Hey, we just crossed the dateline! Now we know why the hotel we stayed in was named “Dateline Hotel”, and why the this clock here says “Where time begins”. Funny, instead of ahead we are…
FROM TONGA TO RAROTONGA
Well, this trip really beats everything out of us. After getting up at 4am local time we were picked up by the handling agent at our hotel in Tonga, prepared for a whole day (9…
ITS CYCLONE TIME!
Maybe its not a bad idea to stay some time here an wait until our friend Funa has passed… a categroy 3 cyclone which is today reaching Fiji and will go further. Look at its…
RARO RARO RAROTONGA
We are still waiting here in Rarotonga to get the permit for Tahiti. French authorities are not making it easy to get into their airspace and let us to our next destination Bora Bora. We…
REUNION WITH AUTHORITIES
Here’s picture of our reunion with some oficials of Manihiki, an island we will visit tomorrow.
ANOTHER DAY
…. in Rarotonga and some impressions of the island
MORE WAITING IN RAROTONGA
We try hard not to get bored on this island. As you can see …
WHY ALL THE WAITING?
So you want to know why we got stuck in Rarotonga, eh? OK, here is the whole story. No, it wasn’t the military, or the police who stopped us, thinking that we are mercenaries or…
TAHITI TO MANGAREVA
In Tahiti the 4 were happy to meet the 2 again to enjoy some G-force! A long flight ahead, we all were prepared well. Wolfgang and Tom coming from Rarotonga were already in flight-mode, but…
MEETING ROLAND OLDHAM
Got up in Mangareva (Gambier Island) we had breakfast with nuclear test activist Roland Oldham, the President of the Association Moruroa e Tatou (Moruroa and Us), an association of former workers from the French nuclear…