Not a tremendous amount to report on today. This was our first (of four!) full days at sea on this trip. After dropping Emerson off at Club HAL (which she loves despite the ship having few playmates aboard), Libby and I did almost 3 miles worth of laps around the Promenade Deck, which has become […]
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Day #2, Half Moon Cay
Posted in Bahamas, Uncategorized, Zuiderdam on Nov 15th, 2018
Today, we anchored (well, ok, technically we didn’t “anchor” — we just held our position with azipods) off the coast of Half Moon Cay in the Bahamas, which is HAL’s private island destination. We’d stopped here before. It’s a pretty nice facility with white sand beaches and plenty of amenities ashore. Given that it was […]
We departed for Fort Lauderdale today to our 11-day cruise to partially transit the Panama Canal. Libby and I have considered this itinerary a number of times over the years only to opt for some other travel option. Why? The dates have typically been less than ideal for Libby’s schedule, the cruise tends to be […]
Day #15-18, Tokyo
Posted in Japan on Jun 7th, 2018
This is just a placeholder for the posts that I’m missing from Tokyo, which includes our visit to Tokyo Disney Resort and our final two days exploring the city before flying home.
Day #14: Tokyo
Posted in Japan on Jun 6th, 2018
After our late arrival, we slept in this morning until around 9am. We had breakfast at the hotel’s restaurant (Lavarock) using the conveniently provided vouchers for free breakfast thanks to my Marriott status. It’s a surprisingly good breakfast buffet w/ my personal favorites being the Asian specialities (steamed buns, dumplings, etc.) and delicious array of […]