- 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 50, Feb 23, At Sea
Today was the first of 3 sea days as we head almost due north toward Bali, our next port of call.
Coffee Chat
Hamish’s guest for Coffee Chat this morning was Andy Bunger, who performed last evening in the Queen’s Lounge. He was born into an European artist family with a long tradition of performing. He first appeared at the age of 5 when he played the bagpipes and juggled in his parent’s musical show. In addition to performing he is also an arranger, transcriber, musical director, freelance orchestra musician, studio musician and producer.
Excursion Talk
I stopped by the Queen’s Lounge at 10 AM to hear Barbara and Nyron’s talk about the excursions available during the upcoming ports. Nyron opened his talk with a plea for all guests to carefully consider their own limitations when scheduling ship tours and pay close attention to the activity level required as shown by the icons on each tour’s descriptions that depict from 1 to 3 walking people which indicate and activity level from easy to strenuous. One of the major complaints he receives is from passengers who stated that their tour was negatively impacted because the group had to wait for some folks who were on an excursion that exceeded their abilities.
Afternoon on the ship
I played 3 Texas Hold’em tournaments today, winning one, finishing second in the other and losing the other.
Judy attended Ben’s drawing class where they have started to concentrate on tones. Today’s lesson was creating value studies with anywhere from 4 to 9 steps of gray scale tones.
During crafts Judy learned wireworking and made a Trendy Chain Mail Bracelet. Both a Men’s and Women’s version was available. The difference was the Men’s bracelet had some dark rubber links while the Women’s was all silver tone.
Evening
Tonight’s dinner featured a Greek theme with Greek Moussaka and the Greek Soup with Chicken, Orzo and Lemon being offered. We are big fans of Avgolemono soup which has Chicken, orzo and lemons as major ingredients, but the presentation of this soup varies widely from restaurant to restaurant across the USA. This soup wasn’t advertised as Avgolemono, but we had hopes that it might be something we would enjoy. It was just OK and we will probably give it a pass in the future.
Patrick Murray with Jamaica’s Number 1 comedienne, Matilida, was the headliner in the Queen’s lounge this evening. Patrick is an amazing ventriloquist and he brings Matilda to life with incredible skill and wit. His show would be fabulous as a straight comedian, but his ability to play straight man to Matilda is hilarious and he was easily the best comedian we have seen on this cruise so far. Patrick is an amazing talent and his show is worth seeing again and again. Don’t miss it!
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