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Almost home
The last few days between New Zealand and Australia were a time for many Farewell activities – big and small. Having disembarked the majority of the Kiwi passengers, and with new passengers on board for the next journey (35 day Hawaii and Pacific), many of the daily World Cruise enrichment activities scaled back and it…
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Bay of Islands, New Zealand
Boo hoo! Our last port for this trip. It was another beautiful sunny, although not overly warm, day and the sea was very calm for my last water shuttle ride. I can happily report that I completed both entries and exits of the water shuttle with no issues and injuries! Today was another bus tour…
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Aukland, New Zealand
After 4 sea days it was exciting to once again be in a new port. It was also a bit sad because Aukland meant the first wave of the World Cruisers departing (we will be the second wave in Sydney and Brisbane will be the 3rd and final wave). Because I was still on walking…
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Papeete, Tahiti
We arrived to a beautiful sunny day in Tahiti. We had already booked a Circle Island Drive shore excursion for our time in Tahiti, fortunate as I am still on restricted walking! Our drive took us anticlockwise around Tahiti Nui. Our first stop was the grottos at Mara’a. From here we went to the Watergardens…
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Pitcairn Island
Today we did a circumnavigation of Pitcairn Island. It took about an hour to do the circumnavigation of the island which is similar in area to New York’s Central Park. There are currently only 49 residents on the island – most of whom are the direct descendants of the Bounty mutineers and the Tahitian women…
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Easter Island/Rapa Nui
We have been excited about visiting Easter Island all cruise. We have also been trying all cruise not to get too excited because from day 1, after talking to many experienced cruisers, we discovered that it is at most a 50% chance of actually going ashore. Easter Island is a water shuttle port only and…
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Peru (day 3) – Urubamba – Cusco – Lima – Pisco
The next morning was another very early start with a 5am wake up and 6:15am departure for Cusco airport. Most of the journey was through agricultural areas until we hit the outskirts of Cusco. Our flight back to Lima was uneventful. At the airport we were met with a big bus to begin the 5…
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Peru (day 2) – Ollantaytambo to Machu Picchu
From the hotel/resort in Urubamba we boarded our little buses in our groups of 10 with guide for the journey to the train station in Ollantaytambo. Like Cusco it looked like a place that it would have been good to have more time to explore – but the main goal was Machu Picchu! I don’t…
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A morning walk around Urubamba – Sacred Valley, Peru
As we were in ‘group 2’ we weren’t scheduled to meet in the hotel reception until 10:15am. We decided to go for a walk around the local area. After a brief discussion with the Spanish only speaking security guard at the front gate we ascertained that if we crossed the road and went straight for…
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Peru (Day 1) – Lima to Cusco
We had a very early start to our day with a 6:15am assembly for our Machu Picchu excursion. From our berth in Calleo we were transported by bus to the airport in Lima onto a flight to Cusco. I had a window seat and the flight path into Cusco was the most challenging I have…
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