We are now at the airport waiting for the flight to take us along to Hong Kong where we will spend two more nights before returning home.  We have had an epic time in Sydney and meeting up with old friends from previous cruises just made it all the better.Day oneafter getting off of the ship we waited patiently for our transfer to the Four Seasons hotel.  Several of our new cruise mates took great pleasure in pointing out to us that we could have walked it rath...

sea day.The evening is drawing near on our last day at sea and we plan to make the most of our time left on board. Two trivia's done today with Chris and Dianne but, sadly, only second place. It's been a blast playing with them though and we will stay in touch.We are now preparing to go down for dinner and then plan on finishing our cruise st crooners bar! No change there then! Little little and pew's planned heist in Effys store didn't go to pla...

Happy birthday to my dad, John Bridger!Our first of two sea days is almost at an end. We have eaten and drunk very well today and finished the evening with our second visit to the crown grill. This time, we went with another Australian couple and they were excellent company. I said how much I'd like to live in Australia and they said that, apart from the killer sharks, octopus, jellyfish, spiders, snakes and crocs.....it's wonderful.  Apart from going...

Noumea.Our final stop yesterday was the island of Grand Terre and the town of noumea, part of New Caledonia. We had to dock at the working port section of the harbour, because our ship is too long to dock at the main cruise terminal. Because we were at a working but there was no wandering around allowed once we got off the ship. We had to get straight onto a shuttle bus which would then drive you to, either the town, or to your tour destination.This port of call...

Sea day!So we have left Fiji and are now heading back toward New Caledonia and the port of noumea. Today has been a restful sea day.... pool, trivia (which we came joint first in again) and drinks at crooners.Our trivia partners, Chris and Dianne, have been great quizzers and we will miss them once we leave the ship.This evening we watched Star Wars movie under the stars on the top deck. Awesome film...Also.... our room steward, Jose, has been having great fun w...