What Kelly is laughing about

My views do not necessarily reflect the views of my employer. December 13-15, 2025 I woke up in Apia with a morning off and a craving for a good coffee. After finding a cafe with excellent reviews, I headed out.

My views do not necessarily reflect the views of my employer. December 9, 2025 As I did my research, I was looking forward to visiting Levuka. Levuka, Fiji Levuka is a tiny waterfront town on the east coast of Ovalau,

My views do not necessarily reflect the views of my employer. December 8, 2025 We were originally scheduled to visit Wallis and Futuna, two islands (and a country) I’d never been to before. Unfortunately, we discovered there wasn’t a suitable

My views do not necessarily reflect the views of my employer. December 6, 2025 On our first day in Savusavu, we didn’t arrive until the afternoon. On the second day, work kept me on board, so I admired the island’s

My views do not necessarily reflect the views of my employer. December 2, 2025 Gidea, Steven, and Michele had all disembarked in Lautoka, our previous port, and checked in to the Hilton Resort in Port Denarau (about 30 minutes away

My views do not necessarily reflect the views of my employer. November 30 & December 1, 2025 After sorting all those boxes in Suva, I was exhausted. We had a drill on the first day in Lautoka, and afterward I

My views do not necessarily reflect the views of my employer. November 28, 2025 I’d been on ships that had stopped in Suva before, but I was probably always IPM- I can’t find any photos or evidence that I’d been

My views do not necessarily reflect the views of my employer. Fiji is an island nation of about 930,000 people in the South Pacific, spread across more than 300 islands, with most people living on the two main islands, Viti Levu and

My views do not necessarily reflect the views of my employer. November 26, 2025 Lauren had been to Mystery Island before. I joked – if it’s a mystery, maybe I shouldn’t tell everyone about it? That didn’t fly. But Lauren

My views do not necessarily reflect the views of my employer. November 25, 2025 The last time I’d been to Port Vila was in March of 2020. We didn’t know it then, but it would be our last ‘normal’ day