Saturday 1st April The ship anchored in the bay off Cabo San Lucas, at the southern tip of the Baja Peninsula, which protects the Sea of Cortez from the Pacific, at about 8.30 & we were taken to shore by tender. We arrived at about 10.30 & walked along the harbour front past all the boats in the marina. It is virtually built on tourism although it was discovered in the 1500s by the Spanish. The day was beautiful at about 20°C with a light breeze ...

Thursday 30th March Sailed into San Diego & were off the ship at about 8.00am. The water front is very modern & the day was quite warm so we set off to see about a Hop on Hop Off bus. Nothing was open so we found a cafe across from the waterfront & worked on the wi-fi for about an hour waiting for things to happen. In that hour a mist rolled in & the temperature dropped several degrees, so we were glad we had some warm clothing We took the first...

Monday 27th March Up at 6 30 today & up on the top deck to see the ship enter the harbour under the Golden Gate bridge which was quite unnerving, as we appeared to have very little clearance. We tied up at Pier 27 at about 9 & left the ship at about 10 to catch a shuttle bus to Pier 29. It was quite bitter, although sunny, at about 12°C with a sharp wind & we were rugged up for winter. Here we bought a 2 day pass for a hop on hop off bus but t...

Wednesday 22nd March Arrived in Honolulu on Oahu Island at about 7am, had breakfast & waited for our US Immigration interviews. These were completed by about 10am with minimal problems, which meant that we could go ashore. On the quay we found a queue for the shuttle into town which took us to a huge shopping centre where we caught up with our emails etc before buying a ticket for the Hop on hop off bus. They were very infrequent on our route so we had some...

Thursday 16th March At sea on the way to Apia, in Samoa. The sea was an oily calm this morning with virtually no swell or wind. d*** went to a talk on Honolulu & then on to Spanish whilst Jane was at her Bridge lesson. At midday in his sing song address to the passengers the Captain described the sea as 'Millpondesque' & it was no exaggeration. In the afternoon we heard about rescuing stranded whales & how to do it properly, a fascinating presentat...