Category: Travel Journey
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Tauranga, New Zealand, 11 February 2023
We had a LOTR tour through the Hobbit village. That was canceled when we got onboard in January due to lack of staff to run the event. Bummer We had a good time walking through a Saturday swap meet and chatting with locals. They had some very cool stuff not to mention a VW car…
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Auckland, New Zealand February 10, 2023
Our city tour was canceled! Drat! …We’re on vacation, it’s all good! We walked through the downtown shopping district with our friends Danny & Pat! It was a lovely day considering it was supposed to be cold and rainy. Reality, not a cloud in sight. 😀
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Bay of Islands, New Zealand Thursday, February 9, 2023
Yes, we have crossed the International Date line! Time traveling to tomorrow! Hehehe! Today we took a tour through the Hole in the Rock Island. And all around the bay.
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Pago Pago, American Samoa
Today is day 17! Time is flying by. Our tour today was “East Side Island Drive” in the city of Pago Pago. It is pronounced “pawn-go pawn-go” It was humid but not too hot. It rained a little bit but mostly after we were back onboard. Our waiter mentioned going to a Filipino restaurant, San-J.…
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Moorea, French Polynesia
Sail and snorkel today! Crystal clear beautiful water in every shade of blue. Unfortunately, Barry had a cold and missed this excursion. Robbin snorkeled found all the underwater statues, looked at the coral, and saw a blue “Dorie” fish! Among other fish.
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Tahiti
January 31, 2023 Undiscovered Papeete, Tahiti! We managed to go in a small van rather than a bus! Yeah, especially since it started to pour as we “walked “ to the buses. I had never been here before. In fact, it’s all new to me until we get to the Mediterranean and then just a…
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Hawaii, our first port of call
We have had 5 sea days to learn the ship layout. We went to Honolulu on Oahu on Jan. 24th and to Lihue on Kauai. We have been walking every morning, among other activities. The entertainment onboard has been outstanding. The vocalist, Lou Gazzara performed twice. Honolulu!!! Well we’ve all been here before! Took a…
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Onboard the Island Princess
After 4 years of waiting for our world cruise, we are sailing on the Island Princess! Yesterday, at embarkation I wore my “when pigs fly” socks! Feel free to view our itinerary at this link… https://www.princess.com/downloads/pdf/learn/cruise-destinations/new-cruise-itineraries/2023-world-cruise-infographic.pdf The ship is among the smaller older cruise ships I have been on. However, newer isn’t always better. Our…
Robbin’s Journey 