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We just realized that tomorrow is the Queen of England’s birthday. By some stretch of history this cherished event is a public holiday among Tuvaluans,…

We were supposed  to be well on our way the the Marshall Islands by now, but we came down with colds the day before we…

The island of Fongafale is so skinny that most property is ocean front property. The center is just wide enough for the WWII vintage airstrip.…

We are driven by few things more pressing than the quest for unlimited underwater visibility and new fish. And so it was that we loaded…

Funafuti as been colonized by monopolistic organization of staghorn coral. We don't really understand it but this staghorn coral is thriving in monoculture over acres…

We thought we’d check out the undocumented chart anchorage at  Falefatu and it turned out to be just our type of place. We dropped an…

About half of the atoll is a marine sanctuary. The other half is fair game for boat loads of harvesters in brightly painted skiffs and…

We arrived outside Funafuti atoll at dawn and found Te Ava Pua Pua, the southern pass, right where the guidebook’s coordinates said it would be. …

We said goodbye to our friends in Fiji and set off from Savusavu at sunset to make it to Somosomo Strait by dawn.   Descriptions of…

We've uploaded some snorkling and sailing video clips to our YouTube channel. The link to that is at the top of the blog page, on…