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whale watching tonga

Zepher

Chris & Lyn Darch

Sun 12 Oct 2008 15:33

Whales below us at 10m away

Mother and Calf , ones the size of a VW the others the size of a single decker bus

Diveing Hump Back whales

All the whale watchers , from left to right Devyn,Calum,Katie,Lorrie,Beth, and Finn

The whale swimmers, from right to left, Mike,Geina,Ruth,Gail and the old whale Chris

Two passing humpbacks

A tail shot , at 12m from the boat

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Wed 3 Dec 07:45
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Sat 29 Nov 08:05
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Tue 25 Nov 07:03
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Sun 23 Nov 07:51
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Fri 21 Nov 14:11
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Tue 18 Nov 18:16
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Sat 15 Nov 18:04
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Oct 2008

Fri 31 Oct 18:57
- The Last Dance
Wed 29 Oct 07:46
- The last anchorage
Mon 27 Oct 19:54
- Away again
Sun 26 Oct 22:06
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Sat 25 Oct 06:33
- Lazy Days
Fri 24 Oct 23:32
- Sandy Attols
Wed 22 Oct 22:34
- Lifuka Island
Tue 21 Oct 16:14
- Another Attoll
Mon 20 Oct 08:50
- Days to do are getting few
Sun 19 Oct 08:45
- Art Ark
Sat 18 Oct 09:21
- Moving on
Fri 17 Oct 11:27
- Coral gardens
Thu 16 Oct 09:36
- Marina cave
Tue 14 Oct 17:40
- Swallow caves
Mon 13 Oct 09:10
- Back to Anchor
Sun 12 Oct 16:06
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Fri 10 Oct 08:23
- Back to work
- Fw: Sunny days are here again
Mon 6 Oct 08:31
- Dive Dive
Sat 4 Oct 08:48
- Disapointment
Fri 3 Oct 08:09
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Sep 2008

Tue 30 Sep 07:52
- Happy Hr
Sat 27 Sep 22:41
- Wild night
Fri 26 Sep 23:15
- Tonga luvvley jubbley
Thu 25 Sep 21:57
- Paradise again
Wed 24 Sep 23:50
- Yesterday
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Tue 23 Sep 00:24
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Fri 19 Sep 21:35
- Early Morning Rise
Thu 18 Sep 23:15
- French Onion soup
Wed 17 Sep 23:14
- What wind
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Mon 15 Sep 20:47
- Life in the tumble dryer
Sun 14 Sep 23:34
- Day one o Tonga
- Depart Bora Bora
Sat 13 Sep 10:38
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Thu 11 Sep 10:20
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Wed 10 Sep 17:40
- Five Guys and a bitch
Sun 7 Sep 12:56
- Cannons
Fri 5 Sep 19:43
- Dinghy day
Thu 4 Sep 08:44
- Another day in Bora
Wed 3 Sep 20:29
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Fri 29 Aug 01:44
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Wed 27 Aug 21:04
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- Lyn and the Lift
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- A Day missed

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Tue 29 Jul 03:25
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Sun 27 Jul 23:43
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Fri 4 Jul 23:38
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Mon 30 Jun 02:14
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Sun 29 Jun 08:05
- More rock and roll
Sat 28 Jun 04:00
- Taiohae Bay Nuka Hiva
Fri 27 Jun 03:41
- Ua Poa day 2
Wed 25 Jun 22:00
- Ua Pou
Tue 24 Jun 04:09
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Mon 23 Jun 18:55
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- Maintanance Day
Sat 21 Jun 18:39
- Calm anchorage
Fri 20 Jun 04:14
- Up Hill Down Dale
Thu 19 Jun 03:19
- Aloa
Wed 18 Jun 04:09
- Hiva Oa
Mon 16 Jun 21:32
- Arrival Hiva Oa
Sat 14 Jun 20:39
- Penultimate Day 20 Galap to Marq
Fri 13 Jun 23:36
- Day 19/20 312 nautical miles from land.
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- Galley Poo Poo Day 17
Wed 11 Jun 21:49
- Day Sixteen the roll continues
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Mon 9 Jun 18:45
- Day 15 on the high seas
Sun 8 Jun 21:40
- Day Fourteen Galap to Marq
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- Ships at Dusk
Thu 5 Jun 17:45
- Day Twelve Galap to Marq
Wed 4 Jun 16:40
- Trial by Bloggers Day ten Galap to Marq
Tue 3 Jun 17:48
- Day nine Galap to Marq
Mon 2 Jun 19:29
- I was framed!
Sun 1 Jun 23:30
- Day Seven Galap to Marq

May 2008

Sat 31 May 13:51
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Fri 30 May 15:21
- Day No Five
Thu 29 May 13:30
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Wed 28 May 15:19
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Tue 27 May 19:54
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Mon 26 May 12:45
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Fri 23 May 03:22
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Thu 15 May 14:32
- Galapogus Day Two
Wed 14 May 18:01
- Galapogus Day One
- Acadamy Bay Galapogis
Mon 12 May 20:16
- Day Eight Panama to Galapogus
Sun 11 May 16:26
- Panama Canal
- Day No 7 , Panama to Galapogus
Sat 10 May 19:23
- Day 6 Panama to Galapagos
Fri 9 May 17:00
- Day Five Pan to Golap
Thu 8 May 16:42
- Day Four Pan to Galap
Wed 7 May 16:11
- Day three Panama to Galapogus
Tue 6 May 12:30
- Day 2 Pamama to Galapogus
Mon 5 May 12:21
- Depart Panama day 1
Fri 2 May 13:10
- Isla Contradore Las Perlas
Thu 1 May 11:49
- Las Perlas Isles

Apr 2008

Wed 30 Apr 12:44
- Outward Bound at last
Sat 26 Apr 11:43
- Progress in the Lazaret
Thu 24 Apr 11:21
- Auto pilot update
Sun 20 Apr 12:27
- Balboa a plesant suprise
Thu 17 Apr 23:38
- The Pacific chapter begins
Wed 16 Apr 02:19
- Big day minus Two
Sun 13 Apr 11:42
- More O'dore Colon
Fri 11 Apr 13:28
- Odour de Colon
Wed 9 Apr 15:29
- Panama City
Sun 6 Apr 17:30
- Exploring in my shorts
Thu 3 Apr 13:59
- Banking Panama Style
Tue 1 Apr 23:57
- Transit merryground

Mar 2008

Mon 31 Mar 14:01
- Releif from Irigation
Sat 29 Mar 14:00
- A day out to Gatun Locks
- The booze cruise so far.
Fri 28 Mar 11:44
- Photos
Thu 27 Mar 13:35
- Free Zone
Mon 24 Mar 17:23
- San Blas Island Photos
- photo test
- Two heads are better than One
Sun 23 Mar 13:32
- Another Colonic Interigation
Thu 20 Mar 22:46
- Ikes Colonic interigation
- The Pilots Underpants
Wed 19 Mar 14:24
- Happys days in Colon????
Mon 17 Mar 17:31
- Strangers in the night again .. a repete of an old favorate
Sun 16 Mar 13:25
- At Anchor
Sat 15 Mar 13:48
- Colonic paperwork
Fri 14 Mar 02:24
- Christobel Panama canal entrance
Thu 13 Mar 01:00
- Portobello
Sun 9 Mar 23:08
- Paradise lost
Sat 8 Mar 21:45
- Arrival
Thu 6 Mar 11:55
- Day Five Martinuque to Panama
Wed 5 Mar 13:50
- Day 4
Tue 4 Mar 12:23
- position day 3
- day 3
Mon 3 Mar 11:43
- Day TWo to Panama
Sun 2 Mar 11:30
- 1st day

Feb 2008

Sun 24 Feb 11:07
- NZ visas

Jan 2008

Wed 30 Jan 23:39
- The Fable of the Gen set
Sun 20 Jan 01:21
- The Martinuque shuffle
Tue 8 Jan 12:43
- Still Alive Just

2007

Dec 2007

Tue 25 Dec 22:45
- Just another day in Paradise
Fri 21 Dec 14:41
- End Of Passage phase
Sun 16 Dec 11:14
- Rum Punches and rain
Thu 13 Dec 23:35
- The end of pond jumping
Wed 12 Dec 14:35
- Wednesday again Dec 12
Tue 11 Dec 13:35
- Zephyrantes Day 15
Mon 10 Dec 12:44
- Day 14
Sun 9 Dec 13:33
- zEpHeR dAiRy DaY 13
Sat 8 Dec 14:20
- Day Twelve
Fri 7 Dec 13:38
- Day 11
Thu 6 Dec 13:34
- Day 10
Wed 5 Dec 10:05
- Day 9 (it seems longer)
Tue 4 Dec 11:18
- Day Eight
Mon 3 Dec 15:08
- Day 7
Sun 2 Dec 10:48
- Day Six
Sat 1 Dec 11:51
- day 5

Nov 2007

Fri 30 Nov 09:54
- Day 4
Thu 29 Nov 09:54
- Day 3
Wed 28 Nov 17:14
- Fw: Position DAY 1
- Position Day 2
Mon 26 Nov 07:43
- Departing Cactus Island
Sun 18 Nov 20:53
- Fw: Cactus Culture
Sun 11 Nov 18:05
- Back to Blighty

Oct 2007

Tue 9 Oct 20:39
- Good bye Madeira Hello Lanzarote

Sep 2007

Thu 27 Sep 13:08
- Have a glass of Madeira My Dear
Tue 18 Sep 20:22
- Position Madeira Quinta Do Lorda
Sat 15 Sep 22:39
- The owl and the pussy cat went to sea in a beautiful awlgrip boat
Fri 14 Sep 15:17
- Position Porto Santos
Fri 7 Sep 12:59
- Close encounters of a fishing kind

Aug 2007

Fri 31 Aug 19:34
- Strangers in the night exchanging glances wondering what the chance is theyed be dancing through the night
Sat 25 Aug 20:19
- The Current bun returns
- Postiion 25 08 2007
Thu 23 Aug 13:53
- Position
Wed 22 Aug 20:25
- The Baby Blake and the pickled onion
Sat 18 Aug 15:37
- Musical fuel berths and tha saga of Sada
Mon 13 Aug 19:22
- Noahs Progress The pilgrims tale
Thu 9 Aug 18:32
- La Coruria
Mon 6 Aug 19:41
- Position Ria De Cederia
Sun 5 Aug 13:47
- Noahs Progress Another Tale from the rain
Sat 4 Aug 10:16
- Position Ria De Vivero

Jul 2007

Thu 19 Jul 16:56
- position
Mon 16 Jul 09:13
- Fw: Noahs Progress
Wed 4 Jul 21:56
- position update

Jun 2007

Sat 30 Jun 11:38
- Position
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