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December 19, 2025 2 Comments

We arrived in New Zealand a week ago today, though it feels both longer and shorter than that, depending on the moment....

December 15, 2025 3 Comments

I don’t like sharing this news, but because we’ve always promised transparency in our stories, today I had no choice but...

December 14, 2025 No Comments

Getting here after we disembarked the cruise wasn’t easy, and that’s putting it gently. After weeks of floating predictably from port to...

December 11, 2025 No Comments

There’s a particular sensation that settles in during the final stretch of a long cruise, a blend of anticipation and nostalgia,...

December 10, 2025 No Comments

Note: Today's photos are from our 2015 visit to the Cairns Botanic Gardens. If you'd like to see more of our posts...

December 9, 2025 No Comments

As this 47-night cruise winds down and Saturday creeps closer, I find myself caught between two familiar worlds, the floating, ever-moving pace...

December 7, 2025 No Comments

We have decided to stay on the ship today while we're docked in Darwin, Australia. Having been here several times over the...

December 6, 2025 No Comments

Tomorrow morning, the ship will ease its way into Darwin, Australia, gliding into yet another port on this long voyage. Even...

December 5, 2025 No Comments

Seeing our dear friends Rita and Gerhard in Bali yesterday was the best possible port-of-call tour we could have imagined, the...

December 2, 2025 No Comments

Three weeks after I injured my knee in that unfortunate stumble in the corridor, we decided not to push the issue...