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March1, 2025 Today’s stop is Singapore. Singapore is an island country, City State with a  population of 6 million. Singapore got its independence in 1965. Dispite its small size, it’s one of the richest countries in the world.  For today, we booked a City highlight tour to get a little bit of an overview ofContinue reading “Singapore”

February 26, 2025 It was around 10 AM, that we docked in Benoa our port in Bali. Our sail into the harbour was interesting. Jet skis everywhere circling our ship greeting us. Today was a special day for the Indonesian workers on board the cruise ship. Around 800 family members were allowed to come onContinue reading “Bali, Indonesië”

February 25, 2025 On our today’s stop we are visiting Komodo Island, Indonesia. Home of the Komodo Dragon, one of the largest lizards found on Earth. Komodo Island is part of the Coral Triangle, which contains some of the richest biodiversity on Earth. The population of the island is approximately 2000. The estimate is thatContinue reading “Komodo Island”

February 22, 2025 First of all to follow up on my last post. In my last post I reported that my cough had come back, well it got so bad ,that I decided to see the ship doctor. He put me on some antibiotics and gave me a stronger cough syrup. Even with the medication IContinue reading “Darwin, Australia”

February 18, 2025 Early in the morning we arrived in Cairns. Overnight my ugly cough from a few weeks ago intensified to the point, that I thought it wouldn’t be a good idea to be in close proximity to other people riding on a bus and train. For today we had planned a scenic tourContinue reading “Cairns, Australia”

February 16, 2025 Today we arrived in a town called Airlie Beach, located in the Whitsunday area of Queensland. The Population for Airlie is +/- 1500. The main industry is tourism. For today we booked a short tour on the bus to get an idea  what the town and neighbouring area looked like. Our firstContinue reading “Airly Beach, Australia”

February 14, 2025 Happy Valentine’s Day Today we are anchored at Moreton Island. This is an island +/- 10 miles off the coast near the City of Brisbane. The island is mainly a get-away island for the Aussie’s to go camping. There are limited Services like restaurants and hotels. The main activities are snorkeling, hikingContinue reading “Moreton Island Aus.”

February 12, 2025 Good Morning readers. First of all on my last 2 posts, the month should be February and not January .(Thank you for pointing this out Cynthia) This morning we booked a short trip to Manly Beach. The bus took us through a variety of North Sydney suburbs before arriving at Manly. TheContinue reading “Sydney, Australia”

January 11, 2025 When I woke up this morning we  were already docked at White Bay in Sydney. We had breakfast on the back deck and at the same time enjoying the view of the harbour and the City. For this morning we had a day tour booked to the Blue Mountains. Before we couldContinue reading “Sydney, Australia”

January 7, 2025 After a rough day at sea we arrived this morning in Noumea. When I say rough day, it wasn’t really that bad. We  had approximately 10ft waves, that was a little more intense then we had so far on our voyage. After the ship’s staff had posted ” barf bags” all overContinue reading “Noumea, New Caledonia”