A highlight of this adventure was always going to be sailing into Sydney Harbour and viewing our country through the eyes of foreigners and I am happy to report that…
No doubt inspired by my numerous visits to this country as a child, I have long considered New Zealand, Australia’s poorer, less sophisticated neighbour. Well, I got that wrong, didn’t…
Its taken five days to traverse the 2365 nautical miles between Honolulu and Papeete, Tahiti. And as we tipped over the equator, back into the Southern Hemisphere, the days became…
There are approximately 1950 passengers and 800 crew onboard our ship. Before we can disembark San Francisco, each and every one of us must personally meet face to face with…
The clocks went back again last night, we are now 19 hours behind Australia. This means that when we awoke this morning – January 26th, 2020, the time at home…
As the sun once again rises in the east, we continue our ever-westward journey. The Pacific Ocean – so familiar and comforting after the Atlantic offers us whales and dolphins…
Funnily enough, this entire journey started with a desire to experience the Panama Canal. After traversing the Suez Canal back in 2017, the seed was planted and comparing the two…
You know that dusty bottle of liqueur, full of blue liquid with a name you cannot pronounce that’s usually pushed right to the back of your cupboard/bar? Well, we went…
This morning, the tenth time since departing on our journey we put our clocks back another hour. This means that we are now fifteen hours behind Australia. To catch up,…
We are currently on day three of our five consecutive "at sea" days before we reach our next destination Aquaba, Jordan. We have just exited the HRA - High Risk…