by The Inside Cabin | Feb 28, 2016 | 2016 Grand World Voyage, Sea Day
Heavier seas continue to rock the ship as we continue north toward Hong Kong. They are not as bad as we experienced in the Tasman Sea, but while there is much more motion than normal, the stabilizers are keeping the roll in check and we are only experiencing the...
by The Inside Cabin | Feb 28, 2016 | 2016 Grand World Voyage, Sea Day
The sea day was a welcome chance to relax after 2 consecutive port days with busy schedules. Today we would be crossing the equator and conduct an appropriate ceremony as we entered King Neptune’s domain. We had previously crossed the equator on our initial transit...
by The Inside Cabin | Feb 27, 2016 | 2016 Grand World Voyage, Indonesia, Jakarta, Asia
Heavy rained greeted us today as we closed in on our pier in Jakarta. The familiar cranes, intermodal containers, forklifts and longshoreman were numerous while the welcoming party was small, but enthusiastic. The ship’s location team had successfully convinced most...
by The Inside Cabin | Feb 26, 2016 | 2016 Grand World Voyage, Indonesia, Semarang, Asia
There is often a small band or local musical group welcoming us when we arrive at various ports. Our welcoming party today was the most elaborate of any commercial cruise I have experienced and rivaled those usually reserved for the most formal arrival ceremonies...
by The Inside Cabin | Feb 24, 2016 | 2016 Grand World Voyage, Sea Day
Early this morning we continued our transit northwest thru the Bali Sea, enroute to the Java Sea before turning west toward Semarang. With partly cloudy skies, land was visible just a few miles off our port side when we woke up this morning. As is typical for us...
