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Happy Easter

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. The seas are smooth today and it's 83 degrees and sunny. We hope whatever your...

Fiji

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 Melanesia.  We will island hop our way over to Papua New Guinea, then down to Darwin, Australia...

Samoa and Tonga

Sailing into paridise It's April 16, 2025 Samoa, locally pronounced Saam-ooh-ah. This is the first stop that we have duplicated on last years cruise.  We did the Island tour and Kim complained that she didn't have time to climb to the tomb of Robert Lewis Stevenson.  ...
Storm, at Dock

Storm, at Dock

February 19,2024 Sidney Australia So, Australia is at the top of my shit list today.  For some reason, they made us all get off the ship at 7:30 this morning, so we could sit around and wait for 2 hours before reboarding.  Some immigration thing, I...

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The ups and downs of Sea Life

The ups and downs of Sea Life

February 18, 2024 I’ve been on a lot of cruises over time, and I always make sure to get my hair cut a few days before I board the cruise ship, so that I don’t have to go to the expensive spa for a haircut.  Well, obviously after just over five weeks on board, I...

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Nobody goes hungry here

Nobody goes hungry here

February 17, 2024 So, let’s talk about food.  Once each cruise on Seabourn, they have what they call their “World Famous Galley” luncheon.  This is the only time any guests are allowed in the galley.  The chefs pull out all the stops for this one. ...

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Whales

Whales

February 16, 2024 At sea.  After 5 weeks at sea, today we finally saw whales.  So, dolphins twice Orcas once Whales once. That’s a pretty poor showing!

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Mystery on the Dock

Mystery on the Dock

February 15, 2024 New Plymouth, NZ Our last day in New Zealand, for a couple of years.  It was just another day until……..wait, let me back up a little. Throughout this entire Cruise, we have always docked with the starboard side of the ship to the dock, leaving...

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Next stop Austraila

Next stop Austraila

February 14, 2024 Happy Valentine’s Day all.  We spent the day in the small town of Picton.  When Kim came back to the ship for lunch, she said she wanted me to go see this city park, it was beautiful.  So, after lunch (spoiler alert for those...

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