Tag: cruising

Another year, another trip

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We are almost ready to take the big aluminium bird to Vancouver, no driving this year. After an overnight stop in Vancouver we begin a round trip visit to the Alaska coast. Our previous visit began with a land tour followed by a cruise south from Anchorage (the actual cruise ship port is Whittier) to Vancouver. This time we sail only as far north as the Hubbard Glacier then return to Vancouver. We visit Sitka on the way north then Icy Strait Point, Skagway, Juneau, Ketchikan and Victoria on the southbound trip. The weather may be cool and possibly rainy but there will be shipboard activities where we can stay dry.

I will try to get a few photos which I will post daily, perhaps. There is a link under the Photo Gallery menu that leads to all photos related to this trip. The most current photos should be visible in the sidebar to the right of this page. Also in that sidebar is a short form allowing you to subscribe to email delivery of my posts. If you choose to review photos from previous trips you will also find them under the same menu item. There should be one photo, that of our ship, Crown Princess, in the Alaska 2023 Gallery and sidebar along with this post.

Should you be curious about cruise ships we have sailed aboard check out the Ships and trains: Identity and specifications menu. This includes our cruise travel history, specifications and history of the ships we have visited. The Rocky Mountaineer specs are also there.

If you’ve been with me on previous trips the last two paragraphs may feel somewhat familiar. Sorry about that. However, it has been a year since the last trip so a reminder is probably in order, besides, I have made a few updates.

That’s all for the initial post. more to come once we’re on our way.

James Russell Lowell

A wise man travels to discover himself.

Heading Back to Australia

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It now seems rather definite, we return to Australia next April. Airline reservations have been made and hotels booked so only the final payment to the cruise line remains to be made.

Australia is a long way from home and we will have to travel by air as much as we would rather not do so. So, in order to make the trip less taxing we have decided to do it in stages. We plan to stop overnight in Vancouver both coming and going. We will also stop in Honolulu for two days on the way and a single night on the return. We will also spend a few days in the Auckland area after the cruise circumnavigation of Australia.

We will visit Melbourne for several days prior to the cruise. It will be nice to revisit Sydney, Brisbane, Port Douglas and Adelaide again having been there in 2007. We are also looking forward to the new ports on the north and west coasts.

Our ship for this itinerary will be the Dawn Princess and this will be our first time aboard any Sun Class ship. The Dawn has been in Australia for some time now and may very well have numerous Australian passengers. This promises to be very enjoyable. The planning process is being documented on my Australia 2014 website.

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