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Category: Travel and Destinations

Travel and Destinations transports you to the places we’ve explored. More than a sailing log, my writing aims to let you hear the voices, see the sights, smell the air, and feel as if you’re right there with us.

Julia from SV Tribalance inspects her soup as it cooks
May 28, 2023May 28, 2023Lorraine Escher

Fiji: making stew using a hot spring

Lorraine is offered Kava drink from the chief during a Fijian sevusevu welcoming ceremony in Savusavu.
May 26, 2023May 26, 2023Lorraine Escher

Sevusevu Ceremony and First Time Kava Drinker in Fiji

Stopped sailing image
May 24, 2023May 24, 2023Lorraine Escher

We have stopped for the night, 60 nm to Savusavu, Fiji

May 19, 2023July 11, 2026Lorraine Escher

Sailing at night — New Zealand to Fiji

Spectacular sky underway on SV Aphrodite, a St. Francis 50 catamaran, during Our Pacific Crossing from Panama to New Zealand.
June 18, 2022June 18, 2022Lorraine Escher

Four Methods We Tried to Manage Sleep Deprivation During Our Pacific Crossing (Galapagos to French Polynesia)

Betty from St Francis 50 catamaran Aphrodite swimming in Chuuk Lagoon.
June 11, 2022June 11, 2022Lorraine Escher

What Lies Beneath? Barnacle Busting Outside the Galapagos at 2,000 Meters Deep

Colour striations on the Sierra Negra volcano hike on Isla Isabela, Galapagos.
June 9, 2022June 9, 2022Lorraine Escher

Sierra Negra: Hiking in Darwin’s Footsteps on a Galapagos Volcano

Betty and Karen on the Galapagos Day Trip
June 6, 2022June 6, 2022Lorraine Escher

Jumping into the Water of the Galapagos Was Like the Best Exhibits in the Zoo Had Thrown the Doors Wide Open

Close-up of Blue-Booby Bird feet.
June 6, 2022June 6, 2022Lorraine Escher

Red, Blue, and Clawed: Animal Feet in the Galapagos

Dolphins on the bow of SV Aphrodite when sailing our catamaran from Panama to the Galapagos
June 5, 2022June 5, 2022Lorraine Escher

Swimming at the Equator in 3,000 meters of water, 50 miles from Colombia

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This Week in Years Past

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  • 11 years ago this weekA visit from CBC Radio’s Stu Mills

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