Tuesday 5th February We left Honolulu just before midnight yesterday and arrived at another Hawaiian island, Kauai. It is called The Garden Island because it is so green, but that of course means rain! The weather today has changed from warm sunshine to heavy rain and back again frequently. The mountain area in the middle of the island is apparently the wettest place on Earth!! It is a beautiful island and has been the setting for many films. We went on the Movi...

Tuesday 5th February We left Honolulu just before midnight yesterday and arrived at another Hawaiian island, Kauai. It is called The Garden Island because it is so green, but that of course means rain! The weather today has changed from warm sunshine to heavy rain and back again frequently. The mountain area in the middle of the island is apparently the wettest place on Earth!! It is a beautiful island and has been the setting for many films. We went on the Movi...

Monday 4th February After 4 days at sea we have arrived at our first Hawaiian island, Ohau. We are docked in Honolulu right by the Aloha Tower that was built in the early 1900's to welcome visitors. We took a taxi and went to Pearl Harbour for the day. You have to get there early to get tickets for the Arizona Memorial. The tickets are free but as you get to it by boat they only have a limited number in the day. We got there at 9.30 and we got tickets for 12. Th...

Wednesday 30th January Lovely to be waking up in Phil and Brena's house ( although a little strange not being on the ship overnight!). The sun is shining brightly and we had a leisurely start to the day sitting and chatting in Brena's parlour before she made us a lovely breakfast. Phil took us to the main post office in San Mateo to get some stamps. It was a lovely old building with some painted murals similar to the ones we had seen yesterday in the Coit Tower....

Tuesday 29th January Today we sailed into San Francisco. We got up at 5am to be up on deck to see the ship sail under the Golden Gate Bridge. It was still very dark at that time in the morning but the bridge was lit up. We docked just after 6 but there was a long immigration process to go through. Everyone on the ship had to present their passports and green cards personally to the immigration officers who came on board. No-one could leave the ship until every...