January 30, 2024January 30, 2024Canaries and Madeira 2024 Canarias Cruise 2024 – Mon 29/01 – day 02 Our first port is Funchal, the capital of Madeira, some 200 miles north of Tenerife, famous for its fortified wine of the […]
January 30, 2024January 30, 2024Canaries and Madeira 2024 Canarias Cruise 2024 – Sun 28/01 – day 01 Our first sea day is the journey heading due north towards the Portuguese island of Madeira. We decide to have a proper […]
December 3, 2023December 3, 2023Living 28 Nov. 2023 – birthday We had a great hack with the lovely Sophie at Horse Riding Adventures in Tenerife, Then a lazy lunch in the garden, […]
December 3, 2023December 3, 2023Travel Pacific Islands 2023 – Day 35 – Fri 24/11 Breakfast is fairly nice but unremarkable except for the crockery. Aftwards we walk down Queen Street to see who’s in port, it […]
December 3, 2023December 3, 2023Travel Pacific Islands 2023 – Day 34 – Thu 23/11 Leaving a ship is always sad, but somehow it doesn’t seem too terrible this morning. We say our goodbyes to Cruise Director […]
December 3, 2023December 3, 2023Pacific Islands 2023 Pacific Islands 2023 – Day 33 – Wed 22/11 We finish our cruise soon, but there are 450 new customers who will be back in the Bay of Islands in two […]
November 24, 2023November 24, 2023Pacific Islands 2023 Pacific Islands 2023 – Day 32 – Tue 21/11 Our very final sea day is quiet – in fact so quiet one might question if even 100 customers are onboard, let […]
November 24, 2023November 24, 2023Pacific Islands 2023 Pacific Islands 2023 – Day 31 – Mon 20/11 Middle sea day in this final batch. By all accounts a very quiet day, the deck seems virtually empty, at breakfast we […]
November 24, 2023November 24, 2023Pacific Islands 2023 Pacific Islands 2023 – Day 30 – Sun 19/11 The first of three sea days that get us almost to the end of our cruise. We have only one more port […]
November 19, 2023November 19, 2023Pacific Islands 2023 Pacific Islands 2023 – Day 29 – Sat 18/11 Sailing into Vava’u is a bit like the approach to Stockholm which also has an archipelago. We slowly pass many islands, our […]