by The Inside Cabin | Feb 4, 2018 | 2018 Grand World Voyage, New Zealand, Oceania, Napier
Napier, New Zealand We didn’t arrive in Napier until 11 AM, which is later than typical for a cruise ship visit. All aboard was at 10:30 this evening, giving everyone plenty of time to explore the area. Art Deco Napier is the Art Deco capital of New Zealand. Much of...
by The Inside Cabin | Feb 3, 2018 | Knitting, 2018 Grand World Voyage, New Zealand, Oceania, Tauranga (Rotorua)
Day 30 – Tauranga – 3 Feb 2018 Arrive Tauranga Blue skies greeted us as we arrived in Tauranga around 8 AM. The ship docked in the small beach resort town called Mount Maunganui which used to be a separate city, but in 1989 was combined with Tauranga which is now the...
by The Inside Cabin | Feb 2, 2018 | Knitting, 2018 Grand World Voyage, New Zealand, Auckland, Oceania
Day 29, Feb 2nd, Auckland, NZ The ship was cleared by 8 am but since we were staying until 8pm we weren’t in any hurry to get ashore. We left the ship around noon. The weather today was perfect. We learned later that the weather yesterday was horrible, so our...
by The Inside Cabin | Jan 28, 2018 | 2018 Grand World Voyage, Oceania, Alofi, Niue
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 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...
by The Inside Cabin | Jan 24, 2018 | 2018 Grand World Voyage, French Polynesia, Oceania, Bora Bora
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...
