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  • World Wonders Cruise Diary – Day 23 – Waitangi, New Zealand

    Cruise day 23 – Jan 27 Visit Bay of Islands (Waitangi), New Zealand – We finally made it to New Zealand, and Bay of Islands was our first of 7 port stops in this country. It was a busy 1-day stop for us, since we added an optional excursion to our already reserved included one. …

  • World Wonders Cruise Diary – Day 20 – Fiji

    Cruise day 20 – Jan 24 Visit Suva, Fiji –   Well, another stop that wasn’t quite what we had imagined.  It was a very short visit, docking around 7:00am and leaving at 2:00pm.  We wanted to make the best of it, and although we had originally reserved an included narrated tour of the area,…

  • World Wonders Cruise Diary – Days 17,18 – Tonga

    Cruise days 17,18 – Jan 21,22 Visit Tongatapu, Kingdom of Tonga – Just before reaching Tonga we crossed the International Date Line.  When flying over the IDL it’s not a big deal; you just set your watch back or forward the number of hours required to match the time at your destination.  But when you…

  • World Wonders Cruise Diary – Days 14-17 – At Sea

    Sea Days – Jan 17-20 We welcome sea days as a chance to catch up on laundry, culling pictures and of course blogging.  Steve gets a break this time while I share our typical life on sea days: After two weeks of cruising we’ve finally found our rhythm and routine.  It took us a while…

  • World Wonders Cruise Diary – Day 13 – Bora Bora

    Cruise day 13 – Jan 16 Visit Vaitape, Bora Bora, French Polynesia – Wow, this is more like it!  Bora Bora is the exotic island with pristine turquoise waters, a gorgeous deep lagoon and the small village-like atmosphere that I had envisioned.  It has the perfect south pacific “heavy jungle” look, and two beautiful volcanic…

  • World Wonders Cruise Diary – Days 11,12 – Tahiti

    Cruise days 11,12  – Jan 14,15 Visit Papeete, Tahiti – French Polynesia Our imminent arrival at Tahiti was initially exciting, when we saw the island from about 30 miles out during our approach.  But the closer we got, the more we could tell this was a very busy place with a large port cargo operation…

  • World Wonders Cruise Diary – Day 8 – Marquesas Islands, French Polynesia

    Cruise day 8 – Jan 12 Visit Taiohae, Nuku Hiva – “Land Ho!”, we shouted with glee as we caught our first glimpse of land at 5:30am after 7 days at sea.  Although we enjoyed the long, lazy days during our Pacific crossing, we were more than ready to stand on solid ground again.  This…

  • World Wonders Cruise Diary – Day 5,6,7 – Pacific Ocean

    Day 5,6,7 – Jan 9-11 Cruising the Pacific – About the only change in scenery during the past 3 days has been the cloud formations.  We did manage to pick up 3 seabirds that somehow flew at least 800 miles from the nearest land to join us as a base for resting and feeding.  Amazing…

  • World Wonders Cruise Diary- Day 2,3,4 – Pacific Ocean

    Day 2,3,4 – Jan 6-8 Cruising the Pacific – Our first full day at sea was a mixed bag of pleasure and pain.  Mona Liza was seasick most of the day, and I’m moving like a cripple since I seemed to have pulled my back pretty good while hauling luggage toward and around LAX (I…