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Hong Kong to Busan

by | April 19, 2026 | 2025 | 4 Comments

In Hong Kong, we had another World Cruise Gala, it was again, over the top. Great food and entertainment. It was held in the Hong Kong Palace Museum. They opened just for us that night. Even though we could see it from our ship, it was a 30-minute bus ride. This was...
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From Bali to Hong Kong

by | April 10, 2026 | 2025 | 2 Comments

From Bali, we spent a day at sea and then two days in Indonesia. For whatever reason, the Immigrations department had an early, 7:30, manditory face to face meeting for all guests and would not let us back on until everyone cleared. Then, the next day, they did it...
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Sailing North on sailwest.net

by | April 2, 2026 | 2025 | 6 Comments

It’s a lake out here.  We have left Indonesia and are headed to the Philippines.  We are traveling due North and crossed the equator in the middle of the night.  So, we are still a day ahead of you, but we are no longer upside down.  It feels good...
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Auckland

Auckland

Feb 9, 2024

February 8, 2024 Another day, another Island in New Zealand.    From where we anchored, we could see Auckland, so why did it take 13 hours for us to sail there?  Kim went exploring and I made sure no one drowned in the pool.   Today was...

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New Zeland

New Zeland

Feb 7, 2024

February 7, 2024 I keep forgetting to tell you that two days ago we crossed the Antemeridian. It is longitude 180, it splits the world in half.  The Meridian goes thru England and is the 0 longitude.  We also noticed it is where we dropped off the world map...

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Sea day, Sea day, Just another Sea day

Sea day, Sea day, Just another Sea day

Feb 6, 2024

February 6, 2024 We’re back to sailing on a lake.  Final sea day for a while.  Several of our new friends will be leaving in two days when we reach Aukland.  And we will gain some new cruisers.  We met a couple today that are getting off in Aukland...

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The Lake isn’t under us anymore

The Lake isn’t under us anymore

Feb 4, 2024

Motion in the ocean.  February 5, 2024 Yep, we are rocking gently today.  I can’t believe how many people are complaining.  Really? It’s the Ocean, I love it.  I’m concerned that when we dock in Darwin, many of our guest may just disappear. ...

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Sea Days

Sea Days

Feb 4, 2024

February 3, 2024 Tonga Unlike our last two stops in Samoa which were mountainous and Jungle, Tonga is flat and agricultural.  Reminded us both of Cozumel.  Quite the change from one to the other, Kim went on a 3-hour tour that took closer to 4.5 hours, she...

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