Trip Itinerary
1. Dezember 2022 in den USA ⋅ 🌧 34 °F
Bali (Benoa), Indonesia
Lombok, Indonesia
Komodo, Indonesia (Komodo Dragons!)
Sail the Timor Sea
Darwin, Australia
Sail the Arafura Sea
Thursday Island, Australia
Sail the Coral Sea
Cairns, AustraliaWeiterlesen
About to board!
9. Dezember 2022 in den USA ⋅ ☁️ 39 °F
Getting ready to board the flight from Seattle to Seoul. Woot!
Lunch?
9. Dezember 2022 in den USA ⋅ 🌧 43 °F
Arancini and Fried Chicken. Pretty tasty.
Traveling is always an adventure…
10. Dezember 2022 in Südkorea ⋅ ⛅ 39 °F
Flight came in late and we couldn’t make our transfer. Delta already rebooked our flight to Bali. So now we have a 7hr layover in Incheon, flying to Singapore, then to Bali. Instead of getting in atWeiterlesen
Breakfast in Singapore
11. Dezember 2022 in Singapur ⋅ 🌧 75 °F
Would have liked to see more of Singapore and the airport, but I’ll settle for some yummy food. 😄
Short flight and 2nd breakfast!
11. Dezember 2022 in Singapur ⋅ 🌧 77 °F
Love Singapore Airlines. Even though I flew coach, I can imagine how nice the other classes are.
Breakfast is grubbin! Local food, all the flavor!
Hello Viking Mars!
11. Dezember 2022 in Indonesien ⋅ ☁️ 84 °F
Embarked ship, settled in, and took a much needed shower.
Current temp 86F / 30C. A bit humid, but there’s a nice breeze.
The room
11. Dezember 2022 in Indonesien ⋅ ⛅ 86 °F
Deck 5, mid-ship.
Love that all rooms have a balcony.
Mini-bar in room, restocked daily. An assortment of soda's, salty snacks, and chocolate bars!
Hello Lombok
12. Dezember 2022 in Indonesien ⋅ ⛅ 79 °F
Beautiful morning. Moon still shining bright at 6am.
84 F / 29 C
Sunny with chance of thunderstorms in the afternoon.
Lombok is a 4 hr ferry ride from Bali and home to ~4 mil residents.
Masjid Raya - Lombok
12. Dezember 2022 in Indonesien ⋅ ⛅ 86 °F
The residents of Lombok are primarily Muslim and has the largest mosque in Indonesia. The island is peppered with mosques so is known as “the island of 1000 mosques”.
Senggigi beach - Lombok
12. Dezember 2022 in Indonesien ⋅ ⛅ 84 °F
Nice beach. Warm water.
Saw a Fiddler Crab, but only one...
Komodo National Park, Rinca Island
13. Dezember 2022 in Indonesien ⋅ ⛅ 82 °F
Day 3 -
88 F / 31 C
Partly Cloudy and not too hazy.
Komodo National Park encompasses 3 islands - Komodo, Rinca, and Padar
Komodo and Rinca have ~1,800 dragons each and a much smaller population onWeiterlesen
Here there be dragons…
13. Dezember 2022 in Indonesien ⋅ ⛅ 84 °F
Off to see Komodo Dragons!
Hopefully they’re out and about today.
Unfortunately we only get about an hour on the island. :-/
Pictures to come…
A few pics from Komodo National Park
13. Dezember 2022 in Indonesien ⋅ ⛅ 86 °F
Rinca Island, Komodo National Park
A few pics, more to come!
Sailing the Timor Sea
14. Dezember 2022, Indian Ocean ⋅ ☀️ 86 °F
85 F / 29 C
Sunny with some clouds.
Amazing blue ocean, nice breeze, and sighting of 1 Brown Booby so far.
Sailing 760 nautical miles (~875 land miles). We should get to Darwin, Australia aboutWeiterlesen
What I learned today…
14. Dezember 2022, Timor Sea ⋅ ⛅ 84 °F
Don’t try to navigate using the “North Star”, you’re not going to make it very far… It’s only visible at night in the north… The “Southern Cross” is the south’s equivalent.
IfWeiterlesen
Almost to Darwin
15. Dezember 2022, Timor Sea ⋅ ⛅ 86 °F
Not too much to see except empty seas. I’m not used to the ocean being so calm…
Should be arriving in Darwin at 2pm.
Time change has me all confused. Between yesterday and today, clocks moved 30Weiterlesen
Darwin, Australia
15. Dezember 2022 in Australien ⋅ 🌧 91 °F
Cloudy. 90F / 32C
Arrive: 2pm (12/15)
Overnight
Depart: 12 pm (12/16)
Time change: 30 mins ahead
DARWIN, AUSTRALIA
Darwin, Australia is the cultural hub of the continent's northernmost region, theWeiterlesen
Continent #7 !!!! 🌎🌍🌏🏆
15. Dezember 2022 in Australien ⋅ 🌧 91 °F
Woot! Final Continent reached!
Then it started pouring, but it’s a warm rain, so lovely. 😄
Storm clouds in Darwin
15. Dezember 2022 in Australien ⋅ 🌧 88 °F
A fellow passenger said it normally rains around 4pm. He was spot on!
Cloud video taken with Timelapse on my GoPro, attached to the rail of our balcony.
2nd video is where we were when it decided toWeiterlesen
Sunset Eco Cruise around the bay
15. Dezember 2022 in Australien ⋅ 🌧 86 °F
Amazing. Weather (no more rain and clear skies!) and sunset views.
Saw my first Spoonbill bird! So cool.
Darwin Jumping Crocs
16. Dezember 2022 in Australien ⋅ ☁️ 86 °F
Salt Water Crocs.
They grow up to ~4.5m (~13ft), though the largest recorded was ~8m (~24ft) their fresh water cousins grow to ~3.5m (~10.5ft).
Sailing the Arafura Sea
17. Dezember 2022, Arafura Sea ⋅ ☁️ 86 °F
83 F / 28 C (Sooo much cooler)
Time change: 30 mins ahead
Day at sea and a very welcome day of rest. 🙂
Perfect day for the pool and taking pics around the ship.
Located north of Australia, theWeiterlesen
Sailing to Thursday Island
17. Dezember 2022, Arafura Sea ⋅ ☁️ 84 °F
83F / 28C
751 nautical miles (~864 road miles)
Arrive: 12pm
Last tender: 6pm
THURSDAY ISLAND (QUEENSLAND), AUSTRALIA
Just off the northernmost tip of Australia's Cape York in the Torres Strait,Weiterlesen
Thursday Island
18. Dezember 2022 in Australien ⋅ ⛅ 86 °F
Had a pint at the “Top (most) Australian Bar”.
Walked around town a bit, but it was really really warm.



















































































































Wonderful itinerary! How many days? [Chris Baker]
Jenn J17 on the cruise part