WELCOME

Wow, February already. To be honest we are still so tired we would have believed it was any day. We awoke around 8am and had a decent...

We got up at 6:15am with the plan to join the queue for a US immigration ticket at 7am. We joined the queue at 6:45 and as tickets were...

Awoke to a rocking ship. We slept OK but many haven't apparently. Lots of creaking noises etc.. but throughout the morning it wasn't too...

Up fairly early to ring Emily proper on her birthday. Whoever fixed the internet did a decent job as we managed to get a signal in our...

Today we have reached the halfway stage of this segment of our holiday. It has gone fast on some days but the sea days are dragging....

Another hour gained so we are now GMT-8. Internet was in yo-yo mode this morning. Up and down constantly. We had a refund so any access...

This was a nothing day. Mark’s exertions yesterday with the gym and cricket led to a very restless night as all joints and muscles from...

On our crossing to Hawaii you can feel the sea movement more than we had done for a while. It is a constant mild swaying motion like a...

This is the 1st of 7 sea days to get to Hawaii. It was semi cloudy today with temperatures reaching 23c so a big drop in temperatures...

We have arrived on land again.  The sun was shining as we woke up…. as the day was dawning, on a Mexican Monday morning…. Is this the way...

Sorry for the delay in these posts but the ship has been having internet issues. We are having a whale of a time. Yes, today on the open...

We awoke at 7am as the ship was docking and got lovely views of the port town. We did not have a shore excursion planned but knew what we...

So let’s start with a confession. Even after the gala dinner yesterday we went up to the midnight buffet for hot chocolate but there were...

Today was mainly an admin day. We purchased a 24hr internet package again and posted blogs, caught up on emails, paid bills etc… Our ship...

Walnut whip. That got that out the way. See yesterday's post if confused. Early start today as we rose at 6am for the Panama Canal...

We have done 2 weeks onboard now. Time for a review. The last few days have really been how we hoped the cruise would be. OK there is no...

In the words of Bill Withers this has been “a lovely day”. Our pre-cruise investigation suggested that Jamaica was not the safest of...

Started off with a nice view of Cuba from our cabin - which Mark has tried to capture with the cover image of this post. Need a photo...

Mark started the day with a trip to the gym. On the way he came across people hoovering the lift areas and staircases. On the the way...

It’s been an eventful day and it seems we can’t catch much of a break. The day started early as we were told to be prepared to go off the...