Cruise day 53 – Feb 26 This stop takes the cake as the shortest cruise stop we’ve ever experienced – four hours! To make it even shorter the ship was anchored, meaning almost an hour of that time was spent going back and forth to the island on the tenders. But on the plus side, we got in a good […]
Cruise days 48,49 – Feb 21,22 We enjoyed our 2-day stay in the medium-sized city of Cairns (pronounced “kanz”), which has a population of around 150,000. We took 2 excursions on this stop, the included Cairns Panorama Tour on the first day, and then an excellent optional full-day journey on the second day, the Great Barrier Reef Tour. Cairns Panorama […]
Cruise days 44,45 – Feb 17,18 Our visit here in Noumea, New Caledonia was not on our original itinerary and became a first time stop for Viking. The ship apparently re-routed here (two days of out-of-the-way sailing east from Brisbane) to allow Viking time to plan further revisions on the way to Bali, and the following segment to Mumbai. The […]
Cruise day 41, Feb 14 Another fairly rough night at sea due to big swells and big winds (it’s getting old) had us arriving at another big city, Brisbane (pronounced Brisbin). The approach to the dock was long and slow, as it’s located several miles up the Brisbane River from where it meets the Coral Sea. Brisbane Panorama Tour – […]
We (Steve and Mona Liza) retired early at the beginning of 2012, sold our house and almost all of our belongings and moved into our RV. We are pursuing our dream of traveling the U.S. and Canada for several years and seeing everything and everyplace we can.
