Pacific Ocean | The Clark Family's Amazing Adventures

Celebrating our Two Year Travel Birthday

11 Jul 2014 13 Comments

by Mo in Adventure, Education & Schooling, Family Gap Year, General, Looking Back, Photos, Top Experiences Tags: Asia, Australia, Bali, Cambodia, China, going home, India, Japan, New Zealand, Pacific Ocean, second gap year, South East Asia, South Korea, Taiwan, Thailand, Tonga, Vanuatu, Vietnam

11th July 2014. We’ve been two years on the road – 104 weeks, or 730 days – where has it gone?!!

Celebrating two years on the road this week with a 'cake' in the BArbie Cafe and a supper at Flavours restaurant, Taipei

Celebrating two years on the road with a ‘cake’ in the Barbie Cafe and a supper at Flavours restaurant, Taipei

And now we’re embarking on Year 3 …. But only for a month, then we’ll be home, which we all have mixed feelings about! Can’t wait to see all our friends and family, enjoy some home comforts and we’re pretty happy about enjoying (hopefully) a pleasant British summertime. More

Pacific island ‘hopping’ – Easter Island

30 Dec 2013 1 Comment

by Mo in Family Gap Year, Top Experiences Tags: Chile, Easter Island, Isla De Pascua, Moai, pacific island hopping, Pacific Ocean, Rapa Nui

Easter Island sunset

We arrive in Easter island from Santiago on our first of many hops (well leaps) across the Pacific on our way to Australia and Asia. 3700km off mainland Chile, a 6 hour flight, part of Chile, Spanish name Isla de Pascua, indigenous name Rapa Nui, the same name given to the indigenous Polynesian population and local language.The population of 6700 live in the one peaceful, pretty town of Hanga Nui – with one main street and a handful of shops and cafes, mostly Rapa Nui people, though an increasing number of mainland Chilean people have settled here too. .

We’re still alive after crossing the Pacific

30 Aug 2013 10 Comments

by Mo in Family Gap Year, Looking Back Tags: Cook Islands, Easter Island, Fiji, French Polynesia, New Zealand, Pacific Island, pacific island hopping, Pacific Ocean, Tonga, Vanuatu

Sorry we’ve been rather quiet for a few weeks and thanks for the check ups! We’re still alive, arrived safely in Sydney this week! We’ve spent 4 months crossing the Pacific. We’ve seen the tsunami warnings, dodged the earthquakes, survived the sharks and sea snakes, survived the 24 hour ferry crossings, even got by without much wi-fi(!) and now we’ve made it safely back from the summit of erupting Mt Yasur volcano. It’s been erupting almost continuously for over 800 years and we stood on its edge and watched it blow!

There she blows!

A year of adventures, half way round the world!

11 Jul 2013 14 Comments

by Mo in Adventure, Family Gap Year, Looking Back Tags: agroventures, auckland, Cook Island, Kia Ora, New Zealand, Pacific Ocean, Shweeb, Southern Hemisphere, stardome, waitangi

Kia Ora! Hello, Greetings!

A year ago today we flew out of London, Heathrow on our way to Rio to begin our family gap year and round the world adventure! We’ve travelled for 365 days! We’re half way there, enjoying time in New Zealand.