Iolani Palace, pt 1.
4月19日, アメリカ ⋅ ☀️ 77 °F
Built in 1882 by King Kalākaua, Iolani Palace was the home of Hawaiʻi's last reigning monarchs and served as the official royal residence. The monarchy was overthrown in 1893, the palace was usedもっと詳しく
Iolani Palace, pt.2
4月19日, アメリカ ⋅ ☀️ 79 °F
Chinatown
4月19日, アメリカ ⋅ ☀️ 81 °F
Leaving the palace, we wandered through Chinatown.
Foster Botanical Garden
4月19日, アメリカ ⋅ ☀️ 81 °F
One of Honolulu's 5 Botanical Gardens. If you just walked through it, you'd be done in ~30 minutes. But we decided to take the visitor guide and treat the visit like a scavenger hunt. That made itもっと詳しく
2 more trees, then non-scavenger finds
4月19日, アメリカ ⋅ ☁️ 81 °F
2 more trees from our scavenger hunt, then just some neat trees & flowers w/o (listed) names.
Shinto shrine
4月19日, アメリカ ⋅ ☀️ 79 °F
A few finds along our return walk to the boat, and the first few pics of a fun evening.
Waikiki Combo - Sail
4月20日, アメリカ ⋅ 🌬 75 °F
3rd & final day in Honululu, we all decided to go on a 3.5hr catamaran tour that included snorkeling with turtles and a nice sail along the coast. The owner (Woody Brown, Jr) was the captain, boatもっと詳しく
Waikiki Outing: the turtles
4月20日, アメリカ ⋅ ☀️ 79 °F
Tonights Entertainment
4月21日, アメリカ ⋅ 🌙 75 °F
Day at Sea: our favorite band!
4月22日, アメリカ ⋅ ☁️ 55 °F
This team is probably the best band we've ever heard at sea!
Dolphins visit
4月23日, North Pacific Ocean ⋅ ☁️ 61 °F
A school of dolphins approached the ship from both sides and enjoyed surfing the ships waves. It amazing how small they look from the 9th floor pool deck.
Ship-building contest
4月24日, North Pacific Ocean ⋅ 🌬 52 °F
Similar to our ship-building efforts on Oceania a few months ago, Holland held the same competition.
This time we just observed. 😄
Orange party
4月24日, North Pacific Ocean ⋅ ☁️ 48 °F
The orange party was hosted by our favorite house band. They all had SO much energy!!
Last Day at Sea
4月25日, North Pacific Ocean ⋅ ⛅ 48 °F
Last day at sea, and the 'pool zoo' comes alive! (see video)
At 1 pm, had a virtual presentation of all the ship's services, afterward all the officers were present on stage. Followed by my 11amもっと詳しく
Arrived in Victoria, Fisherman's Wharf
4月26日, カナダ ⋅ ☁️ 48 °F
Our final port stop. The four of us decided to roam around on foot.
We started with Fisherman's Wharf, then the Capital Building, a walk through the iconic Empress Hotel, Beacon Hill, a boat tour ofもっと詳しく
Beacon Hill Park, Fairmont Empress Hotel
4月26日, カナダ ⋅ ☀️ 57 °F
We had perfect temps & plenty of sunshine to maximize our enjoyment of a really beautiful park.
And to walk through the Empress Hotel was like a trip through an elegant movie set.
Gorge Waterway Tour
4月26日, カナダ ⋅ ☀️ 61 °F
Chinatown: Fan Tan Alley
4月26日, カナダ ⋅ ☁️ 63 °F
Interesting history: Named after the Chinese gambling game Fan-Tan, the alley was originally well known for opium factories that produced opium until it was made illegal in 1908. The alley becameもっと詳しく
Cruise ends in Seattle
4月27日, アメリカ ⋅ ☁️ 48 °F
Time to disembark our floating home. 😞 For the next few days, we'll explore Seattle. 😊
Pike Place Market
4月27日, アメリカ ⋅ ☀️ 52 °F
Founded in 1907, the Market is one of the oldest and largest continuously operating public markets in the United States. It's alive w/ color, smells and sounds that make the experience a bit surrealもっと詳しく
Walk on the pier area
4月28日, アメリカ ⋅ ☁️ 52 °F
Beneath the Streets Underground History
4月28日, アメリカ ⋅ ☁️ 54 °F
This was a fun little tour of some Seattle history & how the street levels changed over the years.
The Museum of Flight
4月29日, アメリカ ⋅ ☁️ 54 °F
One of the largest space & air collections in the US. Pretty impressive.
Roaming around Seattle; Spaceneedle
4月30日, アメリカ ⋅ ⛅ 52 °F
You can't go to Seattle w/o a visit to the Needle.
Still roaming: Chihuly
4月30日, アメリカ ⋅ ⛅ 57 °F
This should also be on the 'must see' list....this man's creations are aMAZing!




















































































































































































































































































































旅行者It holds a tremendous history. There is a movie, Princess Leilani (sp?), it’s factual based with some stories put in, but it gives a decent overview of what we did to the Hawaiians.
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They were ahead of their time. They had the highest literacy rate in the world when it was a monarchy
旅行者Such a regal well restored building. So advanced for its time