What a beautiful island. We arrived early and when I opened my curtains, the view was gobsmacking. The weather was very hot and humid. We were moored in a gorgeous bay, the island rose up in front of us verdant and mountainous, behind us was a reef with a small gap, that we had crept through. This was another tender port and we got on to the island about 10:15. All that was there were some stalls selling various tourist stuff. A guy was running free trip...

Dry land! After ten sea days! We were supposed to arrive at 10:00 and arrived just before 9:00. This is a country I thought I'd never visit and today marks the third time in three years, so you never can tell. Ocean Princess was already docked when we arrived, as was a beautiful yacht called 'Equanimity', which apparently is owned by the founder of Forever 21. When I was here last year, I stayed at the Intercontinental, and this year the six of us went t...

The last of 10 sea days. Another warm and pleasant day. Cloudier and much more humid. More of a swell too. I did absolutely nothing during the day. After breakfast and the morning mile (3.2 laps of the Promenade Deck), Barbara and I just sat on the starboard (non-smoking) side of said deck and read. Scott of the entertainment team had bad news today. His grandfather, who he was very close to, died in Sicily yesterday and the funeral is tomorrow. He st...

Day number nine of ten sea days and it doesn't seem to be that long. Once again the weather is very hot. People are still laying out in the sun, but way fewer than a couple of days ago. Most folks are either indoors or in the shade. I spent the morning sorting out photos and then sitting on the Promenade Deck reading and crosswording. Lost in deck quoits. I managed to wash my Prize Passport and eleven gold stickers today. Luckily I remembered before ...

My birthday and I was woken at 20 to 8 by Yvonne and Phil calling to sing 'Happy Birthday'. I opened my cards and went to breakfast, where Yvonne was waiting. Barbara joined us a while later. B and I then walked a mile before camping out on the Promenade Deck to await our arrival at Pitcairn Island. We arrived at about 10:50 and we circumnavigated both ways, so everyone could see it. It's very hilly and green and I wouldn't want to live there! It took us a...