Thursday 2 April 2020

In Quarantine, Vancouver, Canada - Apr 03, 2020, Part 2 of 3

Part 2 in pics takes us from the physical longitude beginning of the cruise to, well pretty much to end with part 2 concluding at the watered down Mariner appreciation dinner. Hope you enjoy this summary...

And we begin the longitudinal start of the world, was to be around the world in 88 days...

Easter Island, one of the major highlights of our cruise, very, very happy that we landed here...



Celebrating everything Easter Island...
 Another major, major highlight, Pitcairn Island, forever an incredible memory...
 Mutineer descendants making their way to our ship, the bridge was closed to them, haha...
 Our crew making their way back to the ship...
An evening stroll on deck, one of many...
 Papeete, Tahiti, a beautiful place on our planet...

 Rarotonga, Cook Islands, another incredible stop, beautiful safe, easy beaches...
 Having a chat with Anne Francis, a wonderful guest entertainer...
 Having some fun at dinner as we cross the International Date Line...
Nuku aloft, Kingdom of Tonga, we were lucky to make port here, the Virus ripples coming...
 The Royal Palace here in the Kingdom of Tonga...

Bowler and Flapper night on board
 It was great to visit New Zealand and Auckland again, been 10 years, lots of changes...
 Our visit to the Waiheke Island was certainly special...
 As well as visit to Devonport, a great short ferry ride...
 A great fishing day in the Bay of Islands in New Zealand, Thanks Ken for organizing...
 A great day...
 Eating our catch... How special was this day, tremendously...
 Special Captain's Dinner as we approach what was to be our half way mark...


 Love the Sydney sail in, always a highlight, always...
 Heading to Opera at the famous Sydney Opera House...
 A great performance of Carmen...
 Kookaburra sitting in an old plum tree, well, bench in this case...
 Also one of the sail aways as well... Goodbye Sydney...
Wishing Lois a Very Happy Birthday in the Pinnacle...
 The incredible Aquarium in Townsville, North Queensland, Australia...

 A natural rock pool in Townsville...

 A short visit to Cairns, North Queensland, Australia...


First time seeing the Fruit Bats in flight in Cairns, Thousands upon thousands...
 A wonderful dinner with a Secret Cove resident and Medical Officer Lorrie...
 Another fantastic production show...
 Yum, Sunday brunch, enjoy as it looks like this is the last one for this cruise...

 Dinner tonight with our Tai Chi instructor, Ray. Thanks Ray for all you hard work...
 Great performance by Alana Conway...

 Happy anniversary to us, 21 years ago, Jan said, Yes, now celebration 20 years on our 202020 cruise.

 A great performance by Stephen Clark as our cruise winds down...
 St. Patrick's Day on board, loads of fun...



 We quietly receive our 700 day medallions, no big celebration this time around...
 Jan takes centre stage as the HAL Chorale gets ready to perform...
 Hamish making a Mariner Appreciation Speech ...
The sun begins to set on this cruise...

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