Sofitel Hotel, Beverly Hills
8 Ocak 2024, Amerika Birleşik Devletleri ⋅ ☀️ 63 °F
It took us only 1 hour and 6 minutes to arrive at the Sofitel Hotel. Very nice room with a great view of Beverly Hills. Every meal has been outstanding. We have met several cruisers so far. We all areOkumaya devam et
Getty Museum
9 Ocak 2024, Amerika Birleşik Devletleri ⋅ ☀️ 54 °F
We left the Sofitel about 9:30am to begin our bus journey to the Getty Museum; then to the Neptune.
At the Getty we took a tram to arrive at the museum.
The Getty exhibits included Spanish,Okumaya devam et
Santa Barbara, CA
10 Ocak 2024, Amerika Birleşik Devletleri ⋅ ☀️ 61 °F
10:30 sharp this morning, we took our first-ever tender to Santa Barbara. Calm seas and beautiful weather!
We started off the morning with Cathy's breakfast in our stateroom, while I visited MamsensOkumaya devam et
Santa Barbara to Hawaii, Five Sea Days
11 Ocak 2024, Amerika Birleşik Devletleri ⋅ ⛅ 52 °F
We left Santa Barbara looking forward to five days at sea. What to do? As it turns out, a lot. I'm breathless from keeping up with our self-imposed schedule of breakfast, shower, gym, bridge lessons,Okumaya devam et
Hawaii, Oahu (1.5 days)
16–17 Oca 2024, Amerika Birleşik Devletleri ⋅ 🌬 75 °F
After five sea days, on Tuesday we arrived in Honolulu, Hawaii. We took a Viking motor coach and toured the city, ending up in Pearl Harbor, where we boarded the USS Missouri.
I finally laid eyes onOkumaya devam et
5 Sea Days to French Polynesia
18 Ocak 2024, North Pacific Ocean ⋅ ☀️ 77 °F
We have another five days at sea heading to French Polynesia. We will stop at Bora Bora, Mo'orea, and Tahiti.
The ocean has been a little swelly and white cappy at times, but the ship is steady andOkumaya devam et
Bora Bora, home of the black pearl
23 Ocak 2024, Fransız Polinezyası ⋅ ☁️ 82 °F
Arriving in Bora Bora at 12pm, (population
500), we tendered into the small beachside town, arriving in time to board a little skiff holding 12 passengers plus the captain for a boat ride in theOkumaya devam et
Marvelous Mo'orea
24 Ocak 2024, Fransız Polinezyası ⋅ 🌧 81 °F
Mo'orea has a kind of 'sinister' skyline of cragerty mountains that could be home to King Kong!
Lush green like all the Polynesian islands.
Dropping anchor at the foot of 'Magic Mountain', weOkumaya devam et
Tantalizing Tahiti
25 Ocak 2024, Amerika Birleşik Devletleri ⋅ ☀️ 77 °F
We docked in Pape'ete and took the walking excursion to tour the little city of some 27,000 people. Humid, warm ... typical for this latitude.
My initial impression was that the town was a little runOkumaya devam et
5 Sea Days to New Zealand
27 Ocak 2024, Yeni Zelanda ⋅ ☁️ 70 °F
We crossed the International Date Line. Viking held a festive brunch in the Wintergarden for us cruisers and we promptly forgot that we lost a day, (which we will regain later in the trip),
We alsoOkumaya devam et
Bay of Islands, New Zealand
1 Şubat 2024, Yeni Zelanda ⋅ ☁️ 68 °F
Finally... New Zealand!
We took a bus excursion around the towns of Paihia and Jerikeri, hiked to the Rainbow Falls, and visited the famous Kerikeri Baths, (fancy, artistic bathrooms).
I noticedOkumaya devam et
Auckland, 3 days
2–4 Şub 2024, Yeni Zelanda ⋅ 🌬 72 °F
We are here in Auckland for 2 nights and 3 days. Five and a half million people live in New Zealand. The Great Explorer, James Cook, first visited here in 1768 on the Endeavor, commissioned by theOkumaya devam et
Hobbiton, the land of Hobbits!
3 Şubat 2024, Yeni Zelanda ⋅ 🌬 68 °F
Incredible! This is beautiful countryside and is the geographical location where the Hobbit Trilogy was filmed.
Our Viator guide picked us up in front of a hotel across from the pier. We had a 2-hourOkumaya devam et
West Auckland, Final Day
4 Şubat 2024, South Pacific Ocean ⋅ 🌬 57 °F
Today was our final day in Auckland. We decided to visit the countryside so we took the excursion, “A Place at our Table”. We drove through Kumeu, and Wailuhu, stopping at Bostic Farms, which hasOkumaya devam et
Port of Tauranga, New Zealand
5 Şubat 2024, Yeni Zelanda ⋅ ⛅ 61 °F
Rotorua, Tauranga, was our port stop today.
Tauranga was very nice – built up, restaurants, shopping, nice homes by the beach. We took the bus tour along the beach and to the kiwi fields. TurnsOkumaya devam et
Napier, New Zealand
6 Şubat 2024, Yeni Zelanda ⋅ ☀️ 79 °F
We arrived in Napier around noon and took a walk in this scenic bay city. As part of our excursion, we attended the Hawkes Bay Wine Tasting. At the tasting, they offered us bread, cheese, sausage, andOkumaya devam et
Wellington, Capital of New Zealand
7–13 Şub 2024, Yeni Zelanda ⋅ ☀️ 63 °F
The federal capital of New Zealand, Wellington, is a beautiful port city nestled within an alcove of green hills featuring high trees and thick foliage. We had just a short stay here..... about 8Okumaya devam et
Tasman Sea, 4 Days
8 Şubat 2024, Yeni Zelanda ⋅ ☀️ 77 °F
At-sea days crossing to Melbourne, Australia: fitness, walking the ship, Bridge, attending lectures and port talks, eating... and more eating!
Longing for a port ('; ')
Melbourne, Australia
12–14 Şub 2024, Avustralya ⋅ ☀️ 77 °F
Melbourne, Australia - population 5 million! Our first steps in Australia. G'day mate!
We took the free excursion around Melbourne. Impressions? Nice city, very interesting architecture, people dressOkumaya devam et
Healsville Animal Sanctuary, Melbourne
13 Şubat 2024, Avustralya ⋅ ☀️ 70 °F
This wonderful excursion took us to a remote animal sanctuary where injured animals are taken, nursed to health, and returned to the wild or given to other facilities such as zoos to care for. DustyOkumaya devam et
Phillip Island, Australia
14 Şubat 2024, Avustralya ⋅ 🌬 61 °F
We sailed south, southeast of Melbourne to Phillip Island where we tendered in.
Unfortunately, a major power outage throughout Victoria AUS closed down most of shops and restaurants, and those thatOkumaya devam et
Sailing the Tasman Sea
15 Şubat 2024, Tasman Sea ⋅ ☀️ 63 °F
Sailing the Tasman sea - back to gym and Bridge!
Chef's Table group dinner: Steve and Mary Ann, Cathy and me, Jonathan and Brian, Robin and Rich and Jim who leads Bible Studies.
We had a MexicanOkumaya devam et
Eden, Australia
16 Şubat 2024, Avustralya ⋅ ⛅ 70 °F
We arrived in Eden at 8am this morning. Eden is an old whaling town established in 1828.
Our bus tour took us to different parts of the island and to Merimbula and Pambula. Both towns wereOkumaya devam et
Sydney, Australia, Day 1
17 Şubat 2024, Avustralya ⋅ ☀️ 84 °F
The world's largest natural harbor, Sydney, was founded as a penal colony by Britain in 1788.
In the early morning, the Neptune sailed into its berth within a boomerangs' toss of the Sydney OperaOkumaya devam et
Blue Mountains, Day 2
18 Şubat 2024, Amerika Birleşik Devletleri ⋅ ☀️ 54 °F
Today, we got up early and coached to the Blue Mountain where we took the cable car and also saw the Three Sisters rock formation. Very beautiful.
Blue Mountain is twice the size of the Grand CanyonOkumaya devam et









































































































































































































































































































How was the embark process? Long wait or crowded? [Stone]
GezginWe are on an excursion through Venice, then the Getty Museum ... then embarkation!
GezginEmbarkation easy peasy