Shanghai China.After the, very nice, eleven hour flight from Heathrow to Shanghai we were both pretty tired. There was no rest to be had though because, this time, we were going to be transferred directly from the airport to the ship pier. The humidity as we stepped from the air conditioned loveliness of the plane hit us hard. It was like walking into a wall of wet hot steaming towles. My travel tracksuit, whilst great for the travelling and the coolness of t...

Sun sea and Siesta.East China SeaToday has been a relaxing and very much needed day at sea. After the, rather taxing, embarkation process, it has been very nice to be aboard and start to enjoy the ship. The Sapphire Princess is similar in many ways to all the other Princess cruise ships we have been on. This means that it becomes a home away from home, familiar and friendly.  Our new idea for stateroom location is working out great! Usually we go for a mini ...

All good things mustcome to an end.And so our last dayon board the Crown Princess was a relaxing day at sea. Last night was fun, we watched the late movieunder the stars, "World War Z" starring Brad Pitt. The deck attendants bring round blankets andpopcorn and it is like going to an outdoor cinema….except in the middle of thesea. The film was okay….I actuallyreally enjoyed it and I think Dave did too. There are always going to be flaws with action...

The lovely lovelyIsland of Grand Turk.  I think we were bothlooking forward to visiting the island of Grand Turk because we knew it was oneof the smaller islands on the trip. WhenI say small, I mean tiny. From top tobottom, Grand Turk is only about 6 miles long and one mile wide. (6 miles square for all you math buffs andteachers). In comparison to the islandswe have visited on the last two days, this place is a teeny weeny gem. It is very dry, similar to ...

St Thomas:- the good the bad and the not at all ugly. We were up at thecrack of dawn this morning and off the ship at just after 7am. I think we must have been one of the firstpeople out because the port itself was very quiet as we walked away from theCrown Princess. We decided to walk intothe town of Charlotte Amalie and our plan was do the walk, look around, thenget a taxi back because it was quite a long stroll. None of the port shops were open but wefigu...