- 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
- 2020 World Cruise Possibilities
- 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
- 2020 World Cruise – w/detailed dates
- 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 36 – At Sea
The Hazel Omelet
Over the past few days, our tablemate Rick has been raving about the Lido Market omelet cook, Hazel. She created an omelet she named “Ricks Special Hazel Omelet”. This morning Rick and I met for breakfast to give this omelet a taste test and watch Hazel in action. Hazel is from the Philippines, near Manila and has a nice smile with a very friendly disposition.
Hazel makes the omelet using virtually every ingredient available – except seafood – and she adds pepper jack cheese to give the omelet a little kick. While she was making omelets for me and Rick, another guest, who was watching this exposition, changed his order and asked for a Rick’s Special Hazel Omelet instead. Who knows, maybe this will catch on as a special omelet for the rest of the cruise.
The omelets were very tasty, and we enjoyed them in the Lido at a nice table by the window.
Coffee Chat
Ruben Vilagrand was the guest for Coffee Chat this morning. He is a mime magician from Spain, but today he spoke for his interview with Hamish. He started out as a magician and developed his routine using mime skills so his show could be easily performed for a variety of audiences regardless of their native language. There is one trick he removes from his show if there are a lot of children in the audience – this is where he pretends to swallow dozens of fish-hooks and then pull them back up. It is a little unnerving to watch and I can only imagine children either getting scared or getting some bad ideas.
Judy demonstrated how to block gauge swatches in the Crow’s nest during knitting time this morning.
Judy wins the photo contest!
They announced the winners of the photo contest this morning and Judy’s picture won the Landscape category. There were probably over 30 entries in this category and the winner was selected by popular passenger vote. With so many entries, and there were many very nice submissions, we were pleasantly surprised when we saw that her photo was the winner. This photo was my feature photo for my Bora Bora post back in January.
Spotlight show
Violinist Finona Pears was the featured performer for the special Spotlight show this evening. She put on another outstanding show and Judy was able to meet Fiona and her husband after the show.
Dinner with the Hotel Director
Henk Mensink, Hotel Director, joined us for dinner this evening. Henk is a delightful dinner companion and we all enjoyed our evening. Toward the end of dinner, the Dining Room Manager and Executive Chef stopped by to check on how everything went. Needless to say, everything was marvelous, which it has been all cruise.
Queens Lounge
The show this evening was a split bill featuring the magician Ruben and accordion player Annie Gong. Ruben’s show featured more sleight of and some amazing rope tricks. He spoke thru the entire show this evening and we enjoyed his performance very much.
Annie Gong finished the evening with another amazing display of her skill playing the accordion. She plays a wide range of genres and wrapped up the evening with some lively polkas while see marched thru the audience with some of the backstage crew accompanying her waving brooms. After her performance, Hamish asked her to return to the stage for a bow. Once back on center stage, Annie grabbed a surprise Hamish as she took him for a quick spin around the stage.
