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Tag Archives: Liz Clark
Whale Tale
Tucked into an inside atoll corner one morning, I felt like watching the open sea crash onto the reef so I took the dinghy in and anchored it on the lagoon side of the reef, then wandered the 500 yards across the island to where the reef dropped off into the open [...]
Posted in Captain Liz Clark and the Voyage of Swell Also tagged humpback whale, plastic, plastic pollution, the voyage of swell, whale 3 Comments
Open Trap Surgery
Three days later, I kept thinking about those trapped sharks…so I rallied a friend and we sped off on a quest to free the hostages. …It was farther away than I’d imagined. By the time we found the trap it was late afternoon. I jumped in the water and peered through the fencing [...]
Posted in Captain Liz Clark and the Voyage of Swell Also tagged fish trap, free the sharks, sharks, voyage of swell 6 Comments
Simply South Pacific Living…
“Those who dwell among the beauties and mysteries of the earth are never alone or weary of life.” –Rachel Carson …After three short upwind hops over the last month, I’ve just arrived to the second biggest of the atolls (population~800)…vegetables, a health clinic, internet, and even a post office! Ahh the luxuries of civilization! [...]
Posted in Captain Liz Clark and the Voyage of Swell Also tagged Laundry, Live Simply, patagonia, sharks, voyage of swell 1 Comment
Squatter’s Rights? Rats Amidships And I’m Finally BACK In Tahiti!
Well, well, well….I made it back to Swell yesterday evening after a ridiculously fun 2 weeks in Hawaii. Since my three week trip turned into almost 5 months away from Swell, I guess its only fair that she found some new company while I was away. It’s a more cuddly and personable creature than Swell’s [...]
Posted in Captain Liz Clark and the Voyage of Swell Also tagged liz clark surf, Swell, voyage of swell 1 Comment
Do the D-A-N-C-E: Researching the Tamure Secret
My hair doesn’t hang down to my waist, nor do I have flawless brown skin, but that wasn’t going to stop me from wanting to learn more about the enchanting Tamure, or ‘Ori Tahiti’–the traditional Tahitian dance that Katie and I had witnessed at the Heiva celebration. So at 3:30pm one Wednesday, I rendezvoused with [...]
Nocturnal for a Night: Shine-eyes and rock pillows