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...
by The Inside Cabin | Feb 24, 2016 | 2016 Grand World Voyage, Indonesia, Bali, Asia
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 the forecast, along with heat and humidity, but it was...
by The Inside Cabin | Feb 22, 2016 | 2016 Grand World Voyage, Sea Day
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 for one annual pilgrimage by the Raijua elders each year....
by The Inside Cabin | Feb 21, 2016 | 2016 Grand World Voyage, Sea Day
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 a pleasant surprise when the anticipated heat never...
by The Inside Cabin | Feb 20, 2016 | Austrailia, 2016 Grand World Voyage, Darwin, Oceania
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 would be arriving in Darwin about 10am and...
by The Inside Cabin | Feb 19, 2016 | 2016 Grand World Voyage, Sea Day
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 the distance along with an occasional bolt of lightning followed...
