- Older in Vanuatu-South Pacific 2008:
My Partner: Aundrea Tavakkoly - Newer in Vanuatu-South Pacific 2008:
In California
Yup, I know that any marginally intelligent 12 year would use a computer to generate a real map. In contrast, I found delight in pulling out an old piece of tracing paper, laying it over my National Geographic Atlas of the world, and drawing a free-hand map. Yup, that's what we've got. I'm busy packing and the computer seems to be drifting away, even before I board the plane.
Here's out route: We fly to Port Vila in Vanuatu, pick up our Ocean Kayak Prowlers, and follow the trade winds north and west to the Santa Cruz Islands, where small communities of people live in relative isolation from the rest of the world. It's about 100 miles from the last island in the Vanuatu Chain to the Santa Cruz group, and another 250 miles from the most north westerly of the Santa Cruz to the Solomons.
Long way in a kayak.
Dated: 08/17/2008
