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Ali and Jeff Carithers Around the World
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- Día 16
- viernes, 2 de enero de 2015, 19:01
- ☁️ 63 °F
- Altitud: Nivel del mar
- Mexico La Cruz 22.880037, -109.90843522°52’48” N 109°54’30” W
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Cabo San Lucas, Mexico
2 de enero de 2015, Mexico ⋅ ☁️ 63 °F
Uh-oh! I think we've gone too far north! It's cool here today-we've gotten used to warmer temperatures, but we still don't have any reason to complain.
We went to a salsa and salsa event today. We made 7 different types of salsa and 2 different kinds of margheritas. Somehow I was chosen to "cook" in a salsa competition and the best part was that I got to wear a giant sombrero!
Then we danced salsa! Uno, dos, tres - cuatro, cinco, seis! Too much fun!
We are at sea the next 2 days before arriving in LA. Our first day at sea after LA will be Jeff's 60th birthday!Leer más
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Roland ZimmermanLooking good! We will look forward to some great meals when you return home. Thanks for sharing your fun.
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Roland Zimmerman I bet!?
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Don WolfeLovin' the hair Jeff
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- Día 20
- martes, 6 de enero de 2015, 1:08
- 🌙 66 °F
- Altitud: Nivel del mar
- North Pacific Ocean 28.149503, -116.27929928°8’58” N 116°16’45” W
At sea
6 de enero de 2015, North Pacific Ocean ⋅ 🌙 66 °F
We are having our long stretch of time at sea. It is 7 days that we have all been looking forward to since we booked this cruise. Once we left LA and celebrated Jeff's 60th birthday (you'll hear about that from him), we have settled into a nice, but busy routine. We are all committed to 2-3 hours of fitness each morning in hopes of still being able to wear our clothes throughout the trip.
There are many interesting lectures each day. There is a travel/historian that speaks about each of our upcoming ports and we have recently been joined by a wine expert who lectures while we are drinking particular wines! There is an artist on board giving classes and next week several of us will be joining one of the chefs going to the market in Tahiti.
We are all doing a lot of reading and Jeff will be fluent in Swahili by the time we get home.
The Pacific Ocean is very peaceful and we are loving the tranqility. The 4 of us witnessed the elusive green flash at sunset yesterday in honor of Jeff's birthday.
A few notes from me about Jeff's 60th. Since the actual start of the World Cruise was in Los Angeles, I had asked Trish and Don if they could possibly meet us there as a surprise for Jeff. I can attest that he certainly was surprised to see them once we got off the ship. Jim had kept in touch with them as we were waiting for the ship to clear. We had a great visit. We saw a beautiful church that was all glass and then had a wonderful luncheon overlooking the Pacific Ocean. My gift to Jeff was a quilt that I had made. Months ago I had sent out plain squares with a pen for everyone that is special to Jeff to design/write on. I compiled them into a quilt and while Jeff was out of town, collected all my quilting ladies to get it quilted. He loved it.Leer más
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Laura FogleWell at least Jeff is the one getting flashed for a change!! Hope he had a fun day celebrating the 6-0 milestone! Finally he has finished his formative years, trip sounds amazing. 2-3 hours of fitness each day would make Bonnie Butt Kicker smile!
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JR HaganRichard and Joan Glad you are having fun. Keep steppin.
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JR HaganOops. My first post. Alice and Jeff glad you are having fun.
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Susan SchoonYour trip sounds wonderful. I'm sure the days pass very fast. Exercising 2-3 hours a day! You guys will waste away. We won't recognize you in May! How are those dancing shoes holding up?
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- Día 26
- lunes, 12 de enero de 2015
- 🌧 77 °F
- Altitud: Nivel del mar
- South Pacific Ocean -6.271795, -131.0341036°16’18” S 131°2’3” W
At sea, January 12
12 de enero de 2015, South Pacific Ocean ⋅ 🌧 77 °F
We are at the end of our 7 days at sea and we have enjoyed even more than we thought we would. You can be as busy as you want to or just relax, read and look at the water-and there is a lot of it! The ocean has been changeable-sometimes smooth and sometimes pitching and rolling. It will be interesting to walk on actual land tomorrow-we may be pitching and rolling ourselves!
An observation-we are hundreds of miles from land, yet we see various species of birds flying around us-what are they thinking? Sometimes they land on a deck and look quite puzzled.
We crossed the Equator yesterday so now we are officially shellbacks instead of polliwogs.
We will get up early tomorrow to watch as we sail into Nuku Hivo, Marquesas Islands.Leer más
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- Día 27
- martes, 13 de enero de 2015, 16:00
- ☀️ 90 °F
- Altitud: 21 m
- Polinesia francés Pahatea -8.91682, -140.1089948°55’1” S 140°6’32” W
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Nuku Hiva, Marquesa Islands
13 de enero de 2015, Polinesia francés ⋅ ☀️ 90 °F
As much as we have enjoyed our 7 days at sea, it was a real thrill to see land today. We could hardly take our eyes off the beautiful and dramatic volcanic cliffs of the Marquesas. Here we are at yet another place that we never thought that we would visit.
The island is quaint with lots of interesting rock sculptures and quiet roads. Gorgeous day.Leer más
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Mark Zimmerman Gorgeous!
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Franz Rosenboom Awesome !
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Franz Rosenboom Nice foto, love you both
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- Día 31
- sábado, 17 de enero de 2015, 17:18
- ⛅ 84 °F
- Altitud: Nivel del mar
- South Pacific Ocean -16.260822, -151.80908216°15’39” S 151°48’33” W
Rangiroa, French Polynesia
17 de enero de 2015, South Pacific Ocean ⋅ ⛅ 84 °F
This island is the opposite of the island we were at in the Marquesas. It too is an ancient volcano, but it has evolved into an atoll. It is a rim of land that is about 1/4 mile wide with a huge lagoon in the center which is about 10 miles in diameter. The second and third pictures are a comparison of Nuku Hivo and Rangiroa. The photo on the left is Nuku Hivo and the right is Rangiroa. The center of Rangiroa is the sunken crater of the ancient volcano. Two completely different islands.Leer más
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Laura FoglePhotos are not here for this post!
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- Día 31
- sábado, 17 de enero de 2015, 7:07
- ⛅ 75 °F
- Altitud: 72 m
- Polinesia francés Vallée de Paopao -17.49477, -149.81506317°29’41” S 149°48’54” W
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Moorea, Society Islands
17 de enero de 2015, Polinesia francés ⋅ ⛅ 75 °F
We sailed into Moorea this morning and it is everything that you would envision French Polynesia as. It is dramatically mountainous and the water is crystal clear. BTW, as we were sailing here, the captain's report was that the ocean was 3 miles deep. That's a little too much to comprehend while on vacation.
Moorea is the island that "Bali Hai" refers to.
We spent the day doing the best snorkeling
we have ever done. The colors of the coral were fantastic and the fish are different than any we have seen before. We also learned that the sun is unforgiving here no matter how much sunscreen you have on.
We sailed to Papeete, Tahiti this evening and will shop at the local market tomorrow.Leer más
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Mark Zimmerman Like!
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JR Hagan Keep the photos coming !
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- Día 36
- jueves, 22 de enero de 2015, 13:32
- ⛅ 77 °F
- Altitud: Nivel del mar
- South Pacific Ocean -20.200346, -169.58496120°12’1” S 169°35’6” W
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At Sea in the South Pacific (from Jeff)
22 de enero de 2015, South Pacific Ocean ⋅ ⛅ 77 °F
While at sea between Los Angeles and French Polynesia, I turned 60. The day before my birthday, Don and Trish surprised me in LA and we had lunch at a resort and visited some beautiful coastal sights. It turned out I was to have several other surprises on my birthday at sea.

One was a very prominent green flash on the horizon at sunset. The green flash is when a brief beacon of green light is visible immediately after the sun sets. It is caused by the prismatic effect of the atmosphere and conditions must be right for it to occur, such as an unobstructed view (over water, for example) and a clear sky.

The other very special surprise was a quilt Ali gave me with contributions from many of the most important people in my life. She started organizing you to make personalized squares over a year ago, assembled the quilt top and then she secretly worked with her quilting club friends to do the hand quilting while I was gone to a meeting for several days last summer.

I became emotional when I initially removed the wrapping of this wonderful gift and got teared up again as I read all the personal squares. Thanks to all of you for taking the time and effort to make something so special.

The accompanying photo shows the finished product with Tanzanian fabrics outlining all the heartwarming squares. I used it the first night because that is good luck, but it now graces the arm of our sofa since it is kind of hot down here in French Polynesia.Leer más
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Laura FogleSo glad you had a remarkable birthday Jeff as you are quite a remarkable guy!
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JR HaganYou have a remarkable wife to think of the quilt and then pull it off.
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Susan Schoon Love the colors of the Tanazanian fabric! Can't wait to see it someday back in the States. Nice work Ali!
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- Día 36
- jueves, 22 de enero de 2015, 13:48
- ☀️ 81 °F
- Altitud: Nivel del mar
- South Pacific Ocean -17.089725, -174.06813417°5’23” S 174°4’5” W
Somewhere in the South Pacific
22 de enero de 2015, South Pacific Ocean ⋅ ☀️ 81 °F
Hey, what happened to Wednesday? We crossed the International dateline last night and Wednesday simply disappeared! We decided to call that our fasting and no drinking day - sounds pretty convenient.
We will arrive in Tonga tomorrow morning for a day of kayaking and snorkeling.
The South Pacific Ocean has been delightfully smooth and is a spectacular cerulean blue, so different from the water we saw on the way to French Polynesia.
The first photos are of Papeete, Tahiti, where we visited the market and saw some quite unusual fruits, vegetables and fish.
The last 4 pictures are of Bora Bora. It was a lovely island - we biked about 10 miles and got to experience the sounds and wonderful cooking smells on a Sunday morning.

As you can see, Nancy and I have embraced our potential French Polynesian roots and had dinner in flower headdresses! Later on, Jeff and Jim explored their possible Polynesian roots, perhaps a little less successfully, but they looked awfully cute.Leer más
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Laura FogleAli I love your committment to fasting and abstaining from the fruit of the vine! It's not even lent yet!! You and Nancy obviously have deep polynesian roots!
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Trish WolfeLove your Polynesian flower headdresses!
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- Día 39
- domingo, 25 de enero de 2015, 14:23
- ☀️ 82 °F
- Altitud: Nivel del mar
- South Pacific Ocean -21.432617, -175.51757821°25’57” S 175°31’3” W
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
25 de enero de 2015, South Pacific Ocean ⋅ ☀️ 82 °F
January 25, 2015.
Tonga is an country I never thought I would see. An archipelago in the South Pacific, it is a monarchy that was never a colony of European powers. The traditional woven plant fiber wraps men and women wear around their waist were more common than we expected and Ali convinced me I wouldn’t have anywhere to wear the getup in Virginia so I resisted the urge to buy. Some of the wraps have been passed down for generations so the ragged ones are often the most treasured.

There are some interesting South Pacific island customs that carry over from the Southeast Asian settlers several thousand years ago. One common custom is that if the first two children in a family are boys, the third born child is raised as a girl, regardless of the birth sex. We have encountered this a number of times on many of these islands and it is typical. The woman in the photo with the magenta dress is an example. She was in charge of the dockside local entertainment activities in Tonga.

The men are often impressively large and proud of it. This may account, in part, for their highly successful rugby teams.

While in Tonga we explored the main town of Nuku’alofa and went kayaking to an offshore island where we snorkeled and enjoyed meeting some local people.Leer más
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Laura Fogle Beautiful?
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Laura Fogle I don't know Jeff . . . I can see you wrapped on one of these little numbers tending to fire outside your kitchen!! Watch out for sparks!
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JR HaganJeff --- you could wear those clothes at the Wally Mart no problem
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Trish WolfeLove the black/white dresses! Very interesting custom regarding the third born child!
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- Día 40
- lunes, 26 de enero de 2015, 16:54
- ☁️ 81 °F
- Altitud: Nivel del mar
- Coral Sea -22.065278, 165.49804922°3’55” S 165°29’53” E
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Noumea, New Caledonia
26 de enero de 2015, Coral Sea ⋅ ☁️ 81 °F
January 26, 2015
We spent the day on the island of New Caledonia. It is at once French and Melanesian. There are baguettes and bistros alongside Kanak people with their brightly colored clothing. We walked and snorkeled and had a pleasant day in what seemed to be the biggest city we've been in since LA.
We are currently headed to Sydney through the Coral Sea and into the Tasmanian sea which are typically rough so it will be an interesting couple of days!

The evening before arriving into New Caledonia, the World Cruiser's were invited for cocktails and dinner in the crew bar and dining room. It was a special time because we have gotten to know many of the crew and it was fun to see where they spend their time off.Leer más
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Mark ZimmermanFair winds...
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Roland ZimmermanWe always look forward to your pictures and commentaries. A little snow and ice here today. About 1 1/2 inches mixed with ice.
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Laura FogleAgree with Roland how inviting your photos of tropical paradise are as we are receiving snow and cold in the Virginia mountains in January! Nothing like last year though! Hope you have a safe journey to Sydney!
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JR Hagan Is that your ship?
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