Month: April 2024

Florida just went through a Once in a thousand year event… Too much rain after a long drought… Seems every where there’s a weather phenomena lately… But we were glad we were welcomed with a wonderful weather today

We joined an excursion and went for a airboat ride at the Everglades (river/swamps)… A very unique scenery of Florida of Unesco status

Airboat are the only boat that can travel on the Shallows (2 feet deep water) and the others needs to stay on the canals (highways of the Everglades). They are very loud and they glides on water…. Super fun… We really enjoyed the unique landscape of the Everglades

Next stop is the Flamengo Gardens, a 60 acre botanical garden and wildlife sanctuary

Fun facts : Alligators (messy teeth) and crocodile (neat teeth) coexist in Florida… We are the world ✌️

The Florida stop is short and sweet… Did not have a chance to eat or drink locally but we will live😆… Oh the Flamengo Garden crew showed great hospitality by giving us ice cream!!

Came back to a ship with many new passengers just got onboard and running around trying to figure out where everything is, which side is port side(left side) and which is starboard side… Makes me feel very old like the seniors first day back to school

All aboard and ready to go… Bye bye America and .. See you in two weeks after we cross and checked out the Panama, Colombia, Costa Rica and Mexico!!!

Woke up with the moon on our left and the sun on our right

Today is the last day of the east coast world cruisers who started from Florida 111 days  ago…. So tonight’s nightly show was extra special..crews and entertainers taking a bow saying their goodbyes

And at the dinner table, all the galley crews came out to say goodbye while passengers wave their napkins

Packed bags lined stateroom pathways for pickup… The amount of luggage some people have is astounding

They said around 1200 are leaving us tomorrow (only around 500 world cruisers from los Angeles left… The Florida world cruisers out numbered us by almost 3 to 1) and 1500 more new passengers will join us …. It will be a big reshuffle tomorrow….

Yes, we will be back in US in two days….but on the other side of the continent 😆…. Will take us 15 more days to circle back to LA.

Yesterday we had a festive sail away party while we were leaving Bermuda..  where officers and passengers dance together and the entertainment crew ended the party with a bang…by jumping in the pool.. They are truly the best entertainment team! Great synergy and humor amongst themselves and interacting with guests…

Last night’s performance by a group of guys from New York who called themselves Shades of Buble was very charismatic and high energy.. They sang  Michael Buble (sorry don’t know how to type that special E) songs

Today we were treated to a galley kitchen  tour….. We can smell our lunch all through the tour….. They are doing an amazing job day in and day out keeping more than two thousand people well fed and happy

Also we had a ukelele performance again this time at the piazza instead of the theater and it’s fun… Fellow shipmates were all so supportive and encouraging!!

One thing that strikes me is that there is no fence or guard rails between the water and walkway. Back home even a small pond that is more than 3 inches (or less) would require child-proof fence around the water body… Hmmm

Bermuda is a British overseas territory in the North Atlantic Ocean…. I don’t know this until I came here.. Thought it was American territory since it’s closer to US….

Again we arrived on a beautiful sunny day perfect temperature for exploring the island a little bit…

The ship docked at west end which is 30 min Ferry right away from their capital Hamilton…

The city of Hamilton looks pretty but not much to see so a quick sight seeing

So we rode a bus from Hamilton and make a beeline for The legendary Horseshoe Bay with pink sand!! The ride took 25 mins and then a short walk to the beach from the bus station….. Beautiful sceneries on the bus, on the walk…

When we arrived we were stunned by the horse shoe bay beach…. Although the sands are not really pink pink, but it definitely has a tint of pink and the sands are very very fine and soft

It’s a magical overnight stay in Rome. It’s a rare moment that we got out of the ship and shipmates and spent the night purely just by ourselves. We love our shipmates, and we also love ourselves too.

They want to take a group photo today on  the open deck and that includes passengers, crew and officers. The whole event was festive and happy…. Everyone clamors to have a photo with Captain Slight and Captain Stanley, since we already had one with Captain Slight we picked Stanley this time… He’s super cuddly…. We will wait to see how the group photo will turn out

Aix-en-Provence, France is as good as its fame of beautiful lifestyle. We had a wonderful and slightly wet trip there.

27 years later, Barcelona has a different vibe. We took the time to explore some new places and we were totally in awe!

Cartagena, Spain is an unexpected stop, but brought us more into the European ruins-seeking mood.