Category:Holiday

Saturday, 6th May: Coronation Day – Heading Home Our final day here in LA! So, for the last time (for a while)… “Hello, loyal Readers!” 👍 They Think It’s All Over… Well, even by our standards, that was some holiday! They think it’s all over! Almost! Our flight is an overnighter, leaving LA at 10.30 …
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Friday, 5th May:Venice Beach,Los Angeles Good morning, loyal Readers! 😎. This is the penultimate day of our holiday – and the weather forecast, as you can see, is ‘varied’ (polite version!) 😟. It’s our second day here in Venice Beach, Los Angeles, where (luckily) the weather has, so far, defied the official forecast and been …
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Thursday, 4th May:Venice Beach,Los Angeles Morning All! 👍👍. We slipped into dock just after 6.15. It looked like a grey day out there! But here’s hoping! At just after 8.45am, we were back on dry land, having said goodbye to the Regatta. Our next stop? The Kinney hotel, west of Los Angeles, about a 50-minute …
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Sea Days x6: Friday, 28th April – Wednesday, 3rd May Hello you! It’s been a while hasn’t it? 😉. ‘Days at Sea’ are inevitably, part of the whole ‘cruise experience’ and it’s all about making the most of that time away from land. SIX days IS a long period, and it pays to have some …
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Thursday, 27th April: Honolulu (Day 2) – Pearl Harbour Aloha! 👍😎. It’s our final Port day today in Honolulu where our priority is to visit the Pearl Harbour Memorial. Time permitting, we also want to cover the Red Route on the Trolleybus that we postponed yesterday because of the deteriorating weather. The latest forecast shows …
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Wednesday, 26th April: Honolulu, Oahu IslandDay 1 “Aloha loyal Reader!” Guess where we are! Yes, it’s our second day in the Hawaiian Islands and our first day (of two) in Honolulu. We docked around 6.20am (local), 5.20pm (KMT). Our first view wasn’t that impressive, though! 😟 We have two major priorities today: the first? Stay …
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Tuesday, 25th April: Lahaina, Maui Morning readers. Welcome back! After four days at sea and 2000 (ish) miles, 🥴🥴 our journey northwards from French Polynesia to the Hawaiian Islands has been completed. We arrived into Lahaina, on the Northwest coast of Maui Island (part of The Hawaiian Islands) at 10.03am local time  (9.03pm, UK time). …
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Friday, 21st – Monday, 24th April: All at sea, heading for Lahaina, Maui Morning All! 👍👍. For us, a slight change of routine begins today. Yesterday afternoon, we left French Polynesia and we’re now heading north (ish) for the Hawaiian Islands. We’ve got four days at sea (and about 2000 miles!) ahead of us to …
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Thursday, 20th April: Nuku Hiva Welcome back Readers! 👍👍. Here we are, just arrived on the volcanic island of Nuku Hiva, one of the most remote places on the planet. We’re told that the nearest land mass is actually Mexico, some 2650 miles away! Needless to say, we’re closer to the Amazon than we are …
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Wednesday, 19th April: All at Sea! Heading for Nuku Hiva Thanks for letting me know that some of my recent postings are not making the journey to your end! I have no idea what’s going on, but it’s being investigated back in the UK as I write this. Hopefully, things will improve over the coming …
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Tuesday, 18th April: Still Cruising!Rangiroa Welcome back Readers! 👍. The techy issues that began yesterday may not have been completely resolved, but if you are reading this, then things are OK for now. Onwards and upwards ehh?!?! 😉 Today, we’re heading for Rangiroa, north-east of Bora Bora (where we visited yesterday). For a quick summary …
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Monday 17th April Cruise (Day 2) ** I’m getting a few reports that this site is mis-behaving. If you can see this, you’re OK for now! ** Morning all! Another day, another French Polynesian Island! 👍. Here we are in Bora Bora! We’re here until fora fora o’clock this afternoon. 😉 If you’ve just discovered …
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