Bye Bye Shimizu

Although Insignia’s scheduled departure was 8:00p, we were on the move by 7:30p.

All of our previous sailaways in Japan, have featured a performance of some kind to see us off. As it was already dark, there was no farewell performance tonight. Instead, we had fireworks exploding in the sky. I was a little late to the game, so I only got one shot of the fireworks. But I did manage to get a couple of photos of the colorful ferris wheel … seemingly a fixture in most of the Asian ports we have visited.

Locals were on the pier, waving flashlights as we left our berth. We reciprocated by turning on the flash app on our cell phones and waving back at them.

Tomorrow, we arrive in Tokyo and begin the last segment of our world voyage. How time time has flown!Read more