Category: World Wonders Cruise
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World Wonders Cruise Diary – Day 26 – Rotorua, New Zealand
Cruise day 26 – Jan 30 Visit Rotorua (Port of Tauranga), New Zealand – Another brief stop at a beautiful place that we wished we had a lot more time to explore. As all cruisers know, although cruising has many upsides for travelers, one downside is that the stops are too short – usually one…
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World Wonders Cruise Diary – Days 24,25 – Auckland, New Zealand
Cruise days 24,25 – Jan 28,29 This is our first cruise stop in a big city (Auckland has a population of almost two million), and we spent two days here while the ship was re-stocked with supplies and personnel. It gave us a chance to get updated about life and culture around the port and…
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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. …
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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,…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…