by The Inside Cabin | Jan 25, 2018 | 2018 Grand World Voyage, Sea Day
Day 22 – At Sea It was nice to have a sea day after 4 straight port days. This was the longest stretch of port days for the entire cruise. For the remainder of the cruise, our longest stretch will be 3 in a row. If you have any inkling that you may be bored...
by The Inside Cabin | Jan 24, 2018 | Bora Bora, 2018 Grand World Voyage, French Polynesia, Oceania
Day 21, Bora Bora Bora-Bora is our final port of our four day stretch. We are scheduled to arrive at 8 AM and not depart until 10:30 PM. I never did understand why we were staying so late as there weren’t any evening tours and there wasn’t any nightlife that I was...
by The Inside Cabin | Jan 23, 2018 | 2018 Grand World Voyage, French Polynesia, Moorea, Oceania
Mooera Today was day three of our four consecutive port days, and this will be another tender port, which requires us to get a tender ticket. I had arranged for a rental car from Albert Transport Tours. They would meet us at 9 AM at the tender landing. When I made...
by The Inside Cabin | Jan 22, 2018 | 2018 Grand World Voyage, French Polynesia, Papeete, Tahiti, Oceania
Papeete The Amsterdam arrived in Papeete, Tahiti around 7 AM. We took advantage of our extended port visiting hours to sleep-in and relax in our cabin. The ship will remain overnight and leave for Moorea at 4:30 AM tomorrow. It was nice to be tied up to a pier,...
by The Inside Cabin | Jan 21, 2018 | 2018 Grand World Voyage, French Polynesia, Avatoru, Rangiroa, Oceania
Rangiroa We arrived at Avatoru, Rangiroa, French Polynesia around 7 AM. Rangiroa is one of the largest atolls in the world stretching over 50 miles and comprised of over 400 smaller islands, only two of which are inhabited. To get to the protected interior our ship...
by The Inside Cabin | Jan 20, 2018 | 2018 Grand World Voyage, Sea Day
It’s always nice to have a sea day following the day in port. We won’t see another stretch of 8 consecutive sea days for the rest of the cruise. Until the last month of our cruise, our longest stretch of consecutive sea days will be three. Tomorrow we will spend the...
