This morning we crossed the equator at exactly 09:06 AM Hawaii Time. We received certificates proclaiming the we are no longer LANDLUBBERS, and have been found to be seaworthy and now Honorary Members of the Royal and Ancient Order of Shellbacks! King Neptune, Masked Tuna and Princess The first timers of the crew to cross the equator were initiated in a ceremony on the Lido Deck, complete with King Neptune and his entourage. It was a fun time as the new inductees were dunked in the pool, after being covered in colored dyes and bowing to a large "masked" tuna Inductees Captain and First Officers -- Judge Tribunal
We've turned the corner and are heading northeast towards Tahuata, as we are near the end of our voyage, visiting the last 2 islamds on our itinerary during the days ahead! We had a sunrise that was hidden by clouds on the horizon, but what a fantastic sunset. As we had a sea day, we had a relaxing morning at the aft pool, followed by Robbi's standing Mahjongg game. She really has had fun playing and even had some imprmptu games in the afternoon after tours while we were in port. I've been reading and draining the library dry!😃😃 Last night we were treated to a Polynesian Feast complete with a fully stocked Fruit Market. The staff has gone out of their way to decorate and make this a wonderful experience. Today they had a French Restuarant menu complete with mussels, bouillabaise, baguettes, etc. Where they get all these varietties of foods, we'll never know, and we probably won't experience them in our normal day-to-day life when we return to reality!!! W...
We just received our COVID test results and we are NEGATIVE !! Yay!! Whoopee!! And yes, I'm smiling!! We are at the Renaissance Concourse Atlanta Hotel, right at the end of the runway (that's a DELTA jet in the background!) Our room is ready so we'll close for today. We fly out early tomorrow for San Diego and we are finally going to do this after being canceled since the COVID onset. Our itinerary is below. We'll keep y'all posted as we complete this final leg of the South Pacific islands that we started out of Brisbane, Australia in December, 2012!! ITINERARY 27FEB22 Sail from San Diego, California, US 28FEB22 Avalon, California, US (Catalina Island) 01MAR22 Sea Day 02MAR22 Sea Day 03MAR22 Sea Day 04MAR22 Sea Day 05MAR22 Sea Day 06MAR22 Honolulu, Hawaii, US Overnight 07MAR22 Honolulu, Hawaii, US 08MAR22 Kahului, Maui, US 09MAR22 Hilo, Hawaii, US 09...
LOVE that sunset, those smiles and that skyline! Great pics!
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