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 in the South Pacific!
• Passage Across America – We drove from San Diego to Maine in our diesel Jetta on one load of fuel! 
• Unexpected 2? – We published another book about our travels, this time in Australia and Asia!
• San Francisco/Oakland – We took our Kosmos to the Bay Area for a couple of months
• Keith – We had a baby!
• We took Kosmos to the Sea of Cortez, Mexico for 8 months
• We went through Hurricane Kay
• We saw a whale shark, which is a very rare species!
• We celebrated Dia de los Muertos in Loreto, Baja California
• We participated in Carnival in La Paz, Baja California
• We petted grey whales in Magdalena Bay

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.