Honolulu was the first of our four stops in Hawaii and to make sure we eased into things we had absolutely no plans. Everyone on the ship needed to go through US immigration before anyone could disembark, but it was relatively painless and before long we were walking...

There's 5 days travel time between Bora Bora and Honolulu. It was a good time to rest and regroup after a few busy days. Jeremy has started to get bored of creche - because he's the youngest some of the activities are too old for him (he said musical chairs was "mean...

shoot in raw+ makes "processing" much quicker still have dngs for any that need attention need to take the time to get jpg settings right sorta makes it a glorified P&S, which is sorta how I'm using it 60gb of flash was way excessive - the 2 16s would have sufficed...

Bora Bora was our third straight in-port stop, and our last in French Polynesia. To give Will the chance of a good sleep after two hectic days, Ange and he stayed on the ship in the morning while Jeremy and I took a tender to the island. We had a short wander around and...

If Rarotonga was beautiful, Moorea is absolutely mind-blowing. It's the quintessential south pacific island - gorgeous clear aqua water with waves  breaking 100m out on the reef, dramatic cloud-topped mountains, an approachable working class rural population and perfect...

Yesterday was an at-sea day between the Cook Islands and Tahiti, a nice day to relax and take it extra slow. There's a couple of photos from the day here. This morning we arrived in Papeete and actually docked at a wharf, meaning  we could walk on and off the boat easily...

Mist covered mountains overlooking coral covered beaches with crystal clear water. Kids riding the back of utes, singing. Scooters everywhere. It's such a shame that we only had half a day scheduled in Rarotonga, and even more of a shame that we arrived late so most...

After the  hectic day at Vava'u we all really enjoyed a 'nothing' day at sea. About the biggest event was crossing the international date line overnight, so we're now officially a day behind Aus. Will has developed a brand new laugh whose sole purpose seems to be to...

Our first real day off the boat - how exciting! Because of the size of the ship we needed to anchor offshore then take the ship's tenders (life boats) to shore. That made taking the pram a bit more of a challenge, but we managed. It was overcast and very muggy. Within...