by The Inside Cabin | Jan 29, 2016 | 2016 Grand World Voyage, Sea Day
Oceans are vast, open spaces and sailing across the Pacific day after day is a constant reminder. Since we left Panama I have not seen another ship, of any size, except when very near our ports of call. Now I don’t spend that much time scanning the horizon, but...
by The Inside Cabin | Jan 27, 2016 | 2016 Grand World Voyage, Sea Day
Swells continue to keep the ship in constant motion as we push southwest toward Waitangi, New Zealand. I haven’t noticed anyone complaining of seasickness, as it is pretty mild as far as ship motion goes, but you can definitely tell you are no longer on land. We...
by The Inside Cabin | Jan 25, 2016 | 2016 Grand World Voyage, Sea Day
Early rising has become a necessity to get a speedy internet connection. Once most of the ship wakes up, the internet speed can slow to the point it is unusable. The best way to check the speed without running up your bill is to pull up the free New York Times...
by The Inside Cabin | Jan 21, 2016 | 2016 Grand World Voyage, Sea Day
The morning started with a light drizzle and overcast skies as we continue pushing southwest towards Avatoru. Today was the last day for the Polynesian On Location team craft project where we would make a Tahitian Tiare Gardenia Headlei. The team bought fresh...
by The Inside Cabin | Jan 19, 2016 | 2016 Grand World Voyage, Sea Day
Three and ½ laps around the Promenade on Deck 3 is one mile. It was humid, but not hot, so I walked 2 miles on the Promenade deck before 7 AM this morning. About a dozen other people were up early and joined me on our counter clock wise walk. I started listening...
by The Inside Cabin | Jan 18, 2016 | 2016 Grand World Voyage, Sea Day
What’s worse than a seat saver? A seat saver who saves a seat for someone but then that person never shows up. That was the unfortunate situation today in the Wajang Theater for Good Morning Amsterdam. One of the nice things about this Grand Voyage was the...
