We docked in Darwin at 7 AM and were off the ship by 7:30 AM for immigration.  Everyone had to remove everything and do a face-to-face inspection, even the crew.  After the...

Bird of Paradice Well, 47 people signed on to the hike in the dark to see the Bird of Paradice, I never heard if all 47 got up and went.  I heard that they did NOT see any...

I’ll be the first to admit that I use creative editing from time to time, but the statement above is all truth.  The boat feels like it’s on dry land and we are surrounded...

Yesterday at noon we started loading the Zodiacs.  We were called by color groups and we were the 4th of 6 to be loaded.  Our wait wasn’t that long.  Since it was to be the...

Thhe Captain consulted me when he found out I had been at sea longer than he had. On our first of 3 sea days, we were invited to a reception with the officers and all the guests...

April 29, 2025 Welcome Commitee Today we stopped at Alotau, PNG.  Everyone took a bus tour.  The bus we rode was the prison bus, they used every bus on the Island, literally.  ...

Here's the map of our course fron Papeete to Honiara. Those that left the ship were flown to Sidney on a charter plane. Those that rmbarked were flown up from Sidney. Sunset as...

April 22, 2025 Today is a special day for a special friend of mine, Dr. Paul Boring.  When I was a sophomore in high school, Paul (of course he was “Mr. Boring” then) was a...

The Easter bunny visited the ship and brought us lots of chocolate. He also hid 100 paper bunnies and eggs for those who wanted to search. Kim got up very early and found a few....

April 19, 2025 Vanua Balavu Island After a day at sea, we came into the Islands of Fiji.  There are over 500 Islands in the group.  We have entered an area called...