September 2019
Wallis Territory Day Celebrations
On July 29th, Wallis & Futuna celebrate Territory Day marking the anniversary of the 1961 signing of the agreement between France and Wallis & Futuna. It was a big event so we attended with Mark [...]
Wallis Island Tour
We decided to take advantage of an improving weather forecast and do a land tour of Uvea, the main island of Wallis. Muddling through in French with the rental agency, we booked a small SUV [...]
Spotted Eagle Rays in Wallis
We heard there were a few good snorkel spots so we set out to explore them. In calm conditions, Devil's Hole was about 12 minutes by dinghy from the anchorage off Ile Fugalei. It was [...]
Arrival at Wallis
Why Wallis? We wanted to experience something different from Tonga and Fiji, geographically and culturally. We also heard there were some kiteboarding spots. Where is Wallis? The island group sits in the South Pacific around [...]
August 2019
Foa Island, Ha’apai Group
We waited in a safe, sandy anchorage off Ha'apai Beach Resort near Pangai for a couple of nasty troughs to pass through. Buckets of rain fell and gale-force winds briefly whipped up. Whistler's Anchor Watch [...]
July 2019
Fishing in Vava’u
We were sipping our cappuccinos on the boat on the weekend in Neiafu, wondering what we were going to do for the day. We had been getting pretty bored lately, waiting for a weather window [...]