For those who know me, you know that I've been a U.S. Election junkie over these past eighteen months, for days, weeks and months I’ve yelled at the T.V. if only to inject some sanity in the overall campaign. Today, I arrive in Albany, Australia on Wednesday, November 9th (one day in the future I suspect) - and I find that it’s finally the END to my long, very, very strange trip - the vote is in. Our 45th President Elect is Donald J. Trump and he has ...

Yet another port-of-call today. We pulled into Freemantle's large harbour that was dredged out way back in the late 1800’s. One real benefit today was that the old ribs felt much better, albeit taped - so I have to assume it was just a bad bruise. I knew I was ready for another adventure. Perth and Fremantle sit conveniently on the Swan River so we booked a tour that allowed us to explore the historic port of Fremantle as well as enjoy its sharp contrast ...

We arrived today (Sunday) in Geraldton to 22 degrees F and sunny skies. Unfortunately, I'm going to be missing whatever this Western Australian town has to offer because I'm confined to my bed looking out my porthole window. It seems the other day when I was diving in Komodo, I either badly bruised or cracked one of my right ribs and the pain has been a little intense. I'm glad Deborah had the foresight to bring along some pain medication, knowing me as she does,...

Today is the last day that we’ll see land for quite a while so we figured that we better get off for some supplies. Deborah and I are regular visitors to “The Emerald City” as it’s only a three-hour drive south of Vancouver, so we know it pretty well. The objective was to stock up on bottled water, diet coke and wine for the next five days at sea as we make our way to Honolulu, Hawai’i. Holland did something very nice today, they ar...

What a 24-hours - we had a great time onboard the Birthday cruise. We've attached some pictures. Hopefully you enjoy these as much as we did taking them.