We wish you all a merry Christmas (or other festivity) and a happy, healthy, adventurous and exciting year 2025! Thanks for reading and travelling along with us for another year We send you slightly sweaty kisses from summery hot Papua New Guinea, Birgit, Christian and Smurfy
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2024
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Dec
2024
16
Dec
Clearance and shopping in Kavieng
Checking in in Kavieng is a pleasure: we had done our online-evisa (50 USD per person) and sent off an email with a prearrival notification beforehand, so when we arrived in Kavieng we simply anchored in front of the friendly Nusa Resort (they take separated rubbish, so make sure you keep burnables, recylable plastic and cans separate!!), took a taxi boat over to town and… Continue reading »
2024
14
Dec
Finally back in Papua New Guinea!
In 2005 we spent 4 weeks travelling PNG as backpackers, flew to Port Moresby, on to Madang and did some great diving before riding a series of trucks up the highland’s highway. We had a great time (despite travel warnings and expats who told us we’d get killed if we attempted that trip) and vowed to come back soon. Well, it took us a while,… Continue reading »
2024
14
Dec
Book recommendation “Seenomaden”
Before we even went sailing for the first time we were already inspired by Doris’ and Wolf’s stories and photos. After watching their presentations about the magical places they visited with their SY Nomad we were even more determined to go cruising… Of course I read Doris’ book then and loved it! In the meantime we have met Doris and Wolf out here in the… Continue reading »
2024
04
Dec
Book recommendation
A fellow sailor has written and illustrated a super-sweet book about an octopus and his adventures. It’s for very young readers from 2 to 7 years old. German only though… “Olli Oktopus findet eine Taucherbrille” is the first part of a series and available on Amazon!