Southeast Asia Part 3 – Vietnam Revisited
The only place in Asia that we had visited prior to our Circle Pacific Cruise was Vietnam; I wrote about that trip in a previous blog post. The cruise we…
Southeast Asia Part 2 — Thailand
We continued our Circle Pacific Cruise with two ports in Thailand, our first visit to the country. Thailand is the only country in Southeast Asia that was never colonized by…
Southeast Asia – Part 1 – Indonesia, Malaysia and Singapore
We continued our Circle Pacific cruise with the beginning of the portion of this journey that was the reason we came on this cruise – seeing Asia without flying. We…
Australia 2026
The next country we visited on our Circle Pacific cruise was Australia. We had been here during the 2024 World Cruise we did. Three of the stops this time were…
New Zealand 2026
The next country on our Circle Pacific cruise was New Zealand. We had visited in 2024, and three of our stops were the same. Auckland Our first stop was Auckland,…
2026 Final South Pacific Stops: Samoa and Fiji
We visited two out of the four planned remaining stops on our South Pacific itinerary. The stop to Vanuatu was cancelled due to difficult sea conditions. The ship did visit…
French Polynesia 2026
The second island group on our Circle Pacific cruise was French Polynesia, a new location for us. It is one of the most beautiful places we have ever been to. …
Pre-Cruise Travel and Hawaii 2026
We are currently on a Circle Pacific Cruise, from Los Angeles to Los Angeles. We had not planned to do another long cruise, but we do not like long flights…
2025 Transatlantic Cruise Southampton to Boston
After our 2025 travels in Europe and the UK, we returned to the US by our favorite means, a cruise ship! Since it was my 60th birthday, I chose the…
March-April 2025 Transatlantic Cruise – Emerald Princess
(Edited 4/23/25 to add our bridge tour) In late March/early April 2025 we took a transatlantic cruise from Fort Lauderdale to Civitavecchia, the port closest to Rome. Several stops on…