Day 17 Tuesday January 30,2024 Papeete (Tahiti), French Polynesia Arrival 8:00 All Aboard 19:30 Departure 20:00 Cloudy skies greet Insignia as she sails the waters between Moorea (our favourite island) and Papeete, Tahiti. Papeete is very busy as it's the major distribution centre for commercial goods received into French Polynesia. Rains showers in the early morning create several rainbows. As we enter the harbour, what do we see but our sister ship, Oceania...

Day Twenty nine February 3 During our stay in Hawaii, the cruise ship line made the difficult decision to alter the current itinerary significantly by cancelling the Africa and Asia ports due to covid exposure and countries not being totally open to tourists and cruise ships. The safety of the passengers and crew is always of upmost importance. The new itinerary will travel down the west coast of Mexico, through the Panama Canal and visit the Caribbean for five...

Day Twenty Four January 29 As mentioned French Polynesia is in it's rainy season but we had another lovely day with only scattered rain showers with highs of 29C/84F. With this being the start of the second segment of the world cruise, all passengers were asked to take a covid antigen test. Good news, the whole ship tested negative. There are 3 nurses that are travelling on board who are exclusively responsible for the testing and monitoring.

Day Twenty Three January 28 Today's forecast again called for scattered thunderstorms with High of 29C/85F. We are docked directly in the capital of Tahiti, Papeete. The cruise terminal has sufficient space for our ship as well as two additional cruise ships- The Paul Gauguin and The World were also docked. The Paul Gauguin sails solely within French Polynesia on 7-10 day cruises. We cruised on this ship for our 25 wedding anniversary. The cruise included free...