The last days in Papua New Guinea were spent in the Hermit Islands – a very remote atoll about 150 miles north of the mainland of Papua. A couple minutes after dropping the anchor, we were approached by curious locals who just wanted to chat, and see if we would like to look at the village the next day. Of course, we did go into the village the next day, and it did not disappoint. The thing that stood out the most was the high school on the island – it was totally bizarre tha

At dawn, after a rainy four-day passage, we reach the harbor of Honiara on the historic island of Guadalcanal. We had been warned that the city was a “shithole,” so we’re pleasantly surprised to find friendly locals, decent infrastructure—and, most importantly, sunshine. With no well-protected anchorage available, we leave Honiara the very next day and continue sailing toward the Russell Islands. Here, it feels as though we’ve left civilization completely behind. Locals paddl

We got into a different marina so the riggers could do work on the broken forestay, and they arrived on time and fixed it in a day. Great work from the team at PY Rigging services. All the work we needed to get done in Fiji was finished, we had all the provisions on board and full tanks of diesel and water; we were ready to go and excited to get moving again. When we cast the lines off, the staff from the marina sang us their beautiful Fijian farewell song (it’s the video) an