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Gloria and Mark
Mar 8, 20172 min read
Tattoos, totems and taboos off the beaten path
Many of the crew members on the Aranui freighter were covered with tattoos - some even had their faces tattooed like the man pictured...
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Gloria and Mark
Feb 27, 20172 min read
Jumping ship off the beaten path like Herman Melville
Moby Dick's author, Herman Melville, jumped ship at Nuku Hiva, and we could understand why when we saw the spectacular scenery. He wrote...
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Gloria and Mark
Feb 15, 20172 min read
Fantasy Island - snorkeling with the giant clams
On the way to the Marquesas, the Aranui stopped at Takapoto, a pristine atoll of white sand and clear turquoise blue water. This was...
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Gloria and Mark
Feb 8, 20172 min read
Freighter travel off the beaten path to Polynesian paradise
From the first moment we stepped aboard the Air Tahiti flight at Los Angeles, we could sense that we were beginning a fantasy vacation....
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