I write this from our cabin which is currently groaning and shuddering due to the buffering it is receiving from those infamous Pacific Ocean trade winds. The further behind we leave Honolulu, our last port of call, the warmer the days but the greater the whistling winds. Tomorrow we enter the “Doldrums”, a region near the equator where the northern and southern trade winds converge and, apparently, where complete stillness (can) prevail!

So, Honolulu Hawaii. A place I had been looking...