Monthly Archives: February 2015

Nerdvana Part II – the Rest of Middle Earth

By B.J. | Published February 7, 2015

Continuing on with our LOTR tours in New Zealand…if you haven’t seen Part I which is pretty much all about Hobbiton you should start there. Weathertop (Amon Sûl) Unfortunately the hills used for the attack on Weathertop are deep in private property – it is not really possible to get Read On..

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Nerdvana – LOTR Touring in Middle Earth Part 1

By B.J. | Published February 6, 2015

We’ve admitted to being a pretty nerdly lot on Evenstar before, we’ve even named boats (including this one) out of Tolkien.  Star Trek, Doctor Who, Tolkien and fantasy and SciFi of all sorts are staples of family entertainment on Evenstar.   So coming to New Zealand where the Lord of Read On..

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Makemo! Part one anyway…

By B.J. | Published February 3, 2015

And now it’s time for our first non-sequitur jump back to French Polynesia.  Makemo was the first stop in the Tuamotus, which we picked its downwind location relative to the other atolls we wanted to visit.  It was about a three day sail from Nuka Hiva, timed to arrive in Read On..

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