Day 56 - At Sea - March 1 Today is the second of three sea days between Bali and our first port in the Philippines. Coffee Chat Today’s guests for Coffee Chat with Hamish were: Neptune Lounge Concierge Laurence from Cebu, Lido Cook Hazel from Manila and Print Shop...
Day 55 – At Sea - Feb 28 Pirate Drill After a wonderful visit to Bali, we headed north to our next port- Puerto Princesa. We will be passing areas with an higher risk of pirate attacks so today the Captain held drills to exercise the crew on the proper procedures....
Day 54 - Benoa - 27 Feb 2018 Cooking Class A 7 am meeting time for our private cooking class didn’t see so early back in October when I made the arrangements with Chef Mudana who runs a restaurant and cooking school in nearby Sanur. Click HERE for more information...
Day 53 – 26 Feb Benoa, Indonesia Benoa, Bali We slid into Benoa Harbor before 7 AM, gliding past fisherman in motorized outriggers and buoys marking the channel. Nice and cool at the moment, but you could feel the humidity and once the sun rose in the sky the...
Day 52 – 25 February 2018 Coffee Chat My day started with the Coffee Chat with Hamish. Today’s special guest was Patrick Murray and Matilda. Coffee Chat takes place in the Explorer’s lounge and for most of the Coffee Chats the room is about 75% full including the...
Day 51 – At Sea - 24 Feb As we close in on Bali, the temperature outside is getting warmer and warmer. Fortunately, the air conditioning on our Deck, 6, has been fabulous all cruise. We haven’t had any issues in our cabin or in the Deck 5 dining room. Coffee Chat...
Day 50, Feb 23, At Sea Today was the first of 3 sea days as we head almost due north toward Bali, our next port of call. Coffee Chat Hamish’s guest for Coffee Chat this morning was Andy Bunger, who performed last evening in the Queen’s Lounge. He was born into an...
Day 49, 22 Feb – Perth Yarn Crawl Today was the high-water mark of our World Knitting Cruise as we visited 5 yarn shops in less than 8 hours. We contacted some local knitters via Ravelry before we began this cruise and they were helpful in identifying the best local...
Day 48 – 21 Feb Perth We didn’t arrive in Fremantle until 4 PM so we had full day of our normal sea day activities beforehand. Morning at Sea Judy and I started the day with Coffee Chat with Ben Sack, the Amsterdam’s Artist in Residence. Ben draws incredibly detailed...
Day 47, 20 Feb Albany, Western Australia Albany sits on the south eastern coast of Australia about 250 miles south, south east from Perth. This is as far south of the equator as San Luis Obispo or North Carolina are north of the equator, so the temperatures here...