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Sam Hostad

Posts by Sam Hostad:

2019 Review – Sailing Adventures on SV Fat Susan
USA Road Trip – 7 National Parks, 1 Capital City and New York, New York
Awesome Orangutan at Semenggoh Nature Reserve, Malaysia – Smug Monday 21
Sam’s Best Birthday Ever, Cham Island, Vietnam – The Smug Monday Seires Ep. 18
Caves, Kayaking and Oysters in Halong Bay, Vietnam – The Smug Monday Series Ep. 16
Visiting the temples of Ayutthaya, Thailand – The Smug Monday Series Ep. 12
Smug Christmas Adventure – Scuba diving in Sri Lanka
Sleeper Train To Goa, India – The Smug Monday Series, Ep. 9
The Taj Mahal, India – The Smug Monday Series, Ep. 8
Camel Safari, Rajasthan, India – The Smug Monday Series, Ep.7

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Floss, Dez, Sam and Evan ⭐️ Exploring the world on a boat called Fat Susan with our teenage boys. UK>Caribbean>S America>S Pacific so far. ⭐️

Joyeux Noel! Merry Christmas! Nadolig Llawen! Feli

Joyeux Noel! Merry Christmas! Nadolig Llawen! Feliz Navidad!
We spent Christmas Day chatting with family in the UK, and then diving, BBQing and drinking wine with lovely people.
Sending lots of Christmas love from fat Susan! 🎉🎉🎉

Quick. Get the washing in! . . . #laundryday #rai

Quick. Get the washing in!
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#laundryday #rainbow #rain #boatlife

More Christmas shopping fun! The lovely lady at M

More Christmas shopping fun! The lovely lady at Magasin Hoata, the big shop on the island, offered us a lift back to the dock. Even food shopping is an adventure here. 😁

Beer o’clock view from Fat Susan. We’ve been

Beer o’clock view from Fat Susan.
We’ve been busy today, doing boring admin stuff, school, watermaking, laundry. Bob is still on his davits, which means we haven’t left the boat all day. But we’ve had a good day, and look at that sunset! There’s a tiny slither of a moon in the sky, on its way to the horizon, so the stars will be epic later too.
I really struggle to write these posts because I don’t feel grateful, or thankful, or lucky to be where I am now. We made this happen with hard work and perseverance. I don’t believe in luck. I believe you make your own luck. I won’t write that we’re ‘stuck’ here either. This is what we chose. We could have given up in Panama, but it was our choice to carry on into the Pacific and beyond, not really knowing what would happen. We can’t go forwards or backwards now, and we don’t know what our future holds, but we really are living in the most beautiful place. I miss my family, and I worry so much, but I’m pleased we’re not in the UK. I’m definitely pleased we’re not in Fiji today. Hmmm. Perhaps luck does exist....

Weekend wanders around Taiohae town. On Sunday mo

Weekend wanders around Taiohae town. On Sunday mornings, music and singing pours out of random houses here. The singing here is coming from the balcony on the farthest house in the video clip. Lovely!
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#growingapair #sundaymorning #nukuhiva #travel #adventure #familytravel #sailingfrenchpolynesia

Polynesian mountains at dusk.

Polynesian mountains at dusk.

One of the Fat Susan crew was on the helm on the w

One of the Fat Susan crew was on the helm on the way into the bay, as the rest of the family were faffing with the anchor on the pointy end (windlass is broken again). For those who know us, can you guess who is the chart plotter artist?

Artistic little shot of Bob and Susan. Good, eh??!

Artistic little shot of Bob and Susan. Good, eh??! 😂😂😂
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#fatsusan #growingapair #travel #sailingboat #frenchpolynesia #sunset

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