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November 1&2 , 2026 After a successful Halloween Party last night we were ready to set foot on land today. The last 6 days we sailed from Hawaii Island to Avaturu French Polynesia. Today we have to take a tender to shore. I was prepared for a little bit of a line up to getContinue reading “Avaturu  Huahine, French Polynesia”

October 25, 2026 This morning we anchored off in the bay near Kona. I didn’t wake up till 8 am. I got partially woken up by the lowering of the life boats. I would say the cables to lower them can use a little grease. (pretty noise) There was  no reason to rush for me,Continue reading “Kailua-Kona, Hawai’i”

October 24, 2026 Today we are on the second largest island of the Hawaiian Islands, called Maui. The weather looked overcast this morning, with a chance of showers this afternoon. For today I had booked a tour to go up Mount Haleakala. This is a dormant Volcano with the Volcano rim at approximately 10,000 ft.Continue reading “Kahului, Maui”

October 22, 23, 2026 I forgot to mention yesterday, that this is my first visit to Hawaii. From the nice quiet stop we had yesterday in Kauai, to today’s hassle and bussle of the big City. we arrived early this morning on Pier 2 at the Honolulu Cruise Terminal. For today I had booked aContinue reading “Honolulu, Hawaii”

October 21, 2026 After 5 days at sea we hit land this morning. Soon as I had finished breakfast I boarded  the hop on hop off bus. Besides the scenery from the bus, It was a little disappointing. There was still a lot of clean-up going on from the latest Hurricane. Several of the stopsContinue reading “Nawiliwili Kauai”

October 20, 2026 The last 4 days we have been sailing west towards Kauai Hawaii. I am looking forward to seeing land tomorrow morning. In the last 4 days I kept myself busy with the fitness center in the morning or walking the outside prominade (3.5 laps is 1 mile) and writing this blog, participatingContinue reading “At Sea”

October 15, 2026 Good morning, the last 3 days we spent at sea, cruising towards San Diego. On the first seaday the captain announced at noon, that there would be free drinks for the whole ship between 4 and 5, because we missed Mazatlan. No surprise, everybody was ordering doubles. My cough started to getContinue reading “San Diego”

October 11, 2026 G’day. I actually should say Bueno Dia. It was mid morning when we docked in the port of Pichilingue, about 35 min by bus to get to LA Paz Pichilingue is the Port for the City of La Paz. It is also the ferry terminal for transportation to mainland Mexico. As IContinue reading “La Paz”

October 10, 2026 In the last 2 days we sailed from Sam Diego towards Cabo San Lucas on the Southern tip of the Baja in Mexico. We had a relatively smooth sailing with nice warm temperatures in the high twenties Celsius. We dropped anchor around noon in the bay in front of the “hole inContinue reading “Cabo San Lucas”

October 3th, 2026 After being around the house for the summer we figured it would be time to get back on a ship. What better then just to leave from our home port Vancouver. On October 3th I boarded the float plane for Vancouver downtown.  Generally I like to leave a day before the actuallyContinue reading “October, 2026 Vancouver-San Diego-Mexico-Hawaii-Tahiti-San Diego “