by The Inside Cabin | Feb 25, 2020 | Sea Day, Gala Night, 2020 Grand World Voyage
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 I knew that when they said “Poi” they meant the balls, attached...
by The Inside Cabin | Feb 24, 2020 | Rarotonga, Cook Islands, Oceania, 2020 Grand World Voyage
Day 52, Avarua, Rarotonga, Cook Islands We arrived at Rarotonga Island around 6:30 this morning. Until recently I didn’t realize that Cook Islands is the name for the 15 islands that collectively are the “Cook Islands” We will be visiting Rarotonga which is the...
by The Inside Cabin | Feb 24, 2020 | 2020 Grand World Voyage, Sea Day
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 all the cabins rather...
by The Inside Cabin | Feb 23, 2020 | 2020 Grand World Voyage, Sea Day, Gala Night
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 sea as part of their education. This also allows...
by The Inside Cabin | Feb 22, 2020 | Oceania, 2020 Grand World Voyage, French Polynesia, Papeete, Tahiti
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 part of the world as it is a good place to get supplies, fuel and...
by The Inside Cabin | Feb 21, 2020 | 2020 Grand World Voyage, Sea Day
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 cabin except to play a couple games of Texas Hold’em. The highlight of...
