Paradise - you bet! Absolutely fantastic Clive, and it was great to see some shots of you, looking well and happy.
An experience you will never forget, and we won't either after we have that pint of beer together and really catch up.
Thank you for broadening our outlook on life!
Up the Mast Hey dude.. haha, thanks for the comment - yes, I went up in the Bosun's chair, which is a seat harness, so I climb a little but basically get dragged up. But then they left me up there!
Going to climb up today to do some mast work actually. Take care buddy!!
WOAH Dude there would be no way to get me up there. How hard was it to climb up the mast? or did you have a little seat going on? I can picture you doing the coconut tree climb, you know where you grab the mast and run up the tree. That would be awesome. Once again making me want to be there.
Matt
more clivey pics Dude....this is definitely one of your coolest stops...but we needs more pics of Pirate Canuck!! Looks like you are really enjoying yourself now...We are all thinking of ya!!
D.
Tell me about it! Dude.... you hit the nail on the head. Too many visitors = dilution of the possibility for grass-skirt and coconut-bikini greeters!
Where does that paradise still exist? Hopefully not just in the old movies and story books..
Beauty Clive, I've been a real fan of your blog. I appreciate the effort you put into it to shed some light on the beauty of places but also some issues and questions at hand.
So are you not travelling with the same guy you crossed the Pacific with?
Does the oceanic beauty of the Polynesia over rule all coastal beauty of South America?
Wow! It's hard to image what it actually must have been like! My question: how does the isolation of the open sea compare to the tedium of working an unispired job day in day out?
Please tell me you can never get bored of the stars...
What an incredible trip!
Land ho! Clive! Good to hear you are still alive and well! Sounds like it was quite the adventure these past few weeks! Amazing to see you go from GQ cover guy, to water portrait artist, to "plucky hero" (hmmmm looks like you have dyed your hair in that photo ; )
Keep up the blogs - us land-sloths are still green with envy at the lack of rush hour and quiet tranquil blue skies you are experiencing.
Take care!
Jess
Amazing! Thats a huge accomplishment. Yes, there's the whole "passage of man" thing, but i'm talking about your new hat (day 32 pic). That's a cooler hat then the davy crockett you got in the Yukon, or the hats from Bolivia -- combined!
I'm also glad to see that after so many days at sea you still carry your pink rabbit between your legs like the rest of us.
Keep me posted when you're a few months out from someplace on land I can join you for a few weeks. Australia, new zeland, or pretty much anywhere with naked tribal women. Come to think of it, scratch tribal. I don't want to be too picky.
Land ho! Clive, glad you made the big leg and found some land. I read your last post too and I think those voices you were hearing were not wind in the rigging but madness creeping in from making Tang and soup from sea water!
Still looking to join you - maybe Australia / NZ - gimme enough notice tho.
Cheers bro.
Congratulations! I was sort of expecting a tale of tragedy narrowly averted - a tooth and nail fight versus the jagged suckers of a mammoth squid, or an epic battle against a fleet of pirates. But I'm glad there isn't one. Enjoy all the beauty of Polynesia.
Oi! Wow Clive. It must be friggin hot but you are lucky (and deserve!) to be where you are.
I'm enjoying the quality blogging as you 'busco gusto.'
I wonder what things you are going to occupy your time with in order to stave off cabin fever.
Best of luck bro and avoid the White Squalls (??!!).
We continue to live your adventure vicariously. I use your travel blog to teach my kids that instead of playing video games, they could actually live them. Ben was wondering how you pay for it -- I told him you had to WORK! Thanks for the unique education.
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Paradise - you bet!
Absolutely fantastic Clive, and it was great to see some shots of you, looking well and happy. An experience you will never forget, and we won't either after we have that pint of beer together and really catch up. Thank you for broadening our outlook on life!