Bus ride plus Uber plus one hour hike and we reached the top of Diamond Head crater….

Someone told us best thing to eat in Honolulu is Japanese food and it’s true… Freshest chirashi and tuna steak 😋

Happy hour at Waikiki Beach

On dreams… not sure why but almost nightly now we plunge into deep sleep with abundant vivid dreams.. Is it the mattress or the gentle rocking motion of the ship?

On drinks… We called our blog site happy hours Ahoy because we thought we are going to drink every afternoon like we used to. Turns out we don’t feel the need to do this daily anymore…. Maybe every couple of days…. Heres one with delicacy P brought 😉… Yes, with all the abundant food selections on the ship, we are delighted with this classic Taiwanese snack..

…. I want to see this world before I go to the next..

…. That is the topic of today’s enrichment class taught by the fabulous Fred Cink… Learned so many cool facts about the sun and coincidentally the Sun is out after hiding for 3 days… and calmer sea too !

It has 6 bloomed flowers now (from 4).. It also provides entertainment for R as she can stare at them for hours and paint… Great way to pass the time during sea days..

P bought some drammamin made with natural ginger for the trip, turns out it’s not effective… We tried to find regular drammamin @ the shop on the ship but strangely they did not carry any and want us to consult the ship doctor if it gets really bad…. A nice lady overheard our conversation and quickly offered to give us some of hers….. And it works!!! Eureka!!! P is up and running the decks an hour later…

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• A motion sensor light in the bathroom – when in the middle of the night, it’s not nice to turn on the bright light while the other is sleeping. This little light is just soft enough and turns on when one enters the bathroom. It’s USB charged too.
• An additional chair – we did not need a small table. We asked the steward to switch to a chair, so we have a micro-mini suite seating now.
• A magnet for shoe helper – I don’t want to mess up my knuckles getting shoes onto my feet. So I brought a shoe helper and attached it to a magnet. Placed it near the shoe storage so it’s not visually intrusive and is handy when needed.
• Compartments – It helped me to be organized when in a tight living space. I also brought way too many things that I needed to compartmentalize them so I remember where they are.
• Magnets!! – for us, this is a huge one. All the walls inside is made of steel. It’s nice to personalize it and make it a giant clipboard.

This ship has almost 2000 passengers, 900 crews, Island Princess is a smaller ship amongst Princess’s fleet but we love that it’s cozier.. … Not all are doing 111 days…. Some are doing segments only, leaving @ Sydney, some @Dubai…etc…many are earnestly participating in all sorts of activities.. thus the events are mostly packed….R is glad she brought her own ukulele as they ran out of ukelele’s to loan at class….

Always love looking at cabin door decors and here are some for your amusement