That’s A Compact?!?
3 september 2023, Förenta staterna ⋅ ☀️ 70 °F
Time for another overseas trip!
This year’s annual trip to Türkiye to visit family starts today with a flight to Toronto (YYZ), where we will stay overnight before the long haul to TürkiyeLäs mer
RV’ing Across Three States
31 augusti 2023, Förenta staterna ⋅ ☀️ 91 °F
We’ve got three roads trips planned — loosely, I might add — interspersed amongst other modes of travel to explore Australia.
One is a road trip around Tasmania. This one will be byLäs mer
AusPan Hobart Disembark Approved
25 augusti 2023, Förenta staterna ⋅ ☁️ 68 °F
Our decision to return to Tasmania after disembarking Regatta in Sydney, prompted us to consider leaving the ship in Hobart instead.
I did some research, contacted the ship’s agent in Hobart, andLäs mer
Kimberleys: Price Drop
24 augusti 2023, Förenta staterna ⋅ ☀️ 91 °F
Received an email from Coral Expeditions last night. I thought it was in response to a query I had submitted. I was wrong.
Turns out that in conjunction with publishing the 2025 itineraries, CoralLäs mer
GBR Liveaboard ✔️
21 augusti 2023, Förenta staterna ⋅ ☀️ 91 °F
Mui loves snorkeling.
So, of course, he’s going to snorkel the Great Barrier Reef [GBR] when Regatta call on Cairns in December … as he did when Insignia stopped there on RTW2017.
But a day tripLäs mer
The Ghan Booked
19 augusti 2023, Förenta staterna ⋅ ☀️ 93 °F
The Ghan — which runs through the “Red Center” of Australia — is regarded as one of the world’s greatest train journeys.
Alas, it was another thing that we were going to have to excludeLäs mer
Kimberleys by Sea
18 augusti 2023, Förenta staterna ⋅ ☁️ 93 °F
Exploring the Kimberleys, the northernmost region of Australia, was one of the things we had to exclude from our original itinerary due to timing.
It wasn’t that we didn’t have time to add it toLäs mer
Extended … Again!
17 augusti 2023, Förenta staterna
Yes, we decided to add more time to our Australia Overland … again!
The primary reason for extending was so that we could add a few things to our itinerary that our previous in-country dates wereLäs mer
Australia Visas Approved
16 augusti 2023, Förenta staterna ⋅ ☁️ 91 °F
So much for a 22-day processing time frame!
We received our visas within three working days.
I don’t know if this faster approval is just the norm for US residents. Or if all the extra informationLäs mer
AU Visa Applications ✔️
12 augusti 2023, Förenta staterna ⋅ ⛅ 77 °F
Received a UA flight change notification today. No big deal; except that we are now leaving from COS @ 7:40a. An already long travel day is now going to be even longer. It is what it is.
For someLäs mer
IP Booked
27 juli 2023, Förenta staterna ⋅ ☁️ 88 °F
Grif’s Great Australian Rail Trip was our inspiration.
Actually, we had looked at booking a rail journey in Australia before we watched the six-episode BBC series. But, we weren’t looking at theLäs mer
Cha-Ching! HAL Final Payment ✓
22 juli 2023, Förenta staterna ⋅ ⛅ 88 °F
It sure felt good to make a final payment today that was considerably less thanks to the re-pricing of our cruise last week!
Cha Ching: Final Payment ✔️
21 juli 2023, Förenta staterna ⋅ ☀️ 79 °F
Done deal.
Although it was not due until the 24th, I made the final payment for AusPan today.
Now to scribble in some time and tasks on ToDoist to work on everything else that is pending for ourLäs mer
Itinerary Change #3
20 juli 2023, Förenta staterna ⋅ ☁️ 72 °F
Just before the final payment reminder from Oceania showed up in my inbox this morning, I received notification of an itinerary change … the third one since booking our extended voyage a year ago toLäs mer
Extended!
19 juli 2023, Förenta staterna ⋅ ☁️ 72 °F
It took just 20 pages of reading this morning to jiggle our Australia plans.
Yesterday, I downloaded an Australia eGuide from the library since neither Mui nor I have been able to find the one ILäs mer
FLL-DEN Re-Ticketed
19 juli 2023, Förenta staterna ⋅ ☁️ 72 °F
This morning, we re-ticketed our return flights to the USA in order to extend our time in Australia next winter. The good news? The ticket price was lower. The sort-of bad news, the difference wasLäs mer
LF Delivered
18 juli 2023, Förenta staterna ⋅ ☁️ 86 °F
The bags we left on Insignia for shipping to our house were delivered today!
Now to start unpacking and putting things away.
But that can wait until tomorrow.
İstanbul Embarkation ✓
16 juli 2023, Förenta staterna ⋅ ☀️ 90 °F
When I was repricing this cruise yesterday, I also requested a change to our embarkation port.
Though we were told yesterday that we could expect a response within 3-5 business days, HAL’s approvalLäs mer
Cha Ching! TransAtlantic Repriced
15 juli 2023, Förenta staterna ⋅ ⛅ 72 °F
I almost didn’t check the current pricing on the HAL website today.
And what a shame that would have been!
In the interim since I last checked, the rate for our cabin category had gone downLäs mer
Itinerary Revision #1
14 juli 2023, Förenta staterna ⋅ ☀️ 81 °F
When I saw the HAL change notification email in my inbox this morning, my heart sank.
Why? Because the first thing that came to my mind was the change Sonia & Boris experienced when they did thisLäs mer
LF Picked Up & On the Way
14 juli 2023, Förenta staterna ⋅ ☀️ 82 °F
Because we left Insignia before the official disembarkation day of 13 July, our Luggage Forward shipment remained in the cabin for handling by the ship's crew and the LF rep who joined us in Alaska toLäs mer
FLL-DEN Schedule Change
13 juli 2023, Förenta staterna ⋅ ☁️ 86 °F
I wrote the last footprint for this trip at the front end of our world cruise. That was on New Year's Eve.
Here we are ... 7½ months later ... and I am writing this footprint on the day that ourLäs mer
Back Home Travel Day
12 juli 2023, Förenta staterna ⋅ 🌙 75 °F
There's nothing better than having a smooth travel day following a grand travel adventure.
With very few passengers skipping the overnight in San Francisco and leaving the ship this morning, we hadLäs mer
C’est Fini!
12 juli 2023, Förenta staterna ⋅ ☁️ 55 °F
It’s finished!
213 days after embarking Insignia, today we bid our floating home farewell at Pier 27 in San Francisco, California.
Our adventure included a couple of days in Miami, Florida beforeLäs mer
Hello San Francisco!
12 juli 2023, Förenta staterna ⋅ ☁️ 54 °F
Yes, we got to see the Golden Gate Bridge.
Welcome to San Francisco!
The Last Pilot Boat
12 juli 2023, North Pacific Ocean ⋅ ☁️ 52 °F
Here comes the pilot to take us into San Francisco … for the last sail in of RTW2023.
Will we see the Golden Gate Bridge? We’ll have to see if the weather cooperates.
For the moment at least,Läs mer





































ResenärLooking forward to following along on your next adventure!. 🙂
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