Alaska Cruise pt 3
Whoops! Only six weeks late. I forgot to mention that Alaska’s capital, Juneau is the only state capital that cannot be accessed by road. Rumour has it that there is one flight per week from a Canadian city which gives…
Philadelphia
Other than my tragic airport experience at the end of June, I had never been to Philly. Dianna had a double layover which made it worth me tagging along, so I did. It was the first time I’d been on…
Alaska Cruise pt 2
The next stop was the Alaskan town of Sitka which we had visited the week before. It hadn’t become any more interesting in the interim. I went to shore for a couple of hours and decided to go into one…
Alaska Cruise pt 1
I’m now on the final stretch of this epic 46 day cruise. We are now fully booked with 2000 passengers. After leaving Vancouver we had a sea day heading up the coast with Vancouver island on the port side and…
Tokyo- Vancouver Cruise pt 2
After a week at sea we arrived in Seward, Alaska - my first time in this state. It was a little cloudy but the scenery was magnificent. We were surrounded on three sides by snowcapped mountains. I’d been up since…
Tokyo – Vancouver Cruise pt 1
This is the third or four segments on this 46 day cruise. After leaving Tokyo Bay, we had a sea day heading north to Aomori. I hadn’t seen much of Georgia on the last segment because she was finishing her…
Tokyo – South Korea Cruise pt 2
After South Korea we had three more stops in Japan before arriving back in Yokohama. First up was Nagasaki. The sail in to Nagasaki was highly scenic and as the sun was shining everything looked better. I abandoned ship and…
Tokyo – South Korea Cruise pt 1
It was change-over day on Monday with a number of people getting off a new persons just getting on. I’d booked it as a separate cruise for fiscal reasons and was lucky enough to have the same cabin, so I…
Tokyo-Taiwan Cruise
After boarding the Cunard Queen Elizabeth I met with Georgia in the rather splendid, Garden Lounge. It was fabulous to see her. Being a paying passenger, she’s allowed to have breakfast, lunch and dinner with me, if shifts allow. Georgia…
