Join us on our world travels!
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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 ,...
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...
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...
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...
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,...
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...
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...
Merry Christmas! Cartagena greeted us with plenty of sunshine and a promise of a hot day! We boarded our bus with our tourguide Arturo Anaya for the Highlights of Cartagena tour. We began with...
Our first port of call was Key West. This was a substitute for Grand Cayman, since Grand Cayman is not allowing any cruise ships to come in right now. Key West was a grocery...
On arrival in Miami we found our way across the Brickell Key bridge to the Mandarin Oriental Hotel where the cruise company was having us stay the night before embarkation. Seeing this view from...
OK, not 2 BIG suitcases – 4 BIG suitcases, 2 large duffle bags, 2 medium duffle bags, 2 boxes, 1 rollaboard, and 2 backpacks. Oceania arranged for a company called LuggageForward to pick up...
Welcome to our blog for our Around-the-World (ATW) in 180 days cruise on the Oceania Insignia. OK, it’s actually 196 days, but that is a nuance for later. The Insignia carries 684 passengers, so...
