WELCOME

This day has been a little emotional doing our regular activities for the final time and saying goodbye to people we have got to know...

We got our aching bodies going and had breakfast onboard and then split up. Mark took his tuxedos and suits to a dry cleaners in Pyrmont...

We were awake just before 6am - not to see the ship enter Sydney as that had already occurred about 1hr earlier - we had to be separately...

Mark awoke earlier than Pam so crept off to the buffet for Eggs Benedict. He then strolled the decks for some fresh air and the sky was...

Pam awoke with a splitting headache so spent most of the morning in the cabin and balcony. It is a very windy day again and around 20c so...

Today is the first of 3 sea days. We have retraced our steps back past Auckland and past the Bay of Islands (where we were meant to stop...

The Captain awoke us with a cabin announcement at 9am. His good news was that we were at sea and were currently on track to dock at...

Not the best of night’s sleep. The ship was steady but Mark still had a restless sleep getting asleep after 1am and waking up at 7am....

Although this is our 2nd day in Auckland, this is the day we were originally scheduled to dock here, Every day comes more bad news. Some...

Mark awoke at 6am and went up to the crow’s nest (the bar on deck 10 at the front of the ship) to watch the entry into Auckland. There is...

More bad news. New Zealand’s north island, including Auckland, is in a state of emergency and all non essential travel is prohibited....

All reversed today. Pam awoke early and had breakfast and then did 3 laps of the promenade (1 mile) Mark struggled out of bed and...

This has been a nothing kind of day. The day started wet and the open decks stayed wet until early afternoon. A late start to the day as...

We landed in Samoa (used to be called Western Samoa but now just Samoa). It was extremely humid and we had a ship tour called Island...

Mark woke up early at 7am and, not being able to get back to sleep, decided to have a early breakfast and walk 9 laps (3 miles) around...

We are now 13hrs ahead of the UK whereas we were 10hrs behind when we went to sleep last night. This is all very new to us. We tried to...

Today was the day we lost. We haven't officially crossed the international date line yet but we need to lose a day before we reach Samoa...

Awoke this morning with the ship rocking a bit but with heavy showers. As often happens, we went our separate ways. Mark tried to do a...

Mark awoke before Pam and went to see the new lecturer who did a talk on Hawaiian plants and wildlife. Not too sure why as we have left...

The whole ship seems shattered but Maritime law states that we have to do a monthly evacuation exercise (called a muster drill) and today...