Oceania

Esperance: The Gem of Western Australia

Kangaroos living on the beach, pirates, explorers, gold, and the biggest wave in Western Australia; 'The Cyclops'. It seemed like my childhood story books were starting to come true. I was on my way to Esperance, in a clapped out 80's model BMW named Delilah, chasing...

Kiribati: A Ring in the Pacific

"Tying up to a pier and disembarking through the passenger gangway isn't an option," our Captain said. Never did I imagine I would one day work onboard a cruise ship for almost seven months. Let alone sail away to an atoll that for me and for any other well-traveled...

A Full-Time Traveler Visits Tonga

Many people in the US have never even heard of Tonga, but I got the privilege of spending three months in Tonga between 2016 and 2017. This small country, a collection of islands two thousand kilometers north of Auckland, is one of the highlights of my five years as a...

Weaving Magic Across the Generations in Matangi, Fiji

Hot news flash from the Coconut Wireless is that I have found a Garden of Eden private resort in Northern Fiji! Matangi is a luxury, adults-only resort and a perfect romantic escape in the South Pacific. Arrival in Matangi My arrival onto Matangi's private resort with...

Beyond the Postcard:
Capturing Authentic Experiences Through Travel Photography

Travel photography has evolved far beyond the days of sending postcards home to friends and family. In this digital age, capturing authentic experiences through photography has become an art form that allows us to share the soul of our journeys with the world. Beyond...

Tips for Planning An Australian Outback Adventure Trip

Australia's quintessential Outback offers the most iconic and remote landscape for travel lovers. Not surprisingly, thousands of locals and overseas tourists choose these trips every year. According to ABC News, the numbers dropped, however, after the pandemic due to...

A Step Back in Time at Zealandia

I have always wanted to explore New Zealand the same way Captain Cook did all those years ago. In a land that was completely and utterly green, surrounded by dense bush that is alive with the many different notes of bird song. To actually see a Tuatara, New...

The Ultimate Island Odyssey: From Alcatraz to Pitcairn — 13

Part 13: AND IN THE END THE AROHA YOU TAKE IS EQUAL TO THE AROHA YOU MAKE The Last Resort: Hilton Hotel Tahiti Standing on the balcony of the last ?port-of-call? on my sensational voyage from Alcatraz to Pitcairn and the isles in between and beyond, from the sumptuous...

The Ultimate Island Odyssey:
From Alcatraz to Pitcairn — 12

Part 12: MAGNIFICENT MOOREA The Garden of Earthly Delights After a delicious, filling beachside breakfast at Moorea Island Beach Hotel I?m promptly picked up at by Pierre Gitton, Enjoy Moorea?s owner and guide extraordinaire. I board Pierre?s 4X4 pickup truck and he...

The Ultimate Island Odyssey: From Alcatraz to Pitcairn — 11

Part 11: THE ROAD TO TAHITI: AUKENA AND HIKUERU From Hikueru to Eternity ?Aranui? can be translated as ?the Big Highway? and Aranui 5 is on the road back to Tahiti. Since we shove off from Pitcairn Island, a UK overseas territory, and arrive the next day at Mangareva,...

The Ultimate Island Odyssey: From Alcatraz to Pitcairn — 10

Part 10: PITCAIRN ISLAND Bounty Hunter on Pitcairn Island Residents of the planet?s tiniest inhabited island and smallest self-governing political entity are extremely unique, as is their 2-mile-long by 1-mile-wide tropical realm. The progeny of the Polynesian women...

The Ultimate Island Odyssey: From Alcatraz to Pitcairn — 9

Part 9: PITCAIRN ISLAND Picaresque and Picturesque Pitcairn Upon arriving at Bounty Bay, all Aranui 5 passengers are given tokens, not unlike those straphangers previously dropped into turnstiles to gain egress to New York City?s subway. Pitcairn Island, too, has mass...