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Category: Holidays and Celebrations

Holidays and Celebrations describes how we celebrate afloat and what we have learned about other cultural traditions and public holidays that we’d never heard about until we travelled.

Amazon Packages We Did Not Order
December 7, 2018August 4, 2026Lorraine Escher

Amazon Packages We Did Not Order: A Secret Santa Surprise

Christmas on a sailboat
December 20, 2015August 14, 2026Lorraine Escher

Christmas on a Sailboat: Cards, Storms and the Bahamas

Halloween in Tavernier: Our kids with my husband, Rick. Tavernier, Florida 2015.
November 1, 2015August 21, 2026Lorraine Escher

Halloween in Tavernier: Trick-or-Treat Carnival in the Keys

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This Week in Years Past

  • 1 year ago this weekFedEx Shipping to Malaysia for a Yacht in Transit
  • 3 years ago this weekTravel Safety in Honiara: Mugged on Skyline Road at Dawn
  • 9 years ago this weekFishing in Bequia: A Boy Learns From a Local Fisherman
  • 9 years ago this weekDominica Travel: If Outside Magazine Visited the Caribbean

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