Just over a Month away from Departure

We are getting closer to our Asia / Australia Grand Voyage. The luggage came out of storage today, Hmm, I think we need to replace a few pieces. We applied for our China Visa on Friday, confirmed our luggage pick up service and we booked some of our shore excursions. We are getting excited as we can actually see this trip coming together. The itinerary – here it is, well the latest version of it, of course subject to change.

MON 5:00pm

26SEP11 Sail from Seattle, Washington,

TUE 27SEP11 Sea Day

WED 28SEP11 Sea Day

THU 29SEP11 Sea Day

FRI 30SEP11 Sea Day

SAT 01OCT11 Sea Day

SUN 02OCT11 Cross International Dateline1

TUE 04OCT11 Sea Day

WED 5:00am - 7:00pm 05OCT11 Petropavlovsk, Russia

THU 06OCT11 Sea Day

FRI 07OCT11 Sea Day

SAT 08OCT11 Sea Day

SUN 5:00am - 6:00pm 09OCT11 Vladivostok, Russia

MON 10OCT11 Sea Day

TUE 8:00am - 5:00pm 11OCT11 Pusan, South Korea

WED 7:00am - 2:00pm 12OCT11 Jeju (Cheju) City, Korea

THU 7:00am - 5:00pm 13OCT11 Incheon (Seoul), South Korea

FRI 8:00am - 3:00pm 14OCT11 Dalian, China

SAT 7:00am - 15OCT11 Xingang (Beijing), China

SUN 11:00pm 16OCT11 Xingang (Beijing), China

MON 17OCT11 Sea Day

TUE 18OCT11 Sea Day

WED 8:00am - 19OCT11 Shanghai, China

THU 5:00pm 20OCT11 Shanghai, China

FRI 21OCT11 Sea Day

SAT 8:00am - 5:00pm 22OCT11 Xiamen, China

SUN 23OCT11 Sea Day

MON 8:00am - 24OCT11 Hong Kong, China

TUE 5:00pm 25OCT11 Hong Kong, China

WED 26OCT11 Sea Day

THU 8:00am - 5:00pm 27OCT11 Nha Trang, Vietnam

FRI 28OCT11 Sea Day

SAT 12:00n 29OCT11 Singapore

SUN 12:00n 30OCT11 Singapore

MON 31OCT11 Sea Day

TUE 7:00am - 5:00pm 01NOV11 Tanjung Priok, Jakarta

WED 8:00am - 6:00pm 02NOV11 Semarang, Java, Indonesia

THU 03NOV11 Sea Day

FRI 6:00am - 3:00pm 04NOV11 Tanah Ampo, Bali, Indonesia

SAT 05NOV11 Sea Day

SUN 10:00am - 6:00pm 06NOV11 Exmouth, Australia

MON 07NOV11 Sea Day

TUE 12:00n 08NOV11 Perth (Fremantle), Australia

WED 12:00n 09NOV11 Perth (Fremantle), Australia

THU 10NOV11 Sea Day

FRI 11NOV11 Sea Day

SAT 12NOV11 Sea Day

SUN 10:00am - 11:59pm 13NOV11 Melbourne, Australia4

MON 14NOV11 Sea Day

TUE 8:00am 15NOV11 Sydney, Australia

WED 8:00pm 16NOV11 Sydney, Australia

THU 17NOV11 Sea Day

FRI 18NOV11 Sea Day

SAT 11:00am - 6:00pm 19NOV11 Ile des Pins, New Caledonia2

SUN 8:00am - 4:00pm 20NOV11 Noumea, New Caledonia

MON 21NOV11 Sea Day

TUE 9:00am - 5:00pm 22NOV11 Suva, Fiji

TUE 22NOV11 Cross International Dateline

TUE 22NOV11 Sea Day

WED 9:00am - 5:00pm 23NOV11 Pago Pago, American Samoa

THU 24NOV11 Sea Day

FRI 25NOV11 Sea Day

SAT 26NOV11 Sea Day

SUN 27NOV11 Sea Day

MON 28NOV11 Sea Day

TUE 8:00am - 11:00pm 29NOV11 Honolulu, Hawaii, US

WED 30NOV11 Sea Day

THU 01DEC11 Sea Day

FRI 02DEC11 Sea Day

SAT 03DEC11 Sea Day

SUN 04DEC11 Sea Day

MON 8:00am 05DEC11 Debark Ship Los Angeles,

Will update once more prior to our departure…

South Pacific 2009

 In September 2009 we set sail from our home port in Vancouver for a 66 day cruise adventure to the South Pacific. Here is a sample of some of the places visited.

 After a week or so at sea we cruised in to Nuku Hiva in the Marquesas Islands

 In Bora Bora we swam with the Sharks and Sea rays an incredible experience. Here is picture of me with a squid on my head, our guide was simply fantastic.

 One more on Bora Bora.

 Jan and I on board on a formal night.

After cruising through many of the South Pacific Islands we reached Australia. Our first port was Cairns then Brisbane and then into Sydney Harbour. One of our on our own excursions was walking over the famous Harbour bridge.

 Over the bridge meaning up and over, special suites are required as is a guide.

 From Sydney it was to Melbourne, Hobart (Tasmania) then across the Tasmanian Sea to the beautiful and picturesque Milford Sound in New Zealand.

 Hiking in Mount Cargill Walkway just outside of Dunedin, New Zealand.

 Leaving New Zealand on our way back to North America we stopped in Kingdom of Tonga, here we are on a secluded resort island named FaFa.

 The top of Diamond Head in Honolulu.

We are getting closer to our next travel adventure in September 2011. More information on this with the next post.