- The Journey Begins – The 2018 Grand World Voyage
- Leaving San Diego for Fort Lauderdale
- Arriving in Fort Lauderdale and our first day
- Fort Lauderdale – Day 2
- Day 1 – The Adventure Begins
- Day 2 – Our First Sea Day – Abba Fabulous!
- Day 3, Georgetown, Grand Cayman
- Day 4, At Sea En Route Puerto Limon (San Jose), Costa Rica
- Day 5, Puerto Limon, Costa Rica
- Day 6, Transit the Panama Canal
- Day 7, Fuerte Amador, Panama
- Day 8, At Sea
- Day 9, At Sea
- Day 10, At Sea
- Day 11, At Sea
- Day 12, At Sea
- Day 13, At Sea – Enroute to Nuku Hiva
- Day 14, At Sea, Enroute to Nuku Hiva
- Day 15, At Sea – Enroute to Nuku Hiva
- Day 16, Taiohae, Nuku Hiva, French Polynesia
- Day 17, At Sea
- Day 18, Avatoru, Rangiroa, French Polynesia
- Day 19, Papeete, Tahiti, French Polynesia
- Day 20, Mooera, French Polynesia
- Day 21, Bora Bora, French Polynesia
- Day 22 – At Sea
- Day 23, Avarua, Rarotonga, Cook Islands
- Day 24, At Sea
- Day 25 – Alofi, Niue
- Day 26 – At Sea – Crossed Dateline – Jan 29th GONE!
- Day 27 – At Sea
- Day 28 – At Sea
- Day 29 – Auckland, NZ
- Day 30 – Tauranga – 3 Feb 2018
- Day 31 – Napier
- Day 32, At Sea – Super Bowl Monday
- Day 33, Port Chalmers, Dunedin
- Day 34, Fjordlands National Park – Milford Sound
- Day 35 – At Sea – Enroute Sydney
- Day 36 – At Sea
- Day 37 – Sydney, Australia
- Day 38 – Sydney, Australia
- Day 39 – At Sea
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- Day 40, Hobart, Tasmania
- Day 41, At Sea
- Day 42, At Sea
- Day 43 – Penneshaw, Kangaroo Island
- Day 44 – Adelaide, South Australia
- Day 45 – At Sea
- Day 46 – At Sea
- Day 47 – Albany, Western Australia
- Day 48 – 21 Feb Perth
- Day 49 – Perth Yarn Crawl
- Day 50 – At Sea
- Day 51 – At Sea
- Day 52 – At Sea
- Day 53 – Benoa, Bali
- Day 54 – Benoa – Bali
- Day 55 – At Sea
- Day 56 – At Sea
- Day 57 – At Sea
- Day 58, Puerto Princesa
- Day 59, – At Sea
- Day 60, Manila, Philippines
- Day 61, Manila, Philippines
- Day 62 – At Sea
- Day 63 – Hong Kong
- Day 64, Hong Kong
- Day 65 – At Sea
- Day 66 – At Sea
- Day 67 – Phu My, Vietnam
- Day 68 – Siem Reap (ms Amsterdam at Sea)
- Day 69 – Siem Reap
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- Day 70 – Singapore
- Day 71 – At Sea
- Day 72 – Phuket
- Day 73 – At Sea
- Day 74 – At Sea – Enroute to Sri Lanka
- Day 75 – Columbo, Sri Lanka
- Day 76 – At Sea – Enroute to the Seychelles
- Day 77 – At Sea
- Day 78 – At Sea
- Day 79 – Victoria, Seychelles
- Day 80 – At Sea
- Day 81 – At Sea
- Day 82 – St Denis – Reunion Island
- Day 83 – At Sea
- Day 84 – At Sea
- Day 85 – At Sea
- Day 86 – Maputo – Safari Day 1
- Day 87 – Kambaku River Sands – Safari Day 2
- Day 88 – Kambaku River Sands – Safari Day 3
- Day 89 – Kambaku River Sands – Safari Day 4
- Day 90 – Cape Town, South Africa
- Day 91, Cape Town, South Africa
- Day 92 – At Sea
- Day 93, Walvis Bay, Namibia
- Day 94 – At Sea
- Day 95 – At Sea
- Day 96 -Luanda, Angola
- Day 97 – At Sea
- Day 98 – At Sea
- Day 99 – Crossing the Equator
- Day 100 – At Sea
- Day 101 – At Sea
- Day 102 – Banjul, Gambia
- Day 103 – Dakar, Senegal
- Day 104 – At Sea
- Day 105, Praia – Cape Verde
- Day 106 – At Sea
- Day 107 – At Sea
- Day 108 – At Sea
- Day 109 – At Sea – April 23, 2018
- Day 110 – At Sea
- Day 111 – San Juan, Puerto Rico
- Day 112 – At Sea
- Day 113 – At Sea
- Day 114 – Fort Lauderdale
- 2018 World Cruise Entertainers
Day 13, At Sea – Enroute to Nuku Hiva, 16 January 2018
A Lazy Day at Sea
The beautiful weather continues as we sail towards Nuku Hiva. There was a little more deck motion than there has been over the past few days, but only the people most prone to seasickness are probably affected. You see a few people walking around with patches behind their ears, but the front desk has yet to put out a bowl of green apples and soda crackers.
Room Service Breakfast
Our day begins with a hot room service breakfast. The room service hang tag menu for this Grand Voyage is identical to any other Holland America cruise and like our previous cruises room service staff is very accommodating towards handwritten changes to the preprinted menu.
Breakfast is always delivered on time and at the perfect temperature. Occasionally I will wander up to the Lido deck and get some French Toast, waffles or pancakes. I haven’t tried writing these requests on the hangtag menu, but I would guess there’s good chance if I did they would be delivered.
Tai Chi
Judy continues to enjoy her Tai Chi class. They may have to start blocking the door to prevent people who want to get an early seat for the follow-on lecture from entering during the Tai Chi class and disrupting the concentration of the students.
Coffee Chat
Martin Beaumont was the guest this morning for coffee chat. We learned that at one point his stage name was Dave Dave which he chose so it would be distinctive and easy to remember. He did mention that having a distinctive name can sometimes work against you if you had a bad show. He shared an amusing anecdote from experience on a Carnival cruise where he performed on the very first day while people were still checking in and the show bombed. He explained that unlike when you do poorly on land where you can simply go home, on a cruise ship you will be staying in the area for another week and have to suffer hecklers while lounging by the pool.
Texas Hold’em
I played three games of Texas hold ‘em today, winning one and losing the other two. For my winning game, it was down to myself and my Texas hold ‘em mentor and tablemate, Rick. At this point in the game the blinds are $3200 and $6400 and with a total of $40,000 in play the winner is decided more by luck than by skillful play. We did have an interesting finish because as it turned out for the last hand we both had exactly $20,000 left. I managed to pair up on the flop to beat Rick’s high card.
Knitting
I have learned knitting, purling and am starting to learn ribbing.
Judy is making great progress on her shawl called “Starting Point”, the details will be posted soon on her Ravelry page.
Lunch with Sarah Chandler
We sat by the pool again for lunch, and were pleased when Sarah Chandler walked by and was able to join us. As you recall, Sarah is an amazing saxophonist, performer and a wonderful person. Halfway through our lunch, Helen Wilding stopped by and joked that she was being mistaken for Sarah and was getting many compliments on her amazing saxophone performance. Helen is the amazing singer we saw earlier, and she does bear a resemblance towards Sarah.
Drawing Class
Judy is having a great time in the drawing class. Today they learned how to draw an Owl. Shown in this picture is a humorous directions which say “Draw some circles – then draw the owl”
Crafts
Judy made the crafts cut today. Here is a picture of the sample and what her completed project looked like.
Pub Trivia
Our table assembled once again for pub trivia at 5 PM in the piano bar. We are having a good time playing but we certainly won’t win the best triva team contest anytime soon. One of our teammates, Dawn, knew immediately that an octopus had three hearts, much to our amazement. None of us knew that Deborah Winger was the voice of the character E.T.
Dinner
Prime rib was on the menu this evening and it was ordered by most of the people at our table. Judy likes to get an end cut and her request is always satisfied.
Queen’s Lounge
Martin Beaumont was the headliner this evening and he put on a fantastic performance. His first show was outstanding, and he managed to improve on his success with his second show which was even better.
