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Having gained back five hours of time since we left Southampton, and with the ship steering south-easterly courses since we left New...

A very nice improvement in the weather today as we make our way south into the Caribbean Sea on our third and final sea day before St....

I awoke early and ventured out on to the balcony to watch the ship coming alongside the berth in St. Martin; it always amazes me how such...

A single sea day between islands, this is a good rhythm to allow a little recovery and recharge time before the next shore day. Today we...

This is our first visit to Aruba, another Dutch governed island, just off the northern coast of Venezuela. From the balcony as the ship...

One more sea day then the much-anticipated transit of the Panama Canal! Astronaut Robert Thirsk gave another lecture today; “Everything...

The big day is here! We’ve never been through the Panama Canal before and for both Sandra and I it has been a lifelong dream; we can’t...

Today the weather is fine, the sea is dead calm, and we are making our way north towards Mexico – currently we are off the coast of Costa...

A beautiful, warm and calm day at sea as we continue our journey up the west coast of central America. Nothing much to report today, we...

A blazing hot day in Huatulco, Mexico - this is our first visit to this port; what was once a small fishing village has been developed...

The first of two sea days before our next port of call in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico. Another very peaceful and quiet day.I attended a...

The temperature has dropped a bit, which I don’t mind – and it’s not yet cool enough to bring the Brits in from their sunbathing loungers...

In the early hours this morning the Queen Victoria coasted into the bay at Cabo San Lucas and dropped anchor; there is no cruise dock at...

We’ve spent the last two days steaming up the coast of northern Mexico and California, it’s been very relaxing, but the weather has...

Last night, after returning to the ship, we found out that the itinerary had been changed – this is the second change, the first happened...

We’ve spent the last four days steaming southwest from San Francisco across the Pacific Ocean. These days were mostly quiet, though we...

Following a quite smooth sailing from Hilo, the Queen Victoria coasted into Honolulu harbor this morning under grey skies and the threat...

Queen Victoria has been sailing southwest from Hawaii for a few days now, nothing much to report except that the Pacific Ocean is...

This morning Queen Victoria docked in the port of Lautoka on the island of Viti Levu, the first of two stops on this island. The country...

During the last two days we’ve steamed south from Fiji on quite calm seas, the weather has become a little cooler – it’s strange to be...