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A family circumnavigating to EXPLORE, LEARN and SHARE
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SnapReads from a circumnavigation

Kava – the South Pacific heritage

To stay true to our Explore – Learn – Share, we had to try the Kava of the South Pacific.  We read up on it long before we dropped anchor in Fiji in September 2023.  Now was time to EXPLORE it and LEARN something about a 3.000-year-old tradition.

By dhoiland, 1 year09/03/2024 ago
SnapReads from a circumnavigation

Somosomo village, Fiji

After arriving Fiji in the beginning of September 2023, we spent three weeks back and forth between marina life at Vuda Marina and tourist life in Musket cove. After having Escape on land for maintenance and repair, we needed to Read more…

By dhoiland, 1 year06/03/2024 ago
SnapReads from a circumnavigation

SHARK alert

Vetle had an encounter with a Grey Shark in Tahanea in French Polynesia. He did not panic, kept hands and feet together always facing the shark. Exactly what to do.

By dhoiland, 2 years05/07/2023 ago
SnapReads from a circumnavigation

‘The Pacific Drift’ is published !!

We are members of Ocean Cruising Club (OCC). It is a club for blue water cruisers with some miles under the keel. We regularly publish articles in the club magazine – the Flying Fish. Below is the article on our Read more…

By dhoiland, 2 years13/01/2023 ago
SnapReads from a circumnavigation

We’re Escaping further west in 2023

It sneaked up on us yesterday evening. At night. Late. Ten minutes before midnight. It starts in Kiribati, a small island group just west of the international date line. In 1994 the government of Kiribati decided that all of their Read more…

By dhoiland, 2 years02/01/2023 ago
SnapReads from a circumnavigation

A fish called Wanda

I sat on the side of our dinghy with my feet already in the water. We, Theresa, Morgan from Nomadica and myself, had just arrived the false pass at Totegegie, an island in the Gambier Archipelago. We had carefully gone Read more…

By dhoiland, 3 years24/11/2022 ago
SnapReads from a circumnavigation

STOP PRESS ! We opened our SHOP

We have had request for ‘The ESCAPE red cap’ ever since we wrote about it in our blog here. It is a cool cap that can be used for sun or rain We then decided to open a small shop Read more…

By dhoiland, 3 years17/11/2022 ago
New intro
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New intro to our YouTube video

Time has passed since we published our first YouTube video and we have learnt more about making the videos. Here is our new intro that shall be used on all our episodes – shorter, more snappy and hopefully intriguing so Read more…

By dhoiland, 3 years13/10/2022 ago
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S2E2- The Atlantic crossing

Today is New Year 2021/22. New year 2020 we spent on the Atlantic on our way to Barbados. This episode show our crossing – how we make and break routines and how we spend our days. Enjoy ! Explore – Read more…

By dhoiland, 3 years31/12/2021 ago
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S2E1 – Cape Verde Mindelo

S1E4 is out. This time we enjoy the fantastic Islands of Cape Verde, Mindelo. Now we are 16N and in trade wind latitudes. Before setting sail for The Atlantic, we celebrated Christmas 2019 and prepared sails and sheets for a Read more…

By dhoiland, 4 years26/11/2021 ago
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