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15 Days at Fakarava Atoll…..

Dear F&F, August 1-4, 2009 We have sort of lost track of our time here (that\’s a good thing) so I looked it up: half a month on this atoll & we could stay another week. Here\’s what\’s happened the past 4 days: August 1 Fun dive with Jill, Dan, Marc and several hundred gray […]

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Fakarava Island Reality Show…..

Dear F&F, July 31, 2009 It just occurred to me as I began writing that these \”Ships Logs\” are like an email reality show. Nearly live, from around the world. What is the \”Beach House\” crew up to now? I invited David & Mary to dinner last night since I know that they are heading

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Island Life, South Pass Fakarava Atoll, Tuamotu Islands…..

Dear F&F, July 30, 2009 We had a nice time last night at the beach happy hour. The \”E.T.G.\” kids enjoyed stoking the bon fire. I managed to stay out of the path of the smoke. Gloria, the 6 year old showed me shells she had collected. I had to focus hard on staying present

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Words of Encouragement from Paris…..

Dear F&F, July 30, 2009 We love to get emails from our friends and family. What you read on as these \”Ships Logs\” begins as a more raw email update to my closest supporters. They are not well edited & can be whiney at times. After reading such an email, I received this heartfelt reply

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Island Life, South Fakarava Atoll, Tuamotu Islands…..

Dear F&F, July 28-29, 2009 We met the dive master from the little dive center here, at Tetamanu. There are beach shacks for land tourists, the French call it a \”Pension\” (pronounce pen-see-own). Marc is very effusive, fluent in English & offered us lots of information. Bruce drove Alene, Scott & I over to the

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POSITION REPORT

YOTREPS: YES TIME: 2009/07/26 23:47 LATITUDE: 16-31.28S LONGITUDE: 145-28.35W MARINE: NO WIND_SPEED: 16 WIND_DIR: 071T CLOUDS: 40% VISIBILITY: 20 BARO: 1012.2 AIR_TEMP: 29.4C COMMENT: Beach House – ANCHORED – Fakarava South, just SW of the pass, THIS IS THE SOUTH PACIFIC! Wait till you see these pictures.

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Fakarava Atoll North to South…..

Dear F&F, July 25-26, 2009 Saturday morning went to shore for croissants. I took my cafe au lait in a to-go cup for the dinghy ride. It was a pretty long walk to the tiny bakery stall from where we tied the dinghy to the cement wall. We got soaked to the skin as it

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North Fakarava Atoll, Tuamotus…..

Dear F&F, July 21-22, 2009 David & Mary sailed into the lagoon on \”Giselle\” yesterday, there are now 8 boats. Two nights ago we were invited to dinner onboard trimaran \”Migration\”, met Bruce & Alene who are divers without a compressor. They are the ones that \”diverted\” to meet us & go diving. This is

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