Exploring Alaska’s Inside Passage

A couple of months ago Tim and I visited Alaska, a much-anticipated destination I have been longing to go to for some time. Our Alaskan adventure started in Anchorage, Alaska’s largest city. It’s the gateway to the wilderness, wildlife, glaciers and many of the small towns we visited. With a total population of 700,000 over […]
Well fed in the Med – NZ Herald, December 13, 2016

Jane Jeffries settles in to chew the fat with Seabourn Sojourn’s executive chef…read more.
The only way to explore the Hauraki Gulf

I was recently invited to experience day out in the Hauraki Gulf with a new boating company, operating out of the Sandspit marina near Matakana, an hour north of Auckland. Kurt Salmond, the owner and skipper of ‘Kokomo,’ and Gulf Eco Charters has refurbished a spacious fishing boat and fitting twin engines that go like the clappers. […]