by The Inside Cabin | Feb 1, 2018 | 2018 Grand World Voyage, Sea Day
Day 28, Feb 1, At Sea I spent most of today backing up my photographs and catching up on writing my blog posts for the past few days. Here is what I have brought with me as far as computers and associated technology go. My main machine: Microsoft Surface Book Laptop –...
by The Inside Cabin | Jan 31, 2018 | 2018 Grand World Voyage, Sea Day
Day 27 – At Sea Coffee Chat The Knights were the “Coffee Chat” guests this morning. Simon is the leader of the group which he created as a concept back when he was a cast performer on a cruise ship a few years back. There are now 6 Knights, including 3 women....
by The Inside Cabin | Jan 30, 2018 | 2018 Grand World Voyage, Sea Day
Day 26, January 30th – At Sea Crossing the dateline Early this morning we crossed the International Date Line. We skipped January 29th and advanced all clocks 24 hours. During the World Cruise we will cross 24 time zones. Since we travel westbound that means...
by The Inside Cabin | Jan 28, 2018 | Oceania, Alofi, Niue, 2018 Grand World Voyage
Day 25, – Alofi, Niue Planning for a port visit Niue is an island that isn’t visited very often by cruise ships and there isn’t a lot of tourist infrastructure. This is the only port of the entire cruise where HAL didn’t offer a single shore excursion. When planning...
by The Inside Cabin | Jan 27, 2018 | 2018 Grand World Voyage, Sea Day
Day 24 – At Sea – 27 January Sea Day Another sea day was welcome after our long day ashore yesterday. Coffee Chat I went down to the Explorer’s lounge around 9 AM to watch Hyperion Knight practice before his interview with Hamish at the 9:30 Coffee Chat. One of...
by The Inside Cabin | Jan 26, 2018 | 2018 Grand World Voyage, Rarotonga, Cook Islands, Oceania
Day 23 – Cook Island When the Captain came across the public-address system this morning, I fully expected him to announce that we would be skipping Cook Island due to the current sea state. However, I was pleasantly surprised when he explained that he would be...
