- 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
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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 48 – 21 Feb Perth
We didn’t arrive in Fremantle until 4 PM so we had full day of our normal sea day activities beforehand.
Morning at Sea
Judy and I started the day with Coffee Chat with Ben Sack, the Amsterdam’s Artist in Residence. Ben draws incredibly detailed pictures of various ports around the world and is currently working on a large 4-foot by 7-foot drawing that will depict all the various ports of this world cruise. He has a video on YouTube that shows how one of these large drawings came to life. You can watch it HERE
At 10:30 today, they opened up the Galley’s for a “Behind the scenes Kitchen Tour”. Closed toed shoes were required and you had to complete a health questionnaire before being allowed back in the food preparation areas.
Afternoon
I played one game of Texas Hold’em today and lost.
Judy went to drawing class where they continue to work on shapes and how their shadows show the contour of the shape.
Today at crafts Judy made a pair of Cloisonné Ear Rings.
Fremantle
As we entered Fremantle harbor we spotted the Ocean Drover, which is the world’s largest purpose-built livestock carrier which can carry 75,000 live sheep or 18,000 live cattle to major markets around the globe.
The Amsterdam moored around 4 PM, port side, to the wharf adjacent to the Fremantle Cruise Terminal with the gangway located on deck 3 by the Atrium.
We headed off the ship around 4:40 and enjoyed some lively tunes by an Irish Band called “Southern Cross” as we passed thru the terminal.
We wanted to go to the Yarn Shop “Yarns on Collie” which was about a mile away but closed at 5:00 PM. Uber was readily available, so I ordered one up and it arrived at the cruise terminal in 2 minutes. Five minutes and $7 AUS later we arrived at the yarn shop with about 5 minutes to spare.
Tomorrow we would explore five Perth area yarn shops on our Yarn Crawl but we wanted to check out the closest shop today in case we started to run short of time and were unable make it to this shop tomorrow, as it was scheduled to be our last stop.
Fish and Chips
As we left the Yarn Shop we ran into our tablemate Susan. We didn’t have much for lunch, so we decided to get an early dinner. We headed down to the Fremantle waterfront to have some Fish and Chips at one of the many restaurants located on the Harbor. While wandering around the waterfront we came across this sculpture called “Coast Guard” by Greg James which was the signature work of the “Pawn Project” which “considers the value and status of the pawns beyond the chessboard. More information HERE.
After reviewing the potential restaurants on TripAdvisor we selected “Joe’s Fish Shack”. The place almost empty, but it was still pretty early and it would start to fill up later as we were leaving.
We all ordered the Fish and Chips which was offered as an Entrée for $26 AUS or as a Main for $22 AUS with the difference being the Entrée has 2 fillets instead of 1 with the Main. The fish was very good, and the single fillet was plenty enough for one person.
Sunset
The sun was about ready to set as we left “Joe’s Fish Shack” and we paused to watch and see if we could spot a green flash as we do quite often when we are home in San Diego. We weren’t disappointed as we spotted a small flash of green right as the sun disappeared below the horizon.
The evening weather was quite pleasant, and we were no longer in any particular hurry so we strolled back to the center of Fremantle and walked down South Terrace Street known as the “Cappuccino Strip” which is lined with restaurants, cafes and bars filled with tourists and locals.
There is a large Coles Grocery Store (with the adjacent LiquorLand) near the ship and we stopped in to pick up some snacks before heading back. Coles is open 7 days a week until 9 PM.
Back on the ship we stopped by the Lido where they were decorated for an Aussie Outback Cook-In where they were serving Kangaroo and Crocodile!
Since we had dinner early, we stopped by Table 303 to join the rest of our tablemates for conversation and desert.
No live show tonight since we were in port so they showed the movie “Suburbicon” in the Queen’s Lounge.
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