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Category: 2015 Voyage- Around the World Pacific Princess

Day 18 – Auckland, New Zealand

This is our second visit to Auckland, New Zealand’s largest city – 1.5 million of their 4.5 million citizens live in this beautiful city on the country’s north island. Many times on a long cruise we are at the pier before we wake up and it is always interesting to see the locale for the […]

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Day 17 – Bay of Islands, New Zealand

While we have been to New Zealand before, this is our first visit to the Bay of Islands, in the far north of the country. The bay is named for the 100 + islands which dot the sea inside the bay, and is perhaps the most historic place in the country. It was in this […]

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Day 13 – Samoa

Thursday, February 5, at 6:30 am we began to catch sight of Samoa, under the most spectacular of full moons. By the time we reached the harbor at Apia, the capital of Samoa, the sun was up affording us a view of Samoa’s capital building, flanked by a hotel on the right, and the Immaculate […]

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Day 8,9,10 Sailing from Honolulu

As we sailed from Honolulu, we had a really nice dinner on the back deck with the lights of Honolulu receding in the background. We have a five day sail to Samoa, including crossing the International Date Line, which eliminates February 2. On previous cruises, since we were usually in a small inside cabin, I […]

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Day 7 – Honolulu

About 6:30 in the morning, before the sun was up, we sailed between O’ahu and Moloka’I, and began to see the lights of Honolulu, with Diamondhead standing in dark contrast to the city lights. By the time we were nearing the port, the sun was just beginning to rise, affording us this view. On almost […]

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Another Day at Sea, enroute to Honolulu

To some, five days at sea, with no ports and no land in sight might be boring. To me, it is the perfect way to start a long cruise – relaxing, exploring the ship, electronically disconnecting, and adjusting to life at sea. Nothing but sea and sky, for thousands of miles. While we do have […]

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Day One minus 1 – Dallas to Los Angeles

On our last trip, Barbara Martin was concerned that we were going out the same day we sailed. I told her not to worry, we had done it dozens of times and never missed a sailing. Due to aircraft problems, we almost missed it.  This year we are going a day early and staying in a […]

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