A photographic journey while I was aweigh of life. Apologies in that many of the photos are of inferior quality. I lost a lot of photos due to extended periods of time between when the photos were taken and when they were developed, where the exposed film deteriorated due to the heat and humidity. But if you suffer through them, they might fill in any blanks in your imagination. You can right click on any of them to open in a new tab.
The journey starts here….
Trinity – this is the beginning of it all when friends asked me to go in with them to buy a boat.Ala Wai Yacht Harbor in Waikiki where I lived before I sailed to the South Pacific Ah, setting sail!!!AnchorageAnchorageAnchoragePeder and Henri with ChicoPeder and ChicoAlong the hike from Taioha’e to TaipivaiAlong the path to TaipivaiThe steep detour we had to take on hike to TaipivaiLooking down on Taioha’eMonsieur Raphael’s shack on way to TaipivaiThe mouth of Taipivai upon leavingThe teacher coming from Taiohai’e that we towed back to TaipivaiSentinel rock, HIva OaFatu HivaFatu HivaFatu HivaFatu HivaAnchorage at Hana Vave, Fatu HivaFisherman near PapeeteHua Hini A white man’s way of climbing a coconut tree (not to be recommended)Bora Bora Bike trip – Island sceneryCoconut groveLooking towards AitutakiAtuona AnchorageAnother hitchhikerAnother anchoragePapeete – getting read for Bastille Day Drying fishing netsMy book cover shot – Bora BoraWater scenesBeach sceneIsland outriggerTypical greeting party upon arriving in any anchorageTahitian canoe made for Disney movie on Bora Bora
The Rarotonga Independence Day Parade and a few other Cook Island scenes
Getting ready for the Rarotonga Independence Day ParadeThe YACHTIES’ FLOAT in the Roratonga Independence Day Parade
Scenes from Palmerston, Fortuna, and Fiji
FortunaFortunaFiji wedding feastBeating off the sharks while fishing and collecting shellsWomen collecting shells on Palmerston AtollThe orange juice brew party at PalmerstonOne of several Fijian villages we hiked though Fijian village in highlandsFiji Preparing for Fijian weddingHouse on Western SamoaHouse on Fortuna
New Zealand
The pie-bald horse born on the day I arrived in PawarengaPawarenga, Hokianga, New ZealandThe swing bridge to Jack and Irene’s Coming over the hill from the swing bridge, the view of Jack and Irene’s thatched houseA river ran through it.Beginning construction of my house in New ZealandMy house constructionPutting on the roofPutting on the thatched roofIn the beginning, it was a one-room A-frameIn the end, after “second room” additionScenes around PawarengaThe author in New Zealand hutInside my New Zealand hut… that’s a cook stove where, now, I wonder why the place never burned downInside my New Zealand hut; the tapa cloth I bought in FijiThe route we took on horses each spring tide, down the Pawarenga River out to the coast to collect mussels
On the road to Cooktown (my singular photo of the whole trip)
Leaving New Caledonia
PAPUA NEW GUINEA
Learning to make pandanus mats on Wari IslandLittle girl on Wari while family weaves mats Walking through Wari villageWari pottery – this thin and perfectly round clay pot is created by hand.Wari Island women“Sister Angelica” and nuns at MissionBagi on girl Local during Independence Day festivalWoman blowing shell horn during festivitiesThe can under her arm is her “betelnut stash”Young girls during Independence Day festivitiesCook shack at Sebulogomwa, Papua New Guinea — after some rain Our garden at Sebulogomwa after some reain
A baby is born and the hills were alive with the sound of music
Washing and hanging out my one dozen cloth diapers in preparation for the big daySoonThatched hut we lived in at SebulogomwaCook shackThe author with one-day-old Heidi. The two girls on the outside were 16-year-old stdent nurses; the two closest to me were 18 years old.
The Midwife “Monia” 45 years later!!!
And life on Ponape, Tahiti and beyond….
Getting ready to go to work at Teacher CorpsDoing dishes in PonapaComing back from swimming and playing in PonapeThe fishing boat on reef when Dave went to rescue man Islanders breaking up the coral reef to free fishing boatTahiti moorage teaching Heidi to surfBack in Tahiti, Heidi and her little brotherShortly after returning to the States. Trying to keep “Arlo” warm in poncho I wove in New Zealand
