Ashton-in-Makerfield
19. April 2016 in England ⋅ ⛅ 11 °C
Start of our longest trip ever, in distance that is.
Fly to Dubai, then on to Sydney to pick up the Explorer ots, and sail to Seattle.
Start of our longest trip ever, in distance that is.
Fly to Dubai, then on to Sydney to pick up the Explorer ots, and sail to Seattle.
We broke the journey to Sydney up with a 24 hour stop over in Dubai, and stayed in Maz & Sue's apartment.
We didn't do a lot as it was just to break up the long flight to Sydney, but still aWeiterlesen
Well the journey to Sydney was not as bad as I expected.
It was helped by a stop over in Dubai at Maz and Sue's apartment.
The second leg was a 14 hour flight, but was ok especially with theWeiterlesen
Not very impressed with the first port of call, which was Nouméa, New Caledonia.
It is a French colony and by all the things I'd been told and read, it was supposed to be like the south of France.Weiterlesen
Well I was going to get off the ship today and have a look at Mystery Island.I thought I'd do the sensible thing and wait till the hoards of excited beach people got off.As on other ships they run aWeiterlesen
We all got off for a look around Port Villa ,Vanuatu, we took one of the minibus type taxis from the port to the town, and that in itself was quite an experience.
These must be amongst the worstWeiterlesen
We had only left Port Vila, Vanuatu a couple of hours, when they had an earthquake, 7.2 on the Richter scale.It turns out that it was 22 miles underground, it's the tectonic plates moving that causesWeiterlesen
Today we docked for an overnight stay in Suva, the capital of the beautiful island of Fiji.As the others weren't to keen on exploring the place, I decided to head out on my own.I took the main roadWeiterlesen
Apparently three crew members where mugged last night; the stories vary from right by the ship, to in the town.
Some reports say one crew member was bitten, others say at knife point.
Problem isWeiterlesen
As it is, all anyone seems interested in is getting the ship ready for the American immigration inspection when we get to Hawaii.
The level of officer visibility is nil.
And to be honest most of usWeiterlesen