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Hong Kong to Busan

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...

From Bali to Hong Kong

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...

Sailing North on sailwest.net

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...
Life on board

Life on board

Late 1/7/26 Well we have been at sea for a day and it’s a lake out here.  I passed on lunch, Kim went to lunch. She met a wonderful lady named Carol. Kim told me all about her when she returned to the room from lunch.    After that, I went up to the pool deck and took...

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Gala

Gala

1/6/26 When I got back to the hotel last night From my outing with my kids, I went out on the balcony to see what I could see and get some fresh air.  I saw one of our favorite restaurants about 2 blocks away, Din Tai Fung.  So, I made a reservation for 11: 00 AM for...

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Getting to LA

1/5/26  We made it to Los Angles without any drama.  It was so nice to have a 2 hour flight to the boat, no jet lag here.    We arrived at our hotel about 4:00 pm and I had arranged with my grandkids to meet up at a local sports bar to watch Sunday Night Football...

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Season 3 is about to begin

Season 3 is about to begin

This might look like a going away party, but it's just our Friday "emergency" meeting. Our friend Richard will pick us up at our house at noon tomorrow and take us to the airport. We will stop at Billigan's Road House for a steak lunch in Vancouver. It might be the...

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End of the cruise

End of the cruise

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 inspection was done we had to leave our luggage with them and get back on the ship.  We will be...

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Bird of paradise

Bird of paradise

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 birds.  During lunch, the captain moved the ship to the other side of the Island where there was...

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