Day 56, Bowlers and Bumbershoots
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MAJOR SCHEDULE CHANGE
Click “Show More Posts” to show all the links to the other posts for the 2020 World Cruise As a result of concerns over Corona Virus and how it may affect our ability to visit ports in the future, Holland America has cancelled our visit to Singapore and all of our Indonesian Ports. After we…
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Day 55, Nukuʻalofa, Tonga
Click “Show More Posts” to show all the links to the other posts for the 2020 World Cruise Day 55, Nukuʻalofa, Tonga Welcome to Tonga After our tender port in Rarotonga, it was nice to arrive in a port where we could walk off the ship. We arrived early, around 7 AM, and the first…
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Day 54, Advance Clocks 23 Hours
Click “Show More Posts” to show all the links to the other posts for the 2020 World Cruise Day 54 – Advance all Clocks 23 hours! Early this morning we advanced all clocks 23 hours as we crossed the International Date Line. Actually, we advanced all clocks 24 hours and then set them back 1…
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Day 53, Mardi Gras at sea!
Click “Show More Posts” to show all the links to the other posts for the 2020 World Cruise Day 53, Mardi Gras at sea! Making Poi! The Maori Cultural Ambassadors were leading a class on “How to make Poi” at 9 AM by the Lido Pool. Having been on cruises with the Maori Cultural Ambassadors before…
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Day 52, Avarua, Rarotonga, Cook Islands
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Schedule Change Take #2
Click “Show More Posts” to show all the links to the other posts for the 2020 World Cruise Let’s Circle Australia! After the daily meteorological and navigational update the Captain said he would be back on after Hamish’s activity update. This gave the Captain a chance to broadcast news of our second schedule change into…
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Day 51, Tropical Paradise
Click “Show More Posts” to show all the links to the other posts for the 2020 World Cruise Day 51 – Tropical Paradise COFFEE CHAT The featured guests for Coffee Chat this morning were the three Sea Cadets: Jelle, Stephan and Thorald. They are all going to college in the Netherlands and spend time at…
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Day 50, Papeete, Tahiti
Click “Show More Posts” to show all the links to the other posts for the 2020 World Cruise Day 50 Papeete, Tahiti The lights of Papeete were twinkling off in the distance as we passed by Moorea, the closest neighbor island to Tahiti. Papeete is usually a stop on any cruise that goes to this…
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Day 49, En Route Papeete
Click “Show More Posts” to show all the links to the other posts for the 2020 World Cruise Day 49 – En Route Papeete, Tahiti Coffee Chat was canceled due to a crew drill scheduled for the same time. We spent most of the day catching up with photos and didn’t venture out of the…
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