Only a Few More Days

It is only a few more days until we are ready to leave. The suitcases are out and the check list is getting completed. It never gets easier to decide what to take and what to leave at home. One of the things we had to do for this adventure is acquire some different currencies. We needed Australian and New Zealand dollars which were pretty regular . But we also needed Indonesian Rupiah.. They are pretty amazing. Ten thousand Rupiah are equal to about ONE dollar Canadian. It sure looks as if you are wealthy when you have several 50,000 Rupiah notes in your purse.

The round Australia Cruise is aboard The Dawn Princess She is huge with all of the extras and she carries over 3000 passengers. Because of coming back across the date line we will have April 28th twice. So strange!!

The first cruise is on The Ocean Princess. It is a small ship, only 680 passengers

Cruise number three, We change ships and begin a circumnavigation of the continent of Australia! Before that we will spend 2 days in Sydney, and at the end we will spend 3 days in Honolulu. We leave home on February 27 and we return on May 2nd Follow us as we go.

Cruise number two, Same ship, same room, going across the date line and on to Sydney Australia. For us there will not be a March 18th.

This is a map showing cruise number one from Honolulu to Tahiti

Well the time is getting closer. I have been busy finalizing shore excursions and printing schedules etc. We head out in 16 days. here is the itinerary showing where and when. I tried to space this better but it wants to bunch up Sorry that makes it hard to read. Hawaii to Tahiti Cruise, March 1 to March 12/2013 February 27…..flight to Honolulu February 28,, Relax at Coconut Waikii March 1…. Board the Ocean Princess March 2nd…Kauai (Nawiliwili) Princess tour to Waimea Canyon 8:30 – 1:00 March 3rd…Maui( Lahaina) Princess tour to IAO Valley & tropical plantation 8:30-1:00 March 4th Hilo, Princess tour to Summit of Maunakea 8:30 – 2:30 March 5, 6, 7, 8,&9….. AT SEA March 10th…Bora Bora, French Polynesia, Cruise Critic sponsored Lagoon tour and Snorkeling. 11:00am March 11th… Moorea, French Polynesia. Princess tour to Moorea by 4WD 8:30 – 12:30 March 12th… Tahiti End of first cruise Tahiti to Sydney Cruise, March 12 to March 29/2013 March 12 … Tahiti (Papete) French Polynesia, Princess Tour , Undiscovered Tahiti,8:00 – 12:30 March 13 …Moorea ,French Polynesia. Cruise critic sponsored tour March 14…Bora Bora, French Polynesia, Princess Tour , Island drive ,9:00 -11:30 March 15 and March 16 AT SEA March 17 Pago Pago , American Samoa, Princess tour, Island Drive and Ava Ceremony 10:30 – 1:30 March 18 , Cross the International Date line Lost Day March 19 …APIA, Western Somoa.Princess Tour, Island Drive 9:00 -3:00 March 20…AT SEA March 21…Nukualofa,Tonga, Princess Tour Scenic Island Drive, 8:45-12:15 March 22 and 23 …AT SEA March 24…Auckland New Zealand, Hop on Hop Off bus for the day. March 25…Tauranga, New Zealand, Princess Tour , Maori Cultural Highlights,8:45 -12:45 March 26 and ,27 and, 28,…AT SEA March 29, Sydney Australia, Barangaroo Wharf 5 Cruise ends, disembark the Ocean Princess. Round Australia Cruise, March 31 to April 28th March 31 Board the Dawn Princess April 1…At Sea April 2…Brisbane, 8:00 t0 6:00 Kuola Santuary, with Millers April 3…At SEA April 4…Airlie Beach April 5 AtSea April 6 Port Douglas Princess tour ..Scenic train, Skyrail,and Tjapuki Cultural Center 7:30 to 4:30 April 7&8 At Sea April 9 Darwin Princess tour,?? April 10 & 11 At Sea April 12 Lombok, Indonesia…Princess tour Lingsar Temple, Mayura Water Palace & Craft Village 8;00-3:00 April 13,14,and 15… At Sea April 16, Fremantle Triple tour with the Millers April 17 Bunbury April 18 Albany Princess tour Royal Fortress and Torndirrup National Park 9:30-1:30 April 19-20 At Sea April 21 Adelaide, meet Kim April 22 At Sea April 23 Melbourne, Princess tour Warrock homestead and Puffin Billy Train 8:45 – 4:45 April 24 Burnie Tasmania Tablehead Light house tour 10:30-1:30 April 25 and 26 Hobbart, Princess tour City Drive and Botanical Gardens 1:00 - 4:00 April 27 At Sea April 28 Sydney Australia, Barangaroo Wharf 5 fly to Honolulu April 28th.to May 1st Honolulu May 2nd... HOME