At Sea again...
4月25日, South Pacific Ocean ⋅ ☀️ 28 °C
We've spent our days playing Mah Jong, dice, and cards. I've gone walking on the promenade deck and finished my quilling picture. We enjoyed the Australian Beatles concert and our formal night.
Brisbane, Australia
4月25日, South Pacific Ocean ⋅ ☀️ 28 °C
We had such a great visit at Brisbane! Conor and Sam at the city and Janice, Dean, Dakota and Makayo in the mountains were so welcoming! We were shown the sites, dipped our feet in the ocean, and wereもっと詳しく
Apia, Samoa
4月24日, サモア ⋅ ☀️ 28 °C
Our tour took us to Vailele where we visited a church and then the family meeting house next door. These open walled house are where the family sleeps and meets for important discussions. The men cookもっと詳しく
Dravuni Island, Fiji
4月22日, フィジー ⋅ ⛅ 27 °C
We rode tender boats to get into Dravuni Island and found the beaches were lined with flat rocky shores. The waves were a bit choppy and strong so it pushed and pulled us around. It made it trickyもっと詳しく
Suma, Fiji
4月21日, フィジー ⋅ ⛅ 26 °C
We traveled from Suma out into the country where we got into brightly coloured wooden boats and traveled another half hour up the river past waterfalls and fields with horses and cattle. We left ourもっと詳しく
Mystery Island, Vanuatu
4月19日, バヌアツ ⋅ ☁️ 26 °C
Mystery Island, visited by Queen Elizabeth II, was a paradise that we reached by tender boats. We went drift snorkeling here to see all kinds of colourful fish and coral. We had a massage in a hut onもっと詳しく
Noumea, New Caledonia
4月18日, ニューカレドニア ⋅ ⛅ 25 °C
We took a ferry from Noumea to Amedee Island where we went snorkeling. I had a white and black striped sea kite snake swim about 2 feet from me and as it passed, I slowly move backwards away from it.もっと詳しく
Sydney, Australia
4月13日, オーストラリア ⋅ ☀️ 20 °C
Sydney is a beautiful port and the lights reflecting off the water in front of the Opera House we're spectacular! We got to watch a folkloric dance and learn about the indigenous people of this land.もっと詳しく
Blue Mountains, Australia
4月13日, オーストラリア ⋅ ☀️ 17 °C
Queen Elizabeth visited these mountains and we can see why. It's a beautiful area and there's an iconic rock formation called the three sisters. It made me think about our three daughters and all theもっと詳しく
Featherdale Wildlife Park
4月13日, オーストラリア ⋅ ☀️ 17 °C
Doug and I didn't have nearly enough time at this wildlife sanctuary. We got our picture taken with a Koala, and we saw kangaroos, wallabies, cassowary birds, and many more exotic animals. The dingosもっと詳しく
Tauranga, New Zealand
4月8日, Tasman Sea ⋅ ☀️ 20 °C
At sea Raiatea to Auckland
3月29日, フランス領ポリネシア ⋅ ⛅ 29 °C
As we left Raiatea, we were serenaded by ukelele music and surrounded by beautiful flowers.
And during our 5 sea days that followed, we dressed up for a formal night, played Mah Jong, exercised andもっと詳しく
Raiatea & Taha'a
3月29日, フランス領ポリネシア ⋅ ☁️ 28 °C
From our port in Raiatea we boarded a small boat and set out across the crystal clear waters for the island of Taha'a, where we boarded 4 x 4 trucks and headed to a vanilla plantation. We learnedもっと詳しく
Moorea, French Polynesia
3月28日, フランス領ポリネシア ⋅ ⛅ 27 °C
Moorea is only 17 kilometers from Papeete, and many people take the daily ferry between the two islands for work or to visit different beaches. At the port, we saw an octagonal church before headingもっと詳しく
French Polynesian dancers
3月27日, フランス領ポリネシア ⋅ ☁️ 26 °C
A group of dancers and singers performed for us in the Princess theatre. What a show! The grass skirts costumes were beautiful and the dancers were graceful.
Papeete (Tahiti)
3月27日, フランス領ポリネシア ⋅ ☁️ 27 °C
Our guide, Noelle, kept telling us that we are in paradise, and it seemed like we were with turquoise waters, lush foliage and flowers everywhere. We visited a museum showing the history of Frenchもっと詳しく
At sea from Hawaii to Tahiti
3月25日, フランス領ポリネシア ⋅ 🌧 25 °C
We've spent our 5 days at sea playing Mah Jong, a new dice game and a new card game. We've also continued our ukelele lessons and on March 25th, we performed a ukelele concert complete with hulaもっと詳しく
Kauai, Hawaii
3月21日, アメリカ ⋅ ☁️ 20 °C
Our port at Maui got cancelled due to high winds that created dangerous docking conditions, but we did get to visit Kauai. We visited the Wemaia Canyon which is lush, green and amazing. Next we got toもっと詳しく
Hawaiian dancers
3月19日, アメリカ ⋅ 🌧 24 °C
We had a three generation Hawaiian family perform singing and dancing on the ship. Each graceful dance told a story of the Hawaiian history and culture.
The Arizona Memorial
3月19日, アメリカ ⋅ 🌧 24 °C
We saw a film about the history of Pearl Harbour and the attack by the Japanese in 1941. Then we took a ferry to the Arizona Memorial that sits astride the sunken ruins of the Arizona battleship. Overもっと詳しく
Pearl Harbour, Honolulu
3月19日, アメリカ ⋅ ☁️ 24 °C
The USS Missouri was an interesting place to visit, from the iconic "sailor kissing the nurse" statue to the huge artillery guns that had a range of 20 miles. The sailors that lived and worked hereもっと詳しく
First 5 Days at Sea
3月18日, North Pacific Ocean ⋅ ☁️ 21 °C
Our first five days of this trip have been at sea, crossing from Los Angeles to Hawaii. We have spent our days walking or going to the gym, playing Mah Jong, making Leis, learning the ukelele andもっと詳しく
Bon Voyage!
3月12日, アメリカ ⋅ ☀️ 27 °C
After Doug spent months planning and researching, we've made it to the Los Angeles cruise ship terminal where we are boarding the Island Princess ship. This will be our home for the next 61 days!
