Monday, June 2, 2008

142 DAYS TO GO

It's Monday June 2nd and time to start this blog on the Tahiti Cruise. We have a couple friends who are heading off on the Pacific Dawn to do the same 28 day cruise that we are doing in October. Looking forward to their report when they get back. Also, I've found a blog site that is beeing written by a couple of ladies who are doing the same trip and intend to report on their blog as they travel. That could be interesting as well. We are sailing on the Sun Princess on October the 21st for 28 days.

This is a trip that I have dreamed of for 50 years or more. Ever since I started reading books by people like Michener and Melville about the South Seas. Always wanted to sail to places like Bora Bora, Moorea, Tahiti, Raratonga. I finally talked Mary into doing a cruise last year when we did 10 days from Hong Kong to Singapore. That was a test to see how we would like being on board a ship for any length of time. We loved it so much that we had no problems booking the next one, 28 days to Tahiti and return.

This is where we are going.

21 Oct 08 Sydney, Australia 4pm
22-23 Oct 08 At Sea
24 Oct 08 Noumea, New Caledonia 8am - 5pm
25-26 Oct 08 At Sea
27 Oct 07 Nuku'Alofa, Tonga 9am - 5pm
28 Oct 08 Vava'u, Tonga 7am - 3pm
28 Oct 08 At Sea
29 Oct 08 Rarotonga, Cook Islands 9am - 6pm
30 Oct 08 At Sea (Cross International Date Line)
31 Oct 08 Raiatea, French Polynesia 8am - 12 midnight
01 Nov 08 Papeete, French Polynesia 9am Overnight - 6am
02 Nov 08 Papeete, French Polynesia Moorea, French Polynesia 9am - 6pm
03 Nov 08 Bora Bora, French Polynesia 8am - 6pm
04-06 Nov 08 At Sea
07 Nov 08 Pago Pago, American Samoa 8am - 12 midnight
08 Nov 08 Apia, Samoa 7am - 5pm Cross international date line
10 Nov 08 Niuafo'Ou, Tonga (12noon - 2pm
11 Nov 08 Savu Savu, Fiji 8am - 6pm
12 Nov 08 Suva, Fiji 7am - 6pm
13 Nov 07 Port Denaru, Fiji 7am - 6pm
14 Nov 08 Dravuni Island, Fiji 7am - 4pm
15-17 Nov 08 At Sea
18 Nov 08 Sydney, Australia 8am

We payed our deposit for the cruise in August last year and as I write it's 14 days 'till we pay the full fare and 142 'till we sail.

More later.

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