Before you begin, a warning: this is a long read. 3,400 words, if you don’t count these. Also, a promise. There will be posts...

The capital of New Zealand, Wellington - Day 33 was our least favorite of the kiwi ports. Maybe it was because we had seen many of the...

Before diving in to our next port-of-call, Auckland, New Zealand (DAY 29 & 30), let me say this: If we ever felt the need to ex-pat...

The story of our next stop, Pago Pago, American Samoa,  begins with a Panama Canal cruise we took over a year ago. As our ship waited...

At the beginning of the television show Fantasy Island, Ricardo Montalban would stand at the pier waiting for the sea plane to come to...

It’s a fair bet that whoever said “Life is what happens to you while you’re busy making plans” was not speaking of world cruises, but it...

Forty-three days have passed since I last posted. The reasons for the delay are threefold: 1) Wifi is very spotty when in the middle of...

Those who know me well will not be surprised that I started packing for this trip a long time ago. As in almost as soon as we booked the...

L’ascenseur est fermé cet après midi pour réparation. Gary and I stood side-by-side, our eyes narrow slits as if we would suddenly...