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It was a busy travel year last year with us spending close to five months traveling, mostly on cruises. Below is a map showing where we we...

Although our 35 day North Atlantic cruise from Boston to Rotterdam and back had seemed like a long trip, this cruise was 51 days long - o...

And one last sunrise while pulling into port in San Diego. San Diego Sunrise Click this link or one of the pict...

Another beautiful sunrise while at sea. At Sea Sunrise Although we've been on a lot of cruises, this was th...

Some of the most beautiful aspects of being at sea are the sunrises and sunsets. Below was a sunset while at sea on our way back to San Di...

After a day at sea we reached our last stop, Nuku Hiva. Although Nuku Hiva is a large island, the second largest French Polynesian island...

Fakarava atoll, our second to last stop, looks on Google Maps like an upside down capital 'L' . It's so remote that it's pr...

Second day in Papeete we took a Holland America excursion: Ohana Catamaran Escapade. This one was a very large catamaran with maybe 20 or...

For our first day in Tahiti we booked the Holland America excursion - Tahiti's Natural Treasures which was a drive around the island...

Today you could say we had two tours. The one we scheduled through Holland America was the Pearl Farm, Maeva Marae & Vanilla Plantati...

Went on a "Swimming with the Whales and Dolphins" excursion and had a great time! One of the guides used another guest's Go...

Our two day stay in Moorea ended up being one of our favorite stops, even though we had to take tender boats to get ashore. At least the ...

Today we reached Raiatea, the first of five stops in French Polynesia. We were welcomed by a beautiful sunrise over the island. ...

Today they gave everyone the opportunity to take a tour through the food preparation areas. It was a pretty interesting experience. I hadn...

We were supposed to be in Rarotonga today, again via tender, but the wind, current and waves weren't cooperating so we had to bypass t...

Reached Aitutaki today and luckily the sea calmed down enough so we could safely anchor outside the coral reef and take a tender to shore...