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We were scheduled to leave Sydney harbor at 4, but there was a medical emergency involving a crew member and we didn’t leave until a little after 5.  We later found out that it was Samuel.  Samuel is the wonderful voice you hear when you order room...

What a difference a day makes. No, an hour makes. Yesterday was so rough that I actually got a headache and queasy stomach.  Then at about 4 pm the seas calmed, just like that.  When we got up this morning, it was already 68 degrees.  This is wonderful.  Well,...

As we travel through the South Island of New Zealand, it just keeps getting colder and wetter.  A few years ago, I said that New Zealand is very much like the Northwest.   Well, it really is.  Rainy and cold. It's also Latitude 46 degrees South, at home, we are 46...

We were in Auckland for 2 days.  Nation LA to Tahiti Tahiti to Auckland Australia 13 23Austria 2 0Belgium 8 5Bulgaria 3 3Canada 34 34Denmark 3 3France 2 0Germany 12 16Ireland 5 5Netherlands 6 7New Zeland 4 10Norway 2 2Sweden 2 2Switzerland 6 6United Kingdom 36...

For the third year in a row, we spent a couple days in the Islands of Fiji.  We could never get tired of spending time here.  First off, we have never stopped in the same town or place as we had in the past.  Fiji is so lush and green.  While in...

Our friends showed us what they came home to during the storm. The fruit bowl was on the table and the champegne bottle was broken. I found some of my toiletries in the sink after they took a dive off the shelf.