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  • World Wonders Cruise Diary – Day 58 – Komodo, Indonesia

    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…

  • World Wonders Cruise Diary – Day 41 – Brisbane, and Major Itinerary Changes

    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…

  • Behind the scenes on the Viking Sun – ship’s tours

    In addition to all of the included and optional shore excursions we’ve taken during the past few weeks, we recently stumbled onto some other tours of operating areas within the ship.  These weren’t published anywhere, and we only found out through word of mouth from another passenger.  So, if you take a cruise you may…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 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 – 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…