Puerto Princesa Tricycles and Butterflies

Our first stop in The Philippines was the beautiful Puerto Princesa I was supposed to be on the jungle hike, but had to cancel due to the troublesome knee, but in the end there were no escorts anyway due to the use of small minibuses instead of coaches So for the pricely sum of $20…

Brilliant Bitung

Been looking back through the blog and need to catch up big style as we head for the Suez Canal and hopefully better wifi! I can honestly say this has been an experience of a lifetime but I don’t think anything prepared us for Bitong and the wonderful people of Indonesia. We arrived the night…

Cairns, Kuranda Railway and Skyrail

Swooping high above the rainforest with cockatiels, kookaburra and parrots flying below you the cable car up to the quaint village of Kuranda is so long you have to do it in three sections. As we boarded, the first thing we glided over was a field of kangaroo before heading high above the tree tops,…

Crocodile Safari

A new Australian port for me, Arlie Beach (pronounced early beach) and my tour was the amazing Arlie Beach Crocodile Safari. This would involve a short bus ride before swamp boat and tractor tour through the swamps and bush. I was escort and unfortunately there were only enough seats on the boat for guests, but…

A day at the Opera

I’d been to Sydney 3 times, four if you count two trips in one holiday and had never been to the Sydney Opera House which is why we put that right on day one with our night at The Mirrot. So it was a bit of a surprise on day 2 when my tour was…

All at Sea Again

Another stretch of sea days as we sail between Hawaii and Samoa. Though just 5 days in a row this time. This time we had the added excitement of crossing both the equator and the International Date Line, meaning we completely lost Sunday 5th February as we put our clocks 23 hours forward on Saturday…

Aloha Hawaii

A long 8 days at sea led to our arrival in Honolulu, Hawaii. On the way we painted some Hula Girls and some Vintage Travel Posters so had a little mini exhibition to welcome everyone in. I got up early for our arrival in the hope that I’d see a few whales, but sadly I…

Manzanillo. In Colour

If you had to sum up Manzanillo, Mexico in one word, it would be colourful. It seems like a long time since we were there, six days ago, but crossing the Pacific we knew to expect patchy wifi Arriving in the busy commercial port in more glorious sunshine, we decided to repeat our previous successful…

A Birthday at Sea

This post finds me another year older but no wiser! Yesterday was my Birthday and we spent it at sea Up at our usual time for art class though I did find time to open my presents, and a surprise card from someone in class. I also learned to my absolute delight, that my hubby…

Bucket List ✔️ Panama Canal

I’m writing this while cruising the Pacific Ocean, watching flying fish, turtles, dolphins and loads of Brown Boobies fishing, on my birthday, having transited the Panama Canal yesterday I’m not an early riser, but I set my alarm for 5.30 and was on deck for 6.10am to hear the captains announcement that we had a…

Life’s a beach!

After a fabulous formal night last night, brilliant table companions and the Killer Queen show, one of our favourites superbly preformed we wakened to a beautiful sunny day in Jamaica We had a very lazy breakfast to let the tours and the early rush off then headed to the taxi hoping to have a wander…

All around Cuba

One blog for the 2 sea days as we make our way around Cuba heading for Montego Bay, Jamaica. Yesterday everyone was tired after the long day in Port Everglades, plus the sun had gone into hiding, so it was pretty quiet around the ship, though classes were as busy as ever! Last night’s entertainment…