by Bryson Hoe | Nov 15, 2015 | Crew Blogs, Teachers, World Wide Voyage
Written by Derek Ferrar With all the challenges and risk of guiding Hōkūle‘a safely down the dangerous east coast of South Africa to Cape Town – the notorious ‘graveyard of ships’ that in some reports has seen more than 3,000 shipwrecks – Nainoa has wanted to keep...
by Bryson Hoe | Nov 14, 2015 | Education, Newsletter, Teachers, Updates, World Wide Voyage
A Ceremony of Friendship was held today at 2 p.m. South Africa Time (2 a.m. Hawaii Standard Time) at the V&A Marina to officially welcome and celebrate the historic arrival of Hōkūleʻa to Cape Town, South Africa. Themed Crossing Oceans & Connecting People,...
by Bryson Hoe | Nov 11, 2015 | Malama Honua Selects, Newsletter, Teachers, Video Stories, World Wide Voyage
While in Richards Bay South Africa the Hōkūleʻa crew visited iSimangaliso Wetland Park. Designated a UNESCO World Heritage site in 1999, the 820,400-acre park comprises diverse ecosystems that are also of great significance to the native people. As the first landfall...
by Bryson Hoe | Nov 6, 2015 | Education, Teachers, Updates, World Wide Voyage
Hōkuleʻa arrives in Mossel Bay along the southern coast of South Africa. Known as the historical capital of the world, archaeological findings show that Mossel Bay and the Pinnacle Point Caves may be the home grounds from which all modern man descended. Researchers...
by Bryson Hoe | Nov 3, 2015 | Education, Teachers, Updates, World Wide Voyage
Aloha, this is Kālepa Baybayan on board Hawaiʻi’s famed voyaging canoe, Hōkūleʻa. We have just departed Port Elizabeth on the southeast coast of South Africa. We have to transit 186 miles to get to our next destination Mossel Bay before continuing around the Cape of...