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 than only the...
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 both...
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...
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 one of...
Day 48, Joie de Vivre - Joy of Living BRACELET CLASS The Polynesian Cultural Ambassadors led the assembled guests in weaving a bracelet called a “Lau Fala”. Lau Fala is the type of plant used to make the band while the thread we used is called Raffia. You can find...
Day 47 - Mutiny on the Bounty PITCAIRN ISLAND SOUVENIRS While not the same as Easter island, our visit to Pitcairn Island is generating a bit of buzz. We are not going ashore, but we will get a visit from some local residents as we hover near the island. They will...
I started to notice a new event in the Where and When called “Seven Billion Meditators with Photographer Gee” which is being held in The Mainstage at 7:30 AM. I wasn’t exactly sure what to make of this so I headed down to the Mainstage this morning to check it out. ...
Day 45 - Cabin Crawl! COFFEE CHAT Naki Ataman was the guest at Coffee Chat this morning, and he does talk! He was a very interesting guest and explained the origin of his “Around the World” show and how it used to be 2 hours long. He shortened it to 45 minutes when...
Day 44 - Easter Island Sunrise wasn’t until 8 AM. When we reached our final position off the west coast of Easter Island around 6 AM, all that could be seen was the city lights. The sky gradually grew lighter as the sun crept closer to the horizon. With an overcast...
Day 43 – THE MAN THAT DOESN’T TALK There was a lot of buzz about tonight’s show during the day. “He doesn’t talk!” Not sure how not talking is a feature for an entertainer other than a mime, I inquired further about the show and learned that tonight’s performer,...