Travel
Samoa
Scream spent 10 days in Samoa. Luckily, our visit co-incided with the 19th annual Teuila Festival. The Teuila Festival is composed of cultural and sporting competitions. We watched Choirs, Dance troops, Fire dancers, Cricket, Rugby, and Rowing. We stayed on the marina docks for our whole visit to Samoa. In addition to the festival events […]
Suwarrow
Scream spent 12 glorious days at Suwarrow in the Cook Islands. Suwarrow (once spelled Suvarov) is an atoll occupied entirely by a national park. The nearest settlement is over 200km away, and the park has only two seasonal staff and two buildings. Suwarrow is completely inaccessible except by private vessels. The two rangers are dropped […]
Remaining 2010 Ports of Call
We have really enjoyed our time in French Polynesia. Unfortunately cyclone season is coming and we have a lot of tourism left to do, so we're having to adjust the schedule. They say that cruising plans are written in the sand at low tide, but here is what we think we are doing: Suvarov Suvarov […]
French Polynesia
We've spent over two months in French Polynesia so far, and are loving it here. Many places really do seem to have the elements of the tropical island paradises we imagine when thinking about the South Pacific. We first arrived in Hiva Oa, in the Marquesas. The Marquesas are high, mountainous islands, with beautiful skylines. […]
Gilligan's Lava Tunnels
Just sit right back and you'll hear a tale, a tale of a fateful trip. At Isla Isabela in the Galápagos, one of the trips most people recommend is hiring a panga and guide for a snorkelling tour of the lava tunnels at Los Túneles. So, along with our friends Robert and Kelita from Freedom […]
Galápagos
We loved the Galápagos. There are three places where boats can visit in the Galápagos. Going anywhere else requires special permission and a guide on board for $200 a day. This is a real pity as being in the Galápagos has really made me wonder what characteristics 19th century Latin Americans desired in their ports. […]
Bahía de Caráquez, Ecuador (Puerto Amistad)
I really wanted to like Ecuador. But for the average cruiser, there's a lot to deal with in order to get here and stay here, and the advantages are really few and far between. Quito We had a 7 day upwind slog to get here, and we were luckier than most since we actually sailed […]
Huanchaco, Peru
We spent a ten day week in Peru in February, mainly to extend the amount of time we could spend in Ecuador. Since the devastating flooding in Macchu Picchu occurred just as we were planning our trip, our original plans needed to change. We ended up staying the whole time in Huanchaco, a seaside town […]
Guayaquil
We visited the largest city in Ecuador, Guayaquil, en route to Peru. We spent only one night in the city, so didn't get to see much of it. However, we did have a chance to visit its beautiful Malecon 2000 a couple of times, which is a very nice, safe, modern waterfront park on the […]
Quito
We spent four nights and three days visiting Quito, the capital of Ecuador. While in Quito we met up with Humberto's family, and were shown around by his father who is also named Humberto. We visited old town and new town by ourselves. They are quite pretty and remind us more of Vancouver than of […]