This long-overdue post covers the final excursions we took on our aborted Viking World Wonders cruise that ended in Bali. Yes, this post is stale, but when we arrived back in the states on March 10th we were in no mood to write (or even read) blogs for a while. With the world turned topsy-turvy our motivation went down the […]
Cruise days 63,64 – Mar 8,9 In case you missed our previous post, by the time you read this we’re settled back into Betsy, back to reality and our “normal” life in Tucson, AZ. Our final port stop at Bali, Indonesia – Our problems disembarking the ship due to the Coronavirus hysteria heightened as we approached Bali. This was a […]
Cruise day 61 – Mar 5 By the time you read this we’ve returned to Arizona cutting short our World Wonders Cruise. It basically fell apart as far as the destinations we wanted to see – although Viking Sun is continuing with no planned itinerary. The World Health Organization has just declared Covid 19 a global pandemic and President Trump […]
Cruise day 58 – Mar 2 After another day at sea we were thrilled to get a first glimpse of the beautiful green mountainous islands of Indonesia. It’s exciting to enter a country that you’ve only seen in magazines or brochures previously, and so it was as our ship set anchor in the shallow bay facing Komodo Island. Not much […]
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 […]
Mona Liza wanted a post about our unexpected four days cruising the Coral Sea, two on our way to Noumea, New Caledonia and two back to Australia. They were her favorite sea days so far because the ocean was almost mirror-smooth with calm winds – perfect! They were also the days when we saw a lot of things flying around. […]
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.
