Traveling with Ray Owens
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Day 36. Tuesday February 18, 2025 We arrived at Vanuatu early this morning. Vanuatu became a republic in 1980. Since then all land is owned by the government and a few kastom owners. The best I could figure that would be a tribal leader. Individuals can lease property for at most the useful lifetime of…
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Today we docked this massive ship at the port of the capital city of Noumea in the country of New Caledonia. New Caledonia is a territory of France. The official language is French. Many people also speak English partly because their neighbor with which they trade a great deal is Australia. Because they are an…
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So this morning’s crisis: I had to change my clock on my phone. We lost an hour of sleep last night (I only got about 9 hours) and with no cell service on my phone in the middle of the Pacific Ocean I actually, and with tremendous effort, had to change the time manually. Ok,…
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Success! I did not wake Penny up this morning. She woke me up and greeted me with the news that our Qantas flight had been cancelled. Oh goody. We tried getting information on our phones but we ran into issues with the WiFi connection. We have two devices at a time package. At one point…
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Well let me tell you the story of this morning and you can then decide if I managed to set a world record for the worst beginning of Valentine’s Day ever! My lovely bride was being very kind last evening and doing laundry for us in the washer and dryer in our apartment suite at…
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Our flight from Auckland, New Zealand to Brisbane, Australia was quite nice. I rewatched a movie. City of Angels with Meg Ryan and Nicholas Cage. Very touching movie. We arrived and took a taxi to our hotel which wasn’t ready yet but they stored our luggage while we ate lunch at a pancake place that…
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Day 30. Wednesday February 12, 2025 (Also Thursday morning) Well today was the day we were going to middle earth. Sadly, today was also the day Penny was dealing with a cold and did not get a lot of rest last night. Consequently she opted not to go. It was a good day but would…
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We had to say goodbye to our new friends and acquaintances today. Most everyone on the Viking post extension are heading home today. We will be here in Auckland until Thursday morning. We had no plans for today. The weather turned out to be awfully nice. So we opted to walk down the gentle sloping…
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Today was our last day of the Viking post extension trip. It has been a very good trip. Tomorrow most of the people are heading back to their home. We have another two weeks of fun before we get home. Today was a fun day all around. Our day began with a ferry ride to…
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Another lovely day in paradise. We had breakfast in the hotel in Taupo. Breakfast for me has coffee as the most important ingredient. Actually it is the only ingredient. I have been sorely disappointed by the performance of the Hilton coffee machines. I can’t get a decent cup of coffee. In fact I can’t get…
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