Written by Kim We caught the 8:10 ferry to leave beautiful Hamilton Island and get on the road for our longest drive of about 10 hours. We’ve been fortunate to travel many places and I think Hamilton Island has moved into my #1 favorite spot displacing the Isle of Capri which was formerly my #1. […]
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Day 39 – Hamilton Island (10/25/19)
Written by Kim Up early for breakfast at the Deck where we had dinner last night then off to catch the 8:30 ferry to Hamilton Island. The ferry took about an hour so just relaxed a bit. When we arrived we caught a shuttle to our room at Whitsunday apartments. This island is absolutely gorgeous […]
Day 37 – The Great Barrier Reef (10/23/19)
Written by Kim – we’re a bit behind so don’t miss Day 36 if you haven’t read it yet It was a big day today but we have limited pictures because we don’t have an underwater camera (guess we should have bought that go pro). We were up early for our snorkeling tour at the […]
Day 35 – Exploring Cairns, Kuranda and Port Douglas (10/21/19)
Written by Kim We were up early as usual. Alex worked to connect to a VPN so he could listen to the Giants who unfortunately lost. It was weird listening to Sunday football at 4 am Monday morning. I was working on catching up on laundry before we headed out to see the rainforest. Our […]
Day 33 – Our last day on Ovation (10/19/19)
Written by Kim The last day of a cruise is always bittersweet. We had a fantastic time and made so many new friends but time to pull out the suitcases and say our goodbyes. We had breakfast in the main dining room and I finally tried eggs Florentine which were yummy. We went to a […]
Day 32 – Relaxing sea day after fun in New Zealand (10/18/19)
Written by Kim We are enjoying our last 2 sea days before we must disembark in Sydney and begin the last leg of our journey. We had a bit of a lazy day. Sat by the indoor pool and enjoyed the hot tub a bit. It wasn’t very crowded at all. It’s really cool, rainy […]
Day 30 – A romantic Scottish day in Wellington (10/16/19)
Written by Kim Despite the cold, rainy, windy day we had lots of fun in Wellington. It was difficult to see the full beauty but we did our best to make lemonade from lemons. We took an electric bike tour today. Surprisingly, it was only Alex and I with our guide Jim and a guide […]
Day 27 – Crossing the dateline tonight (10/13/19)
Written by Kim A quiet day at sea enjoying some comforts from home. Our ice tea set-up is working well and another batch of laundry brings some normalcy. We were up early because the wind (46 knots!) was wicked this morning so had to go to the gym and we like to get there before […]
Day 25 – Half way through our trip (10/11/19)
Written by Kim We’ve reached the halfway mark on another TGIF sea day. Thanks for all who are following along and sending comments. We wish you all were with us but glad we can share pictures and stories so you can enjoy this beautiful part of the world virtually. We are so blessed. Not sure […]
Day 24 – Recovering at sea after French Polynesia (10/10/19)
Written by Kim We were happy today to have a relaxing day at sea after 2 busy days in French Polynesia. I got the opportunity to do some laundry (hand washing but good therapy). I do miss some of the normal chores at home. We played progressive trivia and did ok not great with 12 […]