by The Inside Cabin | Feb 28, 2016 | 2016 Grand World Voyage, Sea Day
Heavier seas continue to rock the ship as we continue north toward Hong Kong. They are not as bad as we experienced in the Tasman Sea, but while there is much more motion than normal, the stabilizers are keeping the roll in check and we are only experiencing the...
by The Inside Cabin | Feb 28, 2016 | 2016 Grand World Voyage, Sea Day
The sea day was a welcome chance to relax after 2 consecutive port days with busy schedules. Today we would be crossing the equator and conduct an appropriate ceremony as we entered King Neptune’s domain. We had previously crossed the equator on our initial transit...
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 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 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...
