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Penguins at Boulder Beach In For our stop in Capetown, a friend that we’ve met on the cruise arranged for a friend of her brothers’ to...

We had heard not so good things about Port Elizabeth, so when we asked the excursions group and going to a game reserve, we said that we...

Lemur The stop in Madagascar would be our last opportunity to snorkel for a while, maybe the last of the trip. It was also to be our last...

The Seychelles are a series of granite islands located in the West Indian Ocean south of the equator. They boast warm clear water, a...

Decoration for Ramadan Our travel from Bangkok to the Maldives was mostly uneventful. We flew Thai AirAsia, which is kind of like Ryan...

Plumeria Queen Continued from previous post The jungle hike had some points of interest, like ruins of a charcoal kiln and nice views...

Wat Arun I’ll begin with the flight, which was seamless in terms of boarding and exit, had great service and meals, and was a great...

Fremantle night club So Fremantle is a 2 day stop, and the last before our 7 day crossing to the Maldives. We’ve made arrangements to...

Busselton beach Another place I’ve never heard of, and these places seem to deliver the most joy, as there are no expectations to live up...

Albany was another lovely spot on the south coast of western Australia. As I write this, we have been going nonstop for a week and I’ve...

This is another tender port, and everything was booked, so all we managed was a boat ride to see Colton’s and seals, but it wasn’t until...

The Adelaide port was at the north end of the city, beyond suburbs. We had another excursion included with our trip that took us into the...

View from the Yarra river Our day in Melbourne started with a city tour that included a river cruise. We grabbed an outside spot, so we...

We were detained in Sydney harbor until 1:00AM, which delayed our arrival to Eden until 1:00PM. Apparently a passenger was forcefully...

Sydney Opera House I’m sure that I took far too many pictures of the opera house, but it really is a stunning place, and our tender stop...

Tasmanian Devil The forecast was for rain today, but we we finally completed immigration and got into Hobart, home of the cleanest air on...

Idyllic Milford Sound The southwest side of the South Island has Fjords, so our last day in New Zealand we visited Milford Sound, one of...

View of Otago harbor Dunedin is located pretty far south on the South Island, at the end of Otago harbor, which is pretty large. We...

Lyttelton harbor The port for Christchurch was about a 35 minute bus ride to the city center. The queue was long, so we decided to take...

This day, March 6, marks the halfway point of our journey. Each country seems to be getting better, and after to northern part of the...