On my mile walk this morning, I looked at our wake. The starboard side was as strong as ever, the port side was there, but less strong. There are many people complaining about the itinerary changes, and dark mutterings that something similar happened last year and the ship was in Auckland for five days. Carol Marlowe, the managing director of P&O Cruises was supposed to be joining us in Sydney, but now won't be. We heard this a couple of days ago. No...

A day of disappointments really. As my tubing trip had been cancelled, I was hoping to see something of the island. No such luck. There were no tour agents by the port, only shuttle buses to local shopping centres, which is where we ended up. Whilst shopping I discovered that one of my credit cards was missing, so I've had to cancel that. Lunch was a hot dog, in Costco! Back on board, right after the Sailaway the captain came on to say that there are ...

Barbara, Rob, Linda and I took a cab to Pearl Harbor and spent the morning there. We went out to the USS Arizona memorial and then after having lunch on board, we took the shuttle to the Ala Moana shopping centre. I bought a couple of t shirts and then Rob and I left the girls behind and went to the Hard Rock Cafe for a drink, or two. Well, it was happy hour! We then strolled along Waikiki Beach, past the Royal Hawaiian and Moana (the one I stayed in, way b...

The end of my fourth week, time is hurtling by. Weather was warm enough to sun bathe again, for the first time since Cabo San Lucas. It was the last dance class until the next sea day. I've discovered two more dances I can't do. They're the Waltz and Jive. Our instructors have finally been given permission to dance with passengers again, guess who she picked first! I had an alcohol free day, today. I think my body probably needs a rest. We gain anothe...

Sea conditions: Rough. Wind Force: 8. It was quite rough last night, but I slept OK. Had kippers for breakfast then walked a mile, it was really quite warm. There's a distinct difference between the port and starboard sides of the ship when it comes to temperature. Today the port side is quite warm but starboard is quite cool with a stiff breeze. In dance class, we did our final social Foxtrot, by learning how to turn a corner. I'm still hopeless. We fin...