This is our third or fourth time through the canal and I still find it a fascinating piece of engineering. The fee structure for using the canal is based upon size – cruise ships are charged by the number of berths. There is a premium charged if a reserved time is needed. The largest ships […]
Read moreThis was a nice quiet day at sea. We have internet on the ship again, which makes my travel so much easier – I dont have to spend all my time when we are in port searching for an internet café. The only exciting event today was covid testing ordered by the ships doctor – […]
Read moreIt has been many years since we visited Aruba and we are looking forward to seeing what is new. What we remember is heat and wind and friendly people. As a Dutch territory, along with the islands of Bon Aire and Curcao, Aruba is quite well organized and prosperous. The only stain on its reputation […]
Read moreAnyone who has followed our journeys probably knows that I prefer days at sea to days in port – except for certain ports like Hong Kong, Singapore, Auckland and a few others. I spend my time exploring the ship, in the early part of a cruise, reading, working on this blog, and generally attempting to […]
Read moreOriginally this cruise was scheduled to embark in Ft Lauderdale, so that is where our (non-refundable) hotel was located. We stayed in Ft Lauderdale Friday night and traveled with our friends Dan and Zaga to Miami Saturday morning. Dan and Zaga were on the 2020 cruise in the South Pacific which was shortened by Covid […]
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After over 2 weeks at sea, the California coastline was a very welcome sight, and the Captain has assured us that, unlike Hawaii, California is going to let us dock and debark. Apparently the Port of San Diego has taken up the task of aiding the many cruise ships stuck at sea debark their passengers […]
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We are on our way to San Diego hopefully to debark the ship and head home. While the State of Hawaii refused us entry, and we are hearing of other cruise ships around the world which are being turned away from ports, we have been told that San Diego will allow us in to the […]
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We are still tied up at the Honolulu pier with no word on whether or not we will be allowed off. The Captain keeps informing us that negotiations are on going. As the day goes on it becomes increasingly obvious we are not getting off the ship. By mid-afternoon the Captain makes the announcement that […]
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We arrived just before dawn this morning in Honolulu and tied up at the pier – well at least there were no irate citizens with pitchforks trying to stop us. There were however lots of police. I think they wanted to make sure we didn’t revolt and abandon ship in mass. Once we were advised […]
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Today the Captain announced we would not be going to Hilo. Apparently the fine folks of Hilo decided that somehow we were a threat to their health – despite the fact that we have no illness on board and certainly no coronavirus. They threatened to come out in small boats and block the harbor. The […]
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