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Well, it looks like Sydney was our last stop. The last 7-10 days were filled with changes and questions. We went from changing a few ports to plans to change the cruise and head to Cape Town South Africa then up the west side of Africa to a race to get to Sydney before theContinue reading “We’re back home and planning the next trip”

As you may have noticed, or not, we haven’t posted anything for a week which was mainly because everything has been day to day. So I’ll catch up on the text version for now and add photos later. We had three great days in Fiji doing snorkeling, pearl farm tours and walking around towns. ThenContinue reading “Well, it looks like a change of direction”

Well, the Coronavirus is finally starting to be a major impact to us. Today is Wednesday, March 5th. On Monday we were headed to the Cook islands but were informed we would have to stop at a different island for screening. Silversea had even arranged to have excursions at the new island to minimize impact.Continue reading “Where will we wind up next?”

Next day after Moorea was a stop at Bora Bora. Weather was perfect, a little warm but no rain. We went ashore and walked around a little doing some souvenir shopping and Jane found some black pearl ear rings that she now has. We then boarded a boat to take us out for our aquabikeContinue reading “Bora Bora”

After Papeete, the next stop was Moorea a volcanic island surrounded by a coral reef. We were scheduled to go snorkeling with stingrays and sharks then have a beach picnic on a small island. As we were all getting ready to leave for the excursion, the rain started and they gave us the option ofContinue reading “Moorea”

The Coronavirus is really starting to impact our ports of call. We were supposed to stop at an atoll named Fakarava and then go to Papeete. The French Polynesian government mandated that all ships coming to French Polynesia have to stop at Papeete to be screened first before proceeding to any of the smaller islands.Continue reading “Papeete, Tahiti”

The morning of February 26th was absolutely perfect. We began pulling in to Bounty Bay around 7:30 and the views were incredible. As this is an open bay with little protection, we are still subject to the swells of the sea but from the upper decks it didn’t look too bad. Jane and I wereContinue reading “Pitcairn Island- we made it!”

After leaving Robinson Crusoe Island, it’s a 4 day sail to get to Easter Island. The challenge with Easter Island is there is no protected harbor. You anchor off the town of Ranga Roa and then tender in IF the waves aren’t too high. Unfortunately for us, that was the case. Silver Sea had evenContinue reading “Easter Island”

The trip from Valparaiso to Robinson Crusoe was a little on the rough side. We had lost 12 hours fueling so to make up time, we held on to the speed which tends to make a rougher ride. We were on the first Zodiac cruise of the day and then went on to the islandContinue reading “Robinson Crusoe Island”

All, if you caught on to my recurring theme of bad internet connections, it’s seems to be much better today.We are at Robinson Crusoe Island and getting back in to the tropics, so things have improved dramatically. I was able to do text updates at times but pictures were almost impossible. I’ve gone back andContinue reading “General Update”