Happy Birthday to me!
9 marca 2024, Indonezja ⋅ ☁️ 86 °F
Had a lovely birthday aboard ship!
Wound up with two cakes, though, because both Larry and our sweet tablemates, Thelma and Clive, requested cakes for me.
Two cakes mean two wishes, though, so Czytaj więcej
Lombok Crafts Market
8 marca 2024, Indonezja ⋅ ☁️ 88 °F
Our tour took us to a crafts market where vendors sold locally made crafts.
A gamelan band played at the gate while two men engaged in a traditional “stick dance” that seemed more like some form Czytaj więcej
Parade of Schoolkids
8 marca 2024, Indonezja ⋅ ☁️ 79 °F
Our tour bus got caught in a traffic jam, but it was caused by school kids, not cars!
Our guide wasn’t sure what the parade was all about, but he said it was “kinda like a wedding, but not Czytaj więcej
Lombok Drive
8 marca 2024, Indonezja ⋅ ☁️ 79 °F
We enjoyed a scenic drive on Lombok Island. There wasn’t a lot of traffic, and it was mostly cars and scooters, but we also passed a few horse drawn carts along the way.
As our guide explained, Czytaj więcej
Welcome to Lombok
8 marca 2024, Indonezja ⋅ ☁️ 79 °F
The locals rolled out the red carpet for us on Indonesia’s Lombok Island. Our ship was serenaded with gamelan music, drummers, and a traditional dancer.
Cultural Influence as Intense Dialogue
7 marca 2024, Indonezja ⋅ ☁️ 90 °F
We were greeted at the museum in Mataram with gamelan music, drinks, and yummy little snacks.
We enjoyed the museum, but it was a lot of info to take in. According to our guide, Indonesia is made up Czytaj więcej
Lingsar Temple
7 marca 2024, Indonezja ⋅ ☁️ 79 °F
Pura Lingsar is a temple complex in Lombok Island’s village of Lingsar.
Lingsar means “clear revelation from God,” in the local Sasak tribe’s language. “Pura,” meanwhile, comes from a Czytaj więcej
Fremantle Cemetery
3 marca 2024, Australia ⋅ ☀️ 91 °F
Considering that it’s “the most visited grave in Australia,” Bon Scott’s monument is surprisingly humble.
As AC/DC’s original singer, and despite lyrics proclaiming, “forget the hearse, Czytaj więcej
Aborigine Welcome Dance
3 marca 2024, Australia ⋅ ☀️ 88 °F
A shuttle bus in Fremantle took us from the port to the heart of town. We arrived just in time to watch a local Aborigine group perform several dances.
As always, I thoroughly enjoyed the Czytaj więcej
Fremantle Wandering
2 marca 2024, Australia ⋅ 🌬 88 °F
We had a fun day in Fremantle. If we’d had more time, we could’ve popped up to Perth, as well, but we spent the day exploring “Freo” as locals call it, instead .
I enjoyed watching the pilot Czytaj więcej
West Terrace Cemetery
28 lutego 2024, Australia ⋅ ☀️ 81 °F
Cemeteries often have monument shops nearby, but the one in Adelaide features an eye catching statue out front.
Like other burial grounds we’ve visited Down Under, we enjoyed birds and their Czytaj więcej
Adelaide Wandering
27 lutego 2024, Australia ⋅ ☀️ 97 °F
In Adelaide, our ship was met by a band called “Ewe Calyptus.” Always nice when locals come out to greet us like that.
The cruise port is quite a way from Adelaide, so everyone needed to take Czytaj więcej
Melbourne Cemetery
26 lutego 2024, Australia ⋅ ☁️ 70 °F
Our friends had never visited Melbourne General Cemetery (MGL), but they accommodated my wishes by including it on our walk.
Well, we actually took the tram for part of the journey. Good thing they Czytaj więcej
Melbourne Friends
26 lutego 2024, Australia ⋅ ☁️ 70 °F
We met Carol and Steve on our world cruise last year, and they met up with us today at the port!
Our other Melbourne pals couldn’t make it, but we spent a fun filled day with Carol and Steve, Czytaj więcej
Sydney Sail Away
24 lutego 2024, Australia ⋅ ⛅ 70 °F
Our tablemates, Clive and Thelma, invited us to watch the Sydney sailaway from their suite, and it was sweet, indeed.
As we pulled away from the dock, I had a great view of a tugboat at our bow, and Czytaj więcej
Sydney Walkabout
24 lutego 2024, Australia ⋅ ☁️ 70 °F
Sydney’s port swarmed with people, but we had a good time exploring the area just the same.
Friendly volunteers handed out maps at the pier. The lady I spoke to told us how to enter the opera Czytaj więcej
Cold Front Clouds
23 lutego 2024, Tasman Sea ⋅ ⛅ 81 °F
The night before we reached Sydney, a big cold front blew through and cooled the city down from triple digits to a very pleasant seventy-something.
Our dining table is located at the ship’s Czytaj więcej
Waverly Cemetery
23 lutego 2024, Australia ⋅ ☁️ 90 °F
Sydney’s Waverly Cemetery is a beautiful burial ground overlooking the sea. Although filled with Victorian and Edwardian monuments, it’s an active cemetery, and still receives new burials.
I Czytaj więcej
Glow Worm Caves
20 lutego 2024, Nowa Zelandia ⋅ ☀️ 75 °F
Our second stop in New Zealand took us to the gorgeous Bay of Islands. I was eager to see native Tui birds there, but locals explained that it was too hot. The birds were staying cool in the deep Czytaj więcej
Weta Workshop
19 lutego 2024, Nowa Zelandia ⋅ ⛅ 81 °F
While our cemetery jaunt bolstered my ongoing research, our stop at the Wets Workshop was pure fun.
We’re offers a behind the scenes glimpse at the filmmaking process, especially the special Czytaj więcej
Aukland Walk
18 lutego 2024, Nowa Zelandia ⋅ ☁️ 77 °F
After a taxi to a historic cemetery. We hoofed it all over Auckland. Definitely got our steps in and got a little taste of the city along the way.
The “haere mai” sign brought back pleasant Czytaj więcej
Tonga Food & Dance
15 lutego 2024, Tonga ⋅ 🌬 82 °F
We enjoyed a tasty Polynesian buffet on Tonga. I especially enjoyed the chance to try breadfruit prepared several different ways. The breadfruit chips were especially good.
After our meal, we Czytaj więcej
The Friendly Islands
15 lutego 2024, Tonga ⋅ 🌬 82 °F
Captain Cook nicknamed Tonga, “the Friendly Islands,” and from our experience the moniker still holds true.
For instance, when a Tongan man saw me admiring a pretty white flower, he walked over, Czytaj więcej
Touring the Kingdom of Tonga
14 lutego 2024, Tonga ⋅ 🌬 82 °F
Our tour of the Kingdom of Tonga included stops at some blowholes, a three-headed palm tree, the Tongan royal palace, and the Royal Tombs.
Of the four, the blowholes were the most impressive. Between Czytaj więcej
Tahiti Flower Market
10 lutego 2024, Polinezja Francuska ⋅ 🌧 81 °F
One of my favorite memories from our visit to Papeete in 2019, was visiting the fresh flower market. Not only did I enjoy the fresh fruit and flowers, but I liked seeing that it caters to locals as Czytaj więcej
Welcome to Papeete
9 lutego 2024, Polinezja Francuska ⋅ 🌧 77 °F
After missing three ports due to a Tropical Depression, we were all feeling a little tropical depression of our own as we wondered if we would ever make it ashore in the South Pacific.
At last we Czytaj więcej











































































































































































































































































































































































PodróżnikHappy Birthday Tui - you deserve to be spoilt🎂🎂🎂🥳
PodróżnikThank you, Carol! I’m feeling very spoilt, indeed.
Two to TravelHappy birthday 🎂
PodróżnikThank you! It was a special day.
PodróżnikAwww, that is so sweet!! I’m so glad you had such a delightful birthday with special wishes from family and friends 💕