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Category Archives: Trip Planning
One Week Out and Counting
We are a week out from flying the coop. I, all of a sudden, feel unprepared. We haven’t travelled internationally for 19 months and I am not sure I remember what and how to pack. And that is why we … Continue reading
Breakin’ Out
We have been planning our freedom from about the four week mark of our prison term. The parole board has not been too cooperative so we have engineered our own escape. Last week the virtual hacksaw blade in the birthday … Continue reading
Limbo
We are in limbo. The problem with being too efficient is that we end up having a few days of being in a holding pattern before we leave for a trip. We are packed, except for those last minute items … Continue reading
Finding Accommodations
We have a plan, we have flights, all we need now are places to lay our heads at night. When we were figuring out flights, I printed out a calendar for September and October and wrote the flights on the … Continue reading
The Planning Continues for Raja Ampat
We have booked our liveaboard to Raja Ampat, so now we need flights. One of my tricks to finding out what airlines fly to where we need to go is to go onto the airport website of the city where … Continue reading
Another Sojourn in the Works
In the spring, Murray and I started talking about a fall trip. Where should we go? What should we do? One of our methods of deciding where to go is to ask ourselves “What destination is on the list that … Continue reading
Solomon Islands – All Tied Up
It has been a long time since we have traveled without having the trip laid out in detail ahead of time. Don’t know why but it seems with the internet it is too easy to reserve all the air flights, … Continue reading
Chronological Progression – Fiji, Southport, Solomon Islands
With the dive dates now set we need to find accommodation to infill the few other days we will be in Fiji. Not may days but we don’t want to have to spend them on the street and Nadi does … Continue reading
Taking Shape
Plan B is being molded into quite a good tour. We have confirmed our stay at two different dive resorts and managed to get the connecting flight that will transfer us from the island of Viti Levu, the main island … Continue reading
Plan B is a GO!
Link to the Siren website if care to read. https://sirenfleet.com/fiji-update/ Looks like Plan B is proceeding without too many road blocks. Debbie has sent emails to 4 dive resorts and our contact at the Siren office is working on a … Continue reading