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...