I landed in Orlando just before midnight on Tuesday, after a long, long day of traveling from Fiji. I would be staying the weekend at a hotel with Robin and Maureen, and although exhausted when I got to the room, we couldn’t help but stay up for an hour or two catching up and being […]

After a good night’s rest at my hostel, I was up bright and early to catch the bus to Port Denarau, where I’d be boarding a catamaran to take me to my new home for the next week. After I learned I would be ending the Lindblad trip in Fiji, I spoke with Ben, who […]

  Monday morning on the Orion started bright and early with our ship still cruising to Vanuatu. We ate breakfast on the back deck as we slowly motored amongst the vividly green islands and blue seas. As we were munching away, someone spotted a pod of sperm whales just off the bow – everyone dropped […]

After a small, 2 week personal vacation visiting a dear friend in Canada (and doing all sorts of outdoorsy shenanigans), I was back in action with my next trip being a Lindblad Expedition! I had been given the generous offer to join a Lindblad trip and I had chosen the expedition from the Solomon Islands […]