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Queen Anne, our return to England Part 1: 10th March – 7th April 2025
Read more: Queen Anne, our return to England Part 1: 10th March – 7th April 2025Life on cruise ships can be uneventful, especially when stops are far and few between. Sometimes the weather can bring a moment of excitement… And sometimes the interest is something completely unanticipated, the threat of being captured by pirates… This latter event caused great excitement on board, despite the minimal actual risk, as we were…
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Crossing the equator, Indonesia, Darwin, Papua New Guinea and back to Sydney: 16th November – 2nd December 2024
Read more: Crossing the equator, Indonesia, Darwin, Papua New Guinea and back to Sydney: 16th November – 2nd December 2024Regatta had its inaugural Pollywog and Shellback ceremony for crossing the equator. It was much tamer than other ones we’ve previously seen or been involved in. The ceremony consists of seafarers (or, in this case, cruise ship passengers and crew) asking King Neptune to be allowed to sail over the equator. To qualify, you have…
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The sea-route to Singapore: 6th – 14th November 2024
Read more: The sea-route to Singapore: 6th – 14th November 2024Weather issues have been instrumental in a couple of changes to our route and may yet play more of a role as we head west towards Singapore. Our first unanticipated stop was in Kaohsiung in Taiwan, a surprisingly sunny part of the world with 300 days of sunshine a year. We took an Oceania tour…
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Leaving Japan the slow way: 29th October – 4th November 2024
Read more: Leaving Japan the slow way: 29th October – 4th November 2024There are pluses and minuses to travelling on a cruise ship. The biggest plus for us was seeing some previously unvisited parts of the world prior to arriving in Sydney on the 2nd Dec. The biggest minus is often having just a few hours to get out and see or do something memorable, if indeed…
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Japan: 20th October – 28th October 2024
Read more: Japan: 20th October – 28th October 2024Released from the group into the Japanese wilderness we left Iruka by bus, caught the 4 hour train to Osaka and said our goodbyes. Our temporary new home was a 30+ storey hotel over the station but our early arrival meant we could catch a bullet train to Kyoto for some sightseeing. However, being a…
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Our Travels 2024 - 2025 