Ashton-in-Makerfield
19 avril 2016, Angleterre ⋅ ⛅ 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.
Dubai
20 avril 2016, Emirats Arabes Unis ⋅ ☀️ 30 °C
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 aEn savoir plus
Sydney
23 avril 2016, Australie ⋅ ⛅ 16 °C
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 theEn savoir plus
Noumea
26 avril 2016, Nouvelle Calédonie ⋅ ⛅ 29 °C
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.En savoir plus
Mystery Island, vanuatu
27 avril 2016, Vanuatu ⋅ 🌧 16 °C
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 aEn savoir plus
Port Vila, Vanuatu
27 avril 2016, Vanuatu ⋅ ☁️ 25 °C
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 worstEn savoir plus
At Sea
30 avril 2016, South Pacific Ocean ⋅ ⛅ 19 °C
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 causesEn savoir plus
Suva, Fiji
30 avril 2016, Fidji ⋅ ⛅ 26 °C
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 roadEn savoir plus
Suva, Fiji
1 mai 2016, Fidji ⋅ 🌧 24 °C
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 isEn savoir plus
Sea Day, Am I expecting to much
3 mai 2016, South Pacific Ocean
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 usEn savoir plus
Sea Day Monday, Monday
4 mai 2016, South Pacific Ocean ⋅ 🌧 24 °C
Today is the first of two consecutive Monday 2nd of May's, as later on tonight we cross the international dateline.
I've never done this before, as all my cruising has been done in the westernEn savoir plus
Sea Day, Progressive, Agressive Quiz
4 mai 2016, South Pacific Ocean
We finally started the first round of the progressive quiz, and as usual it very quickly became the aggressive quiz.
One of the questions believe it or not was in what English county is the town ofEn savoir plus
Sea Day, It's Homeland Security Sir!
9 mai 2016, États Unis ⋅ ⛅ 25 °C
Today we dock in Honolulu, Hawaii.
This is the first American port since leaving Sydney, Australia, and everybody is expecting the usual USA immigration hold up.
The immigration procedure isEn savoir plus
Honolulu, Hawaii
9 mai 2016, États Unis ⋅ ⛅ 25 °C
Well all the panic about long lines for the immigration check proved to be as expected, with the line snaking up and back down the royal promenade.
We arrived very early and were right at the front ofEn savoir plus
Lahaina Hawaii
10 mai 2016, États Unis ⋅ ⛅ 25 °C
Today we anchored off the small town of Lahaina, on the Hawaiian island of Maui.
It is a tender port, and so once again they give out tickets for the tenders.
I normally like to wait until the openEn savoir plus
Lahaina, Hawaii, Continued
12 mai 2016, États Unis ⋅ ⛅ 25 °C
As I said earlier, we had all decided to go ashore today, and I'm very glad that we did.
We got in the tender at about 9.30am after a very short wait in line.
The ride over to the pier was smooth andEn savoir plus
Seattle
16 mai 2016, États Unis ⋅ ☁️ 12 °C
At the airport, and about seven hours to wait for our flight, thank god for the Delta lounge.
Ashton in Makerfield, Allways the way.
17 mai 2016, Angleterre ⋅ ☀️ 16 °C
After flying thousands of miles from Manchester, to Dubai, on to Sydney, then Seattle to London, without any turbulence, we get thrown all over the place on the short hop from London toEn savoir plus






























