He says: We're at our first port - Geraldton. It's a small surf town in Western Oz. Our ship is more like a nursing home, as the average age of passengers is around 95. We went to grab a snack last night at around 1130 pm and the ship was a ghost town - the oldies like to get their rest! The food on the ship is really good and our room is comfy. So far, so good!

He says: We made it to Perth last night after a five hour flight from Sydney on my favorite airline so far, Virgin Australia. Like most things, Richard Branson knows how to make things awesome - including commercial flight. Our plane was outfitted with a full range of entertainment options, including dozens of movies and albums arranged by artist. It made the flight much more pleasant. I'm really loving Australia so far, the food is awesome. I've been a fan of Pr...

She says: We had an amazing day in Sydney. We arrived to a sunny, bright, warm winter day. I say "warm" in relative terms. It was warm for their winter, about 10-15 degrees. There was no humidity. It was such a welcome relief. Sydney feels like so many places we've been in the US and Canada and is super easy to get around. We were lucky and were able to check in our large bags (first time we've had to on the trip, as we've been able to carry them on to our busin...

He says: After a ten hour flight on Air China, we arrived in Sydney. Flying into the airport we had an awesome birdseye view of Sydney harbour and the Opera House. With no language barrier, this country has been a breeze so far. I half expected to see statues of Paul Hogan and Steve Irwin everywhere, but so far I've been out of luck. We did a hoho (hop-on, hop-off bus tour for the uninitiated) today and we both remarked how Sydney could really be any number of C...

She says: Shanghai (pronounced, as we learned, as "Shung-hi") was, for us, a study of opposites, as we've found so many Asian cities to be. It reminded us in turns of New York, Paris, Bangkok and Hong Kong. Shanghai was one of our many layover stops on this trip and we had just under 24 hours from our arrival until our departure to explore this massive city. Luckily, we were reminded by Red Pine friends that the younger brother of our friend, Clark has been livi...