Day 11 – Puerto Princesa (Tuesday)
Port of the Princess. Port #2 in Philippines. What a world of difference between the two places. This is somewhere…
Day 12 – Kota Kinabalu, Borneo (Wednesday)
Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia. Haven’t heard of this place before? Well, it’s also known as Sabah or Borneo. You know, the…
Day 13 – Thanksgiving at sea (Thursday)
Happy Thanksgiving! Merry pre-Christmas too!! Yup we’re mixing holidays today. I had wondered if an American tradition (Thanksgiving) would be…
Day 14 – At sea (Friday)
Something is seriously wrong with this ship. We just had what I can only describe as a mechanical “jackhammering” earthquake…
Day 15 – At sea (Saturday)
Third and final longest stretch of sea days on this trip. I’ve really enjoyed the size of the crowd on…
Day 16 – Benoa, Bali (Sunday)
Bali. For years I’ve heard of this island and it was one of the primary reasons for picking this trip.…
Day 17 – At sea (Monday)
Can I retire now? I’m enjoying this longer than 5 days off of work too too much. Technically I have…
Day 18 – At sea (Tuesday)
Very quite day aboard. Highlights of the day include round 2 of Top Chef, a guest talent show, Mick Jagger…
Day 19 – Darwin (Wednesday)
Never heard of Darwin, Australia? No? That would be because nothing happens here. This is a stinker of a port,…
Day 20 – At sea (Thursday)
I learned last night as we were pulling into port in Darwin, before we even tied up to the pier…