We awoke to a drizzly day in the port of Kobe, and the four of us decided to head out with the Fowler family to the Kobe Nunobiki Herb Gardens, where a gondola takes you […]

Upon departing the fantastical nighttime skyline of Shanghai, all I could do is stand on the 7th Deck of the MV Explorer and contemplate what China is today, compared to what I thought it was […]

After leaving Ghuangxi Province and arriving in Shanghai the previous night, the contrast was stark. I was now smack in the middle of a very large, very modern city, the MV Explorer having sailed here […]

This morning found me out again at 6am, wondering if the sun might actually ‘rise’ out of the haze. I climbed to the top of Xilang Hill at Yangshuo Park, where a pagoda at the […]

Four months, 500GB and 21,000 images later, I now find myself playing virtual ‘Whack-a-Mole’ with hard drive space, trying to re-allocate hard drives to (sanely?) accommodate the new library of SAS images. One thing I […]

I just wanted to take a moment and wish all my family, friends, and clients a Happy Holiday Season! May 2012 bring health, happiness, and success to you and yours!  Sincerely,  Jeff  Roatan, Honduras

As if there weren’t enough excitement around the ship already with everyone preparing to disembark, unfortunately one passenger got an early ride to Key West, Florida via a Coast Guard HH-60 Jayhawk helicopter from Airstation […]

Guess what? As of yesterday we are in the Mountain Time Zone, despite being in the Pacific Ocean! Midday yesterday the MV Explorer passed due south of our home in Golden, but we forgot to […]

Less than an hour ago at 09:55 hours local (not a named time zone, there’s nothing out here!), the MV Explorer crossed the Antimeridian, exactly 180 degrees longitude from the Prime Meridian Church, in Tema, […]

One of my favorite pictures of them, ever!