there were no flights between Fiji and the Solomon Islands when we got off the boat on Tuesday morning. Tonga was next on our journey (to see the humpback whales), and we had to be back in Nadi, Fiji, by……

Scuba in the Solomon Islands

Here are some more diving pictures from the Bilikiki. All taken by Anne or David on a Canon Powershot D30. No housing or strobes.                     Edited with BlogPad Pro

South sea adventures on the MV Bilikiki

Guest blogged by Anne The Solomon Islands are situated to the north east of Australia and east of Papua New Guinea as shown here: They used to be known as the “Hapi Isles” but they are struggling to rebuild their reputation after some problems with sectarian violence in the early 90s which resulted in the……

Fire and brimstone!!!!

The next stop on our travels was Vanuatu, a small chain of islands between Fiji and the Solomon Islands. After watching the end of the World Cup final in Nadi airport, we headed to the capital Port Vila and were immediately struck by the difference between Fiji and Vanuatu. The landscape in Vanuatu is a……

Fiji, where Hawaiian shirts go on holiday

Our loyal fans (i.e. Leonie) have been agitating for another blog post but we have been far too busy doing things to blog about to have time to blog (like drinking piña coladas) for the past few days.