Tag: Tales of the South Pacific
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The cruise is over… and it feels like we covered a lot of ocean — how far did the Flat Fellas travel?
San Diego, California to Nawiliwili, Kauai, Hawaii: ~2,200 nautical miles Nawiliwili, Kauai to Kailua-Kona, Hawaii: ~230 nautical miles Kailua-Kona to Honolulu, Oahu: ~90 nautical miles Honolulu, Oahu to Kahului, Maui: ~95 nautical miles Kahului, Maui to Hilo, Hawaii: ~125 nautical miles Hilo, Hawaii to Fanning Island, Kiribati: ~1,200 nautical miles Fanning Island to Pago Pago,…
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Bora Bora birds… Flat Stanley and Flat Hal recognized the birds we saw!
When we first started this trip we would not have been able to gesture to the most of the birds and ask one another “is that a….?” and insert the correct name. However, as we walked around Bora Bora we recognized a Pacific Reef Heron, a Brown Noddy, a Zebra Dove, and some pigeons (also known…
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Overwater Bungalows is one of Bora Bora’s claims to fame – and the Flat Fellas caught a glimpse of them!
The most famous type of hotel room in Bora Bora is an overwater bungalow. The room is on stilts over the water, frequently over part of a coral reef. People who have spent a night in one of the rooms say there is an area with a couch that has a glass floor. You can look through it…
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Maui – a day for roaming near the port
Some places have lots of mountains, making it hard to see a great distance away. Other places are wide open, and flat, and like when you are at sea, you can see storms moving across the horizon, and sometimes you can spot bursts of rain in the distance. We were sailing away from the BIG clouds…
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All Aboard! Flat Stanley and Flat Hal are taking a cruise!
There are many ways to travel. Planes, Trains and Automobiles used to be the answer for most people… but more and more are going out on boats, and taking cruises on ships. Flat Stanley and Flat Hal headed straight for an outside deck after boarding in San Diego to get a view of the Harbor. A…
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Flat Hal and Flat Stanley are San Diego bound!
A three hour delay was not a lot of fun, but it meant, as we flew west, we chased the sunset across the country, and had this pretty view for most of our flight. Can you think of a time when something seemed like a bummer, but in the end something fun or exciting happened,…