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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After dropping off almost half our passengers we sailed north toward Christmas Island. The Captain announced that because we bypassed French Polynesia, the plan was spend 2 days on each of the Hawaiian Islands. Sounds good. Shortly after this he announced that our stop in Christmas Island had been cancelled. The next day we were […]
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Our third day with this view. The Papeete passengers continued debarking by tender, and we watched occasional flights taking off from the little Rarotonga airport – big planes for such a little airport. After all of them were off the ship, we set sail considerably less crowded, which was good since French Polynesia had not […]
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As we boarded the ship last night from Rarotonga, the Captain announced that the French Polynesian government had refused to let us visit French Polynesia, which includes stops in Papeete, Moorea, Bora Bora, and Huahine Iti. He said he was in negotiation with them to allow those passengers whose cruises were due to end in […]
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Rarotonga has agreed to let us visit – hooray! Rarotonga is the largest island of the Cook Islands, even though its fellow islands are several hundred miles away. While it is a self governing independent nation it is closely aligned with New Zealand for international relations and defense. The capital of the Cook Islands is […]
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Great days at sea as we headed toward Rarotonga in the Cook Islands. Some beautiful seascape photos from Zaga. Along the way, the news from the Captain grew more ominous – the nation of French Polynesia (Tahiti) had declined our visit to Moorea, which was to be our first stop in French Polynesia. The coronavirus […]
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