Click “Show More Posts” to show all the links to the other posts for the 2016 World Cruise 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…
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Click “Show More Posts” to show all the links to the other posts for the 2016 World Cruise 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…
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Click “Show More Posts” to show all the links to the other posts for the 2016 World Cruise 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…
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Click “Show More Posts” to show all the links to the other posts for the 2016 World Cruise 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…
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Click “Show More Posts” to show all the links to the other posts for the 2016 World Cruise 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…
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Click “Show More Posts” to show all the links to the other posts for the 2016 World Cruise The Amsterdam paused outside Benoa Harbor around 7am this morning to pick up the pilot for our final approach to our berth alongside the Benoa Cruise Terminal where we would moor around 8 am. Rain was in…
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Click “Show More Posts” to show all the links to the other posts for the 2016 World Cruise I was surprised to see a small island a few miles off our port side early this morning. After reviewing our location, it appears to be the Indonesian Island called Pulau Dana. The island is uninhabited except…
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Click “Show More Posts” to show all the links to the other posts for the 2016 World Cruise This morning was surprising cooler than expected and overcast. Based on the heat we experienced in Darwin, I assumed that as we moved closer to the equator, the heat and humidity would get worse, so it was…
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Click “Show More Posts” to show all the links to the other posts for the 2016 World Cruise The muffled roar of an accelerating boat engine got my attention early this morning. Looking outside from my cabin I saw the pilot boat speeding back toward Darwin after delivering the harbor pilot to the Amsterdam. We…
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Click “Show More Posts” to show all the links to the other posts for the 2016 World Cruise We passed thru a rain shower early this morning and the promenade deck and railings were still wet and misty as I stepped outside to start my walk around deck 3. Isolated thunderstorms could be seen in…
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