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Travel Around the World with Steve & Kim
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Chasing the Sun
Reaching for the land of Robinson Crusoe. March 20,2025 Our first full day at sea was very relaxing and pleasurable. We attended a few lectures and learned about our next...
And we’re off
March 19,2025, all aboard…… Exactly 21 hours after Richard and Joan picked us up from our house, we were in our hotel room at the Hilton Gardens Hotel in Santiago Chile. The...
Season 2: The South Pacific
Saturday, March 15, 2025 Season 2 of sailwest.net is about to begin. Hello friends and family, yes, we are about to begin our next trip. We are traveling tomorrow to Santiago...
Ending a great adventure
April 29, 2024 Goodbye Bangkok and hello Singapore. We have two days at sea before finally docking at our final destination, Singapore. We will have one day to...
Even paradise can’t protect you from reality
April 26, 2024 Ko Kood, Thailand After a very hot day in Cambodia, we are having a very hot beach day here in Thailand. Pulling out all the stops today, Caviar in the surf, BBQ,...
Here, there and everyware
April 20, 2024 Hello from Danang. One of the first things I want to do when I get home is watch Good Morning Vietnam. Speaking of return trips, we have just 2 weeks left on this...
Do Beer goggles actually work?
April 17, 2024 Bye-bye Hong Kong and hello Vietnam. Fifty-one years ago, I got my first invitation to Vietnam. Fortunately, about a month before I was scheduled...
Trama and Drama on th high seas
April 14, 2024 We were delayed by immigration for two hours in Shanghai. So, we were already late. Then at o’dark thirty, the captain declared a medical emergency and had...
RED China
April 9, 2024 Shanghai, China Oh my god, this place is over the top! Shanghai is quite a way inland from the open sea. We took on our first of three pilots at 7...
Japan last and final stop in that country
April 5-6, 2024 Nagasaki, Japan When I looked out this morning and saw we were actually in Nagasaki, Japan, I was quite surprised. You’ll have to read more to understand...