7. Highlights
Cruising on a boat has some high highs, and low lows. Overall is it much more than just highlights, it is a lifestyle. It is hard to sum it up, but we know the blog has lots of posts, so here is a taste:
- Delivery of Kosmos – When we got Kosmos. Nothing too interesting, but it took a long time to get prepared for our travels, and you can see many blog posts before we started travelling extensively.
- Attack of the Beans – A Day in the Life of our 21 Day Passage.
- Welcome to Nuka Hiva – Landfall after our first big passage of 21 days at sea.
- Swimming with Dolphins – Ever swim with hundreds of sea mammals?
- Ultimate Anchor at Apataki – Did you know Spaghetti makes for a great anchor?
- South Pacific Photo Catchup – For a while we had no Internet. When we got to Tahiti, we were finally able to post some photos from some of our first adventures. This was the first in a series of posts to catch up with photos.
- Moorea Sunsets – An idea of some sunsets we have seen.
- Very Remote – The island of Suwarrow is almost as remote as you can get.
- 103 Foot Deep Car – In the clear waters of Nuie at the bottom of a “chimney”.
- Swimming with Whales – Lots of whales in Tonga.
- Grabs vs. the Volcano – We went right to the edge.
- Advanced Wreck Diving – Coolidge is cool.
- Dolphin Show in Big Waves – Dolphins like to surf.
- Diving with Cruisers – A great time on the Great Barrier Reef seeing giant potato cod.
- Reveling in Mother Nature’s Majesty - A great night on passage with calm seas
- 2007 Highlights – An amazing year.
- Rock Stars in Ende – We get lots of attention sometimes.
- Bali to Singapore Bashing – Our toughest weather conditions. Keep reading the subsequent stories…
- Eric Grab MD – We were there to help a hurt local at a small village in Indonesia.
- Malaka Museums – Interesting “customs” museum in Malaysia.
- Caves of Wonder – Hawngs in Thailand.
- Elephants Training – Not circus elephants, work ones in India.
- The Key Rescue – A local helped us rescue our boat key.
- Guided Tour of Oman – A great time touring Oman.
- Egyptology 101 and The Pyramids – A series of posts on the amazing sights in Egypt.
- Meteora Monastaries - Some monks just want a little privacy.
- Family Lunch - An amazing home made lunch in Greece.
- Ramadan Dinner and Matmata - A great family dinner we were humbled to attend. Later in the week seeing an original Star Wars movie set, and riding quads on the Sahara.
- Scary Scari - A scary and crazy tale of sinking boats and rescues at Stromboli, Italy.
- Gardens and Caves - Monaco is a really neat place with some unexpected plant life and underground areas.
- Segway into Paris - The modern way to tour Paris.
- The Rock - The gateway to the Med is a swiss cheese of tunnels topped with monkeys.
- 2008 Reflections - And you thought 2007 was amazing… Look at 2008!
- Mammal Park - We were surprised to find such an interesting and diverse park in the middle of Guadeloupe.
- Batch 14 Fuel - Green fuel.
- Dinghy Flipping - It was bound to happen to us at one point, but it also came after a fun tour seeing a frigate bird santuary.
- Jolly Time - A very nice day seeing Antigua.
- Dominica Delights - A wonderful tour of forests and fruits.
- Sperm Whales - We had a whale researcher teach us about sperm whales and we saw a mother and calf nursing.
- Busy Bonaire - A busy day of touring and we finally tried wind surfing at one of the best windsurfing places in the world. Also in Bonaire we went land sailing.
- Dive Dive Dive - We did a bunch of diving in Bonaire. This is just one story of many.
- Puberty Party in San Blas - It is a big event for the Kuna people.
- The Panama Canal - The first of a multi-part story of us going through the Panama Canal.
- Costa Rica Adventures - Several stories of our adventures in Costa Rica with Mike. Including zip lines and an amazing white water rafting trip.
- Windy Windy - We got some of the strongest winds on our trip on this trip to Nicaragua.
- Eating and Zipping - Yum food and zip lining. Also see the next day with ATV tour and tacos pastor.
- Cabo in a Day - We had a very full day meeting new friends and touring around.
- Return of the Waypoint - We connected with a waypoint we previously set over 2 years before. We have circumnavigated the planet aboard Kosmos!
- 2009 Summary - Continuing the yearly overview for Kosmos in 2009.
- Some Overall Stats - And some statistics on the trip. Wow, we went a lot of miles!
- Unexpected? - We published a book on our travels!
And for the visual, instant gratification type, people here are a small sampling of pictures from some of the highlights:
Let us know if you think any other stories and pictures are worthly of the highlights page.