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WORLD CRUISE - 111 DAYS - 2023



What the heck is Geocaching?
It occurred to me as I reviewed some of the 64 blogs I've done, I mention getting a geocache, cache for short, in each port but never...
aswimmer2
Mar 14, 20233 min read
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Another day in paradise
I had planned my first passenger interview with a young mother from Alaska who is home schooling her 3 children on board. They are 6 in...
aswimmer2
Mar 13, 20231 min read
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Time is relative....
As I write this, I don't really know what time it is here or in America. I have no idea if my phone will bounce an hour forward at some...
aswimmer2
Mar 12, 20232 min read
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No, I said I went to a "Buddhist" colony.
See what I did there? I was working on that all day. It was between that for title and "buddhalicious", but that felt a bit irreverent....
aswimmer2
Mar 12, 20236 min read
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It's not a vacation, it's a lifestyle.
Cruising isn't a vacation, it's a lifestyle. There are so many people on this ship who go from ship to ship to ship (referred to as...
aswimmer2
Mar 10, 20232 min read
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Another port off my Phuket list 😉
Such a great day in Phuket, Thailand. Was it what we imagined? No. But that's not a bad thing. We imagined what you read about.... "...
aswimmer2
Mar 8, 20233 min read
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Malaysia, authentic Asian people, food and atmosphere
Penang, or Langkawi? It’s a tricky choice: both have glorious weather, gorgeous scenery, friendly people and a surprising amount of...
aswimmer2
Mar 7, 20234 min read
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Sea day sacrificial post
61/111. That's a long time. 50 days left. Approximately 7 weeks. Still hard to believe it has flown by that fast. It was a good day....
aswimmer2
Mar 6, 20232 min read
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Singapore Sling
Today we stopped in Singapore, our first "normal" port since Cairns, 10 days ago. We were greeted by the marina bay hotel in the...
aswimmer2
Mar 5, 20234 min read
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We're half way theeere, living on a praaaayer.
Bon Jovi said it best. "Woah, we're half way there, Woah, livin' on a prayer. Take my hand, we'll make it I swear. Woah, livin' on a...
aswimmer2
Mar 4, 20233 min read
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Komodo Island.....interesting but....
Komodo island was a mix of emotions that I'm still trying to process. It seemed an odd combination of legit nature preserve, zoo and...
aswimmer2
Mar 2, 20233 min read
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We Won a Cruise!!!
Hard to believe! But it's true. We didn't even know it was possible in the Princess Prizes program but apparently it is. So here's the...
aswimmer2
Mar 1, 20233 min read
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My Coffee Loves Me
I'm not saying there are some strange people on board.. after all...they could be reading this blog. So I'll be discrete describing a...
aswimmer2
Feb 28, 20233 min read
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Staying Healthy on Board
If you've been following this blog from the beginning, you know this isn't just our personal diary we're sharing with friends and family....
aswimmer2
Feb 27, 20234 min read
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Timing is everything redux
Lots to catch up on. Firstly, we had another medical life flight off the ship yesterday afternoon. It breaks my heart when I hear about...
aswimmer2
Feb 26, 20233 min read
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My wife, the artist
As I've written in several blogs over the past 7 weeks, sea days are an opportunity to try something different, maybe something you've...
aswimmer2
Feb 25, 20233 min read
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I think I Cairn, I think I Cairn
That's actually how it is pronounced. CAN....well, CANS and it was a great day. There was a forecasted 90% chance of rain so we were...
aswimmer2
Feb 24, 20232 min read
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A rose by any other name....
Though this blog started out for just about 60 friends and family, someone on Cruise Critic found it and posted it there so now I have...
aswimmer2
Feb 24, 20232 min read
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Rainy days and Mondays
"Into each life a little Rain must fall" and "you can't have a rainbow without the rain". Yeah, we all know that, but we still want sunny...
aswimmer2
Feb 22, 20232 min read
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There's a party going on right here.....
Kool and the gang said it best: Celebrate good times, come on! (Let's celebrate) Celebrate good times, come on! (Let's celebrate)...
aswimmer2
Feb 21, 20232 min read
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