I am Paul Gauguin -And So Can You
I missed three days of The 32 Day Tahitian Treasure Cruise, because of volcanic ash. So I leave tomorrow from LAX.
---and I didn't have to sail through the Tasmanian sea-some of the roughest waters I have ever encountered, like back in February of this year---
I learned geology the morning after the Christchurch earthquake.I learned Australasian geography by cruising in the same hemisphere.
| It is one of the most beautiful islands in the South Pacific-Bora Bora, after Hawaii's-Kauai, Maui, Oahu and The Big Island-of course. |
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It's just as well I missed New Zealand- After the earthqauke, it must be a mess with all that angst and after-shocks |
I learned geology the morning after the Christchurch earthquake.I learned Australasian geography by cruising in the same hemisphere.
| This was the calm before the storm, headed out of Milford Sound in NZ on the way to Tasmania on board Crystal Serenity |
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| Australia to 17 ports in 9 countries |