We’re embarking on our most lengthy cruise yet – 32 nights onboard plus a few either end, both land and air, to get us to and from our ship. We join one of our favourite ships, Seabourn Odyssey, in Los Angeles for what will be the last time as she’s now been sold to another operator.
- Pacific Islands 2023 – Day 00 – Thu 19/10
The day is a normal work-day up to lunchtime, while hubby packs – we don’t even leave for the airport until mid… Read more: Pacific Islands 2023 – Day 00 – Thu 19/10 - Pacific Islands 2023 – Day 01 – Fri 20/10
Sleeping in Terminal 5, not in a Tom Hanks way, is a very good experience. We arrived late because our flight from… Read more: Pacific Islands 2023 – Day 01 – Fri 20/10 - Pacific Islands 2023 – Day 02 – Sat 21/10
We start by walking back into town, Long Beach, to scratch one of those “must do” itches we get sometimes. When visiting… Read more: Pacific Islands 2023 – Day 02 – Sat 21/10 - Pacific Islands 2023 – Day 03 – Sun 22/10
We start our morning with 100 laps. Well, no, obviously we take breakfast first, then do our 10km which starts with cool… Read more: Pacific Islands 2023 – Day 03 – Sun 22/10 - Pacific Islands 2023 – Day 04 – Mon 23/10
We decide to start our excercise early, so by 07:30 we’re on laps around deck nine. We get an hour under our… Read more: Pacific Islands 2023 – Day 04 – Mon 23/10 - Pacific Islands 2023 – Day 05 – Tue 24/10
Our new norm, we get 5km done before breakfast, and another 5km after. Although rain stops play for a few minutes, the… Read more: Pacific Islands 2023 – Day 05 – Tue 24/10 - Pacific Islands 2023 – Day 06 – Wed 25/10
After another time-zone change, we’re now 10 hours behind Tenerife and Blighty, with another one to come before we see land next,… Read more: Pacific Islands 2023 – Day 06 – Wed 25/10 - Pacific Islands 2023 – Day 07 – Thu 26/10
In some parts of the world Seabourn uses a private beach for a beach BBQ and party. Other times that’s not possible,… Read more: Pacific Islands 2023 – Day 07 – Thu 26/10 - Pacific Islands 2023 – Day 08 – Fri 27/10
It’s our last sea-day for four days. We’ve sailed 2000 miles from Los Angeles and overnight we will arrive on a surfboard,… Read more: Pacific Islands 2023 – Day 08 – Fri 27/10 - Pacific Islands 2023 – Day 09 – Sat 28/10
My first time in Hawai’i and visiting Pearl Harbour is absolutely the top item on the agenda. Hubby has been before but… Read more: Pacific Islands 2023 – Day 09 – Sat 28/10 - Pacific Islands 2023 – Day 10 – Sun 29/10
After sailing by as we enter Nawiliwili Harbour, we walk up through the Royal Sonestra, a Marriot resort, towards the airport. Nope… Read more: Pacific Islands 2023 – Day 10 – Sun 29/10 - Pacific Islands 2023 – Day 11 – Mon 30/10
Because of the terrible fires in Lahaina, we are not visiting the island of Maui. Instead we get an overnight and second… Read more: Pacific Islands 2023 – Day 11 – Mon 30/10 - Pacific Islands 2023 – Day 12 – Tue 31/10
Our last Hawaiian Islands visit is the island called Hawai’i – the largest and incidentally has the city of HiLo which many… Read more: Pacific Islands 2023 – Day 12 – Tue 31/10 - Pacific Islands 2023 – Day 13 – Wed 01/11
It’s a very special day – 25 years ago today we met, yet the mentalist onboard fails to pick that up from… Read more: Pacific Islands 2023 – Day 13 – Wed 01/11 - Pacific Islands 2023 – Day 14 – Thu 02/11
Pacific Islands 2023 – Day 14 – Thu 02/11 For me a very quiet day, in fact because I have an awful… Read more: Pacific Islands 2023 – Day 14 – Thu 02/11 - Pacific Islands 2023 – Day 15 – Sat 04/11
Date alert!! This itinerary is getting everyone into a spin. We cross the International Date Line three times, meaning we twice lose… Read more: Pacific Islands 2023 – Day 15 – Sat 04/11 - Pacific Islands 2023 – Day 16 – Sun 05/11
His Aquitanic Majesty King Neptune commands me to write todays Court Report. Present are many members of court including her highness Amphitrite,… Read more: Pacific Islands 2023 – Day 16 – Sun 05/11 - Pacific Islands 2023 – Day 17 – Mon 06/11
Pay attention dear reader. Today is Monday 06 November. Tomorrow will also be Monday 06 November. We start with no breakfast, or… Read more: Pacific Islands 2023 – Day 17 – Mon 06/11 - Pacific Islands 2023 – Day 18 – Mon 06/11
Pay attention dear reader today is still Monday 06 November but it’s now day 18. We are repeating the day because overnight… Read more: Pacific Islands 2023 – Day 18 – Mon 06/11 - Pacific Islands 2023 – Day 19 – Tue 07/11
Everyone has heard of Bora Bora, with it‘s image as a honeymoon destination, and it’s easy to see why. The island is… Read more: Pacific Islands 2023 – Day 19 – Tue 07/11 - Pacific Islands 2023 – Day 20 – Wed 08/11
We’re in our middle day of three in French Polynesia. I suppose we should visit the politics of the region, which since… Read more: Pacific Islands 2023 – Day 20 – Wed 08/11 - Pacific Islands 2023 – Day 21 – Thu 09/11
Pacific Islands 2023 – Day 21 – Thu 09/11 Our last day in French Polynesia, we’re in Raiatea, and today we have… Read more: Pacific Islands 2023 – Day 21 – Thu 09/11 - Pacific Islands 2023 – Day 22 – Fri 10/11
Warning, some people might not like the first few photos! We’re at sea today as we sail from French Polynesia towards The… Read more: Pacific Islands 2023 – Day 22 – Fri 10/11 - Pacific Islands 2023 – Day 23 – Sat 11/11
Our first Cook Island. Although clearly named after a certain British explorer, we didn’t conquer or otherwise steal these islands. Au contraire,… Read more: Pacific Islands 2023 – Day 23 – Sat 11/11 - Pacific Islands 2023 – Day 24 – Sun 12/11
This larger island contains 11,000 of the entire chain’s 15,000 inhabitants and is a very popular holiday destination. We decide to take it… Read more: Pacific Islands 2023 – Day 24 – Sun 12/11 - Pacific Islands 2023 – Day 25 – Mon 13/11
At sea once again, not just us, so is the boat building competition too. Before then we do lots of deck walking,… Read more: Pacific Islands 2023 – Day 25 – Mon 13/11 - Pacific Islands 2023 – Day 26 – Tue 14/11
We should be in Niue, a tiny coral island in the middle of nowhere approx 19S, 170W. Unfortunately it is impossible to… Read more: Pacific Islands 2023 – Day 26 – Tue 14/11 - Pacific Islands 2023 – Day 27 – Thu 16/11
Overnight we lost a day and have jumped from Tuesday to Thursday. Today was always going to be a sea day. A… Read more: Pacific Islands 2023 – Day 27 – Thu 16/11 - Pacific Islands 2023 – Day 28 – Fri 17/11
It’s going to be hard to sell Tonga’s capital Nuku’alofi. First off the warship which refused to let us in yesterday also… Read more: Pacific Islands 2023 – Day 28 – Fri 17/11 - 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… Read more: Pacific Islands 2023 – Day 29 – Sat 18/11 - 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… Read more: Pacific Islands 2023 – Day 30 – Sun 19/11 - 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… Read more: Pacific Islands 2023 – Day 31 – Mon 20/11 - 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… Read more: Pacific Islands 2023 – Day 32 – Tue 21/11 - 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… Read more: Pacific Islands 2023 – Day 33 – Wed 22/11