One hour back, two hours forward. In case you ever wonder why I post at weird hours or nap almost every day, it’s because time is truly a figment of someone’s imagination on this ship. Some days, I think they just roll the dice to decide what to set the clock at onboard. Schedule Day 148 / June 3: Banjul, The Gambia Day 149 / June 4: At Sea Day 150 / June 5: Cape Verde Day 151 / June 6: At Sea Day 152 / June 7: At Sea Day 153 / June 8: Funchal, Portugal Day 154 / June 9: At S

I blinked and another week was over. Even with an unexpected sea day, I still fell like there was so much packed into these 7 days! Schedule Day 127 / May 13: At Sea Day 128 / May 14: Maputo, Mozambique Day 129 / May 15: Durban, South Africa Day 130 / May 16: Durban, South Africa Day 131 / May 17: At Sea Day 132 / May 18: Port Elizabeth, South Africa Day 133 / May 19: Mossel Bay, South Africa At Sea Day 127 / May 13: At Sea Given the majority of the passengers are now Around

Seemed like a short week, but mostly because we had two overnights in two different ports. It's still a bit odd to me to go to sleep and wake up in the same place after 100+ days on this trip. Schedule Day 106 / April 22: Bali, Indonesia Day 107 / April 23: Bali, Indonesia Day 108 / April 24: Surabaya, Indonesia Day 109 / April 25: At Sea Day 110 / April 26: Singapore, Singapore Day 111 / April 27: Singapore, Singapore Day 112 / April 28: Kuala Lumpur (Port Klang), Malaysia D

Some weeks are all about spas and snorkeling and some weeks are Jumping Crocodiles and Komodo Dragons! Schedule Day 99 / April 15: Cairns, Australia Day 100 / April 16: At Sea Day 101 / April 17: At Sea Day 102 / April 18: Darwin, Australia Day 103 / April 19: At Sea Day 104 / April 20: Kupang West Timor, Indonesia Day 105 / April 21: Komodo, Indonesia Day 99 - Cairns, Australia Have I mentioned how it’s been raining ALL THE TIME! Or at least that’s how it seems lately. Austr

Schedule Day 57 / March 3: At Sea Day 58 / March 4: Cabo San Lucas, Mexico Day 59 / March 5: At Sea Day 60 / March 6: Ensenada, Mexico Day 61 / March 7: San Diego, California Day 62 / March 8: At Sea Day 63 / March 9: At Sea Day 57 My alarm startled me awake at 3:45 am. Why on Earth would I get up that early on vacation?!? Well, the reason was not actually on Earth, it was the the Moon! There was a lunar eclipse with the promise of a Red Moon. Given that I never really seem t

Schedule Day 50 / February 24: Manta, Ecuador Day 51/ February 25: At Sea Day 52 / February 26: Puntarenas, Costa Rica Day 53 / February 27: At Sea Day 54 / February 28: Acajutla, El Salvador Day 55 / March 1: At Sea Day 56 / March 2: Acapulco, Mexico Day 50 As you may imagine, I have a multi-tabbed spreadsheet with all of the details of this trip contained within. My note for Manta, Ecuador says, “Explore at Self Pace / Shopping.” That translated literally into go wander the

Schedule Day 43 / February 17: At Sea Day 44 / February 18: Iquique, Chile Day 45 / February 19: At Sea Day 46 / February 20: Pisco / Nazca Lines, Peru Day 47 / February 21: Lima, Peru Day 48 / February 22: Salaverry, Peru Day 49 / February 23: At Sea Day 43 Sea day, Sea day. What did I do on this sea day? I went to a country fair! This is the second time the cast and crew put on this event since I’ve been on the ship. All of the departments onboard create a game for the gues

This week turned out to be a lot of sea days, but that does not mean there are no crazy stories to write about. Schedule Day 29 / February 3: Buenos Aires, Argentina Day 30 / February 4: Montevideo, Uruguay Day 31 / February 5: At Sea Day 32 / February 6: At Sea Day 33 / February 7: Port Stanley, Falkland Islands At Sea Day 34 / February 8: At Sea Day 35 / February 9: Ushuaia, Argentina Day 29 Day 2 of Buenos Aires and I stayed on the ship. I’ve realized that I don’t enjoy