8th March NAGASAKI, JAPAN The sail in to Nagasaki is quite picturesque as you pass hilly tree covered hills and small uninhabited islands. A huge road bridge spans the estuary then it changes to more built up areas and dock yards etc. The dock itself is right in Nagasaki so no shuttle bus is required as you can walk straight in. There was a beautiful sunrise with no cloud at all, unlike yesterday, but still quite a nip in the air. Forecast to stay sunny all da...

7th March KAGOSHIMA, JAPAN Opened the curtains to a very grey view of us sailing into the port of Kagoshima. It turned very windy with huge waves yesterday evening which we watched from our table at dinner and they continued through the night. This muffing however it was a lot calmer and by the time we disembarked there was a very watery sun trying to come through. The temperature was forecast to be about 15 degrees and thankfully no rain so after going through...