Trip Itinerary
1 december 2022, Verenigde Staten ⋅ 🌧 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, AustraliaMeer informatie
About to board!
9 december 2022, Verenigde Staten ⋅ ☁️ 39 °F
Getting ready to board the flight from Seattle to Seoul. Woot!
Lunch?
9 december 2022, Verenigde Staten ⋅ 🌧 43 °F
Arancini and Fried Chicken. Pretty tasty.
Traveling is always an adventure…
10 december 2022, Zuid-Korea ⋅ ⛅ 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 atMeer informatie
Breakfast in Singapore
11 december 2022, Singapore ⋅ 🌧 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 december 2022, Singapore ⋅ 🌧 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 december 2022, Indonesië ⋅ ☁️ 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 december 2022, Indonesië ⋅ ⛅ 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 december 2022, Indonesië ⋅ ⛅ 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 december 2022, Indonesië ⋅ ⛅ 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 december 2022, Indonesië ⋅ ⛅ 84 °F
Nice beach. Warm water.
Saw a Fiddler Crab, but only one...
Komodo National Park, Rinca Island
13 december 2022, Indonesië ⋅ ⛅ 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 onMeer informatie
Here there be dragons…
13 december 2022, Indonesië ⋅ ⛅ 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 december 2022, Indonesië ⋅ ⛅ 86 °F
Rinca Island, Komodo National Park
A few pics, more to come!
Sailing the Timor Sea
14 december 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 aboutMeer informatie
What I learned today…
14 december 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.
IfMeer informatie
Almost to Darwin
15 december 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 30Meer informatie
Darwin, Australia
15 december 2022, Australië ⋅ 🌧 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, theMeer informatie
Continent #7 !!!! 🌎🌍🌏🏆
15 december 2022, Australië ⋅ 🌧 91 °F
Woot! Final Continent reached!
Then it started pouring, but it’s a warm rain, so lovely. 😄
Storm clouds in Darwin
15 december 2022, Australië ⋅ 🌧 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 toMeer informatie
Sunset Eco Cruise around the bay
15 december 2022, Australië ⋅ 🌧 86 °F
Amazing. Weather (no more rain and clear skies!) and sunset views.
Saw my first Spoonbill bird! So cool.
Darwin Jumping Crocs
16 december 2022, Australië ⋅ ☁️ 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 december 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, theMeer informatie
Sailing to Thursday Island
17 december 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,Meer informatie
Thursday Island
18 december 2022, Australië ⋅ ⛅ 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