There to Here – Friendly, Exotic Fiji Islands
/If any country conjures up images of the exotic South Pacific, Fiji is it! Once known by Europeans as the Cannibal Islands, Fiji is now a friendly, destination paradise.
Read MoreIf any country conjures up images of the exotic South Pacific, Fiji is it! Once known by Europeans as the Cannibal Islands, Fiji is now a friendly, destination paradise.
Read MoreThe Kingdom of Tonga is like no other place in the South Pacific. The “Friendly Islands” as Captain Cook called them, became a constitutional monarchy in 1875 and is the only remaining monarchy in the Pacific. There is a strong sense of pride in heritage, family and culture. There are no McDonalds nor Burger Kings and they seem not to have suffered from this lack of world-renowned commercial fast foods. When we arrived from Niue and tied up to the Q-dock in Neiafu waiting for the officials to check us in, we could sense a palpable difference. This was authentic South Pacific.
Read MoreHi there and welcome to Just A Little Further!
We are David and Marcie Lynn and we've lived aboard our Liberty 458 cutter-rigged sailboat since 2000.
What began as an urge to travel slowly and economically at our own pace ended up an adventure of a lifetime.
Well, here we are ... nearly 90,000 miles under the keel, 5 continents, 5 Great Southern Capes, 36 countries and almost two decades later, still taking one passage at a time and going just a little further.