Port 20 Cabo San Lucas, Mexico
Buenos dias! Just before noon on Feb 15th, 2022, we pulled in to the harbor of Cabo San Lucas. We watched the famous arch slide by just before the ship set anchor. This is...
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Port 19 San Diego, California
Hello! This morning, Feb 13th, 2022, we arrived, for the third time this voyage, at the port of San Diego! We have no excursion, again, so the plan is to go shopping for art...
Port 18 Los Angeles, California
Greetings! After 9 long days at sea we arrived on Feb 12th, 2022, back in the port of Los Angeles for the second time on this Magincal Mystery Tour! We are in a different...
Port 17 Bora Bora, French Polynesia
Io orana! I will start this post with an apology for taking so long to get these posts out to you. Beginning with our next port of call, our second visit to Los Angeles,...
Port 15 Moorea, French Polynesia
Io orana! (Remember? “yo-rah-nah”) After leaving Papeete earlier this morning we pull in to the lagoon of Moorea a bit before 8 AM on Saturday, Jan 29th, 2022. At first I expect we are...
Port 16 Raiatea, French Polynesia
Io orana! Today, Jan 30th, 2022, we get to dock! No tenders! There is a large lagoon that surrounds both Raiatea and its sister island Taha’a. There are limited entrances through the coral reef...
Port 14 Papeete, Tahiti-nui, French Polynesia
Io orana! Mid-morning on Jan 28th, 2022, we head in to Papeete, Tahiti-nui, in French Polynesia. From our veranda on the back of the ship we know we are close when we could see...
Port 13 Rangiroa, French Polynesia
Ia orana! (Hello in Tahitian! It is pronounced “yo-rah-nah”) One more day at sea to reach Rangiroa, French Polynesia. We arrive at Rangiroa on Jan 27th, 2022. Rangiroa is an atoll northeast of Tahiti,...
Port 12 Nuku Hiva, Marquesas Islands, French Polynesia
Kaoha! (the Marquesan word for “Aloha”, hello) After four more days at sea we arrived at Nuku Hiva, Marquesas, French Polynesia, on Jan 25th, 2022. We were greeted with sheer rock faces dropping straight...
Port 11 Kailua-Kona, Hawaii
Aloha! We arrived at Kailua-Kona on Jan 20th. It was a choppy sea day – no fun to be tendering in to the dock. Challenging for even a nimble athlete to step in or...
Port 10 Lahaina, Maui, Hawaii
Aloha! We’re back at Maui today, but on the Lahaina side this time. We have pretty skies with the sun peeking over Maui and shining on Molokai in the distance. We are greeted with...
Port 09 Nawiliwili, Kauai, Hawaii
One more Aloha! On Jan 18th we arrived at Kauai. Coming in to the Lihue port at Nawiliwili the sun was rising. A few minutes later the sky’s colors popped! This is probably my...
Port 08 Kahului, Maui, Hawaii
Aloha! Today we pulled in to our first stop at Maui. Once again our tour for this stop was cancelled. Say it with me – whirled! But the moon was dropping to the horizon...
Port 07 Honolulu, Oahu, Hawaii
Aloha! Early morning on Jan 16 we glided into Honolulu’s harbor, heading for Pier 2. It was still dark and a little bit foggy. The sun began to rise as we passed Waikiki ,...
Point of Interest: Major Itinerary Change
We had a great day in Lahaina, Maui, Hawaii today. Can you say “whales! Whales! WHALES!!”? But more on that later. I am am now four ports behind on my blog and will continue...
Port 06 San Diego, California – Take 2
We glided into San Diego early in the morning on Jan 8th. But there wasn’t a pretty sunrise this time – overcast and gray… As a reminder, this port of call is a replacement...
Port 05 Los Angeles, California
After one day at sea we arrived at the Port of Los Angeles on Jan 5th. We hoped to see the armada of container ships waiting their turns to get unloaded, but we glided...
Port 04 San Diego, California
We cruised the eastern Pacific Ocean for eight days before arriving in San Diego. We had four ports of call cancelled between the Panama Canal and San Diego. These were San Juan Del Sur,...
Port 03 Puntarenas, Costa Rica
On December 28th we arrived at the dock at Puntarenas, Cost Rica. Puntarenas means “sandy point”. There were some interesting structures visible on shore, but we never had a chance to explore them. I...
Point of Interest: Panama Canal
On December 26th we headed into the Panama Canal. We passed dozens of cargo ships at anchor awaiting their turn to enter the Canal. Our guest lecturer on board explained that ships with “human...
