Day Ten Finally we made it to Hawaii -our first trip to the islands. Day 1 takes is to Honolulu Oahu which is the capital of Hawaii. Today was a ship tour to Pearl Harbor and a visit to the Arizona Memorial. USS Arizona was a U.S. battleship that sank during the Japanese attack on the naval base at Pearl Harbor, Oahu island, Hawaii, on December 7, 1941. More than 1,170 crewmen were killed. The Arizona is commemorated by a concrete memorial that spans the ...

Day Nine January 14 Our final day of five straight sea days. The weather is finally becoming warmer. It is still windy on the decks and sea swells of two meters still existed. Our cruise director indicated to keep your eyes open when walking the deck for whales as Hawaii is one of the main areas in the world where they winter and breed. Honolulu here we come....

Day Eight January 13 This is the fourth of five days cruising the Pacific Ocean. Another day where we turned the clocks back. Since we left San Diego we have changed our clocks by two hours. With some strict guidelines to enter the state, Hawaii required all passengers and crew to download their vaccination records. Oceania had sent out an email in late December with a link to enter this information. The state requires everyone to have a QR code printed or show...

Day Six January 11 The second of five sea days in a row, crusing the Pacific Ocean. There is still a lot of motion of the Ocean as a previous cruise director would call it. When the Master of the Insignia, Damir Kurilic addressed the guests at midday he informed us that the sea swells at present were approximately two meters or a little over six feet. I will to listen to his comments at midday again and provide details. It is interesting to note what air tempe...

Day Five Having left San Diego at 18:00 Sunday evening we began our long journey towards the Hawain Islands to arrive in Honolulu Saturday January 15 at 08:00. The distance between the two cities is 2,182 nautical miles or 2,509 statute (land) miles. Believe it or not San Francisco is actually closer at 2,074 nautical miles or 2,387 statute (land) miles. This is due to how dramatically the California coast curves west as is goes north. This was our first of fi...