Formed by 2 huge volcanoes, Maui is Hawaii's second largest Island. It only lies about 80 miles west of Oahu so with the Sapphire Princess saying goodbye to Honolulu, she dropped anchor off the coast of Maui (Lahaina) in the early hours of Tuesday morning (28th September 2010). Until now, the main benefit of the cabin being right at the bow of the ship is that there is no noise from late night revellers (although Chris and Roisin weren’t expecting the &...

After slightly over 2098 nautical miles (don't know what this is in proper miles – look it up!) and 4 solid days at sea, the Sapphire Princess moored at Honolulu at 7am (6pm UK time) on Monday 27th September 2010.Honolulu means 'sheltered bay’ or ‘place of shelter’ in English. It is officially the biggest city in the world. Its municipal boundaries reach across 540,000 square miles of the Pacific, most of which is under water!! Tha...

Yes indeedy! Chris and Roisin's last day at sea before hitting their first port of call – Honolulu on Oahu Island was greeted at 7am by the brightest rainbow. You could actually see where the rainbow ended. Not on the horizon as one would expect but actually in the middle of the Ocean. Roisin thought for a second that she could see a little green person bobbing in the sea holding on to a shiny cauldron muttering 'keep yer teevin’ hands of me g...

This is Chris and Roisin's 3rd day at sea without sight of land, any other ship or plane. The sun is beating down relentlessly. Provisions ran out some time ago. Despite there being an ocean full of the stuff, water is no longer available. (although they’re still serving cocktails in the Explorers bar, deck 7!!) Teody, their cabin steward has offered himself to be eaten. He says it would be a great honour and privilege to be consumed by such nice people...

The 2nd full day at sea, Honolulu bound. At 11am the bridge made an announcement that Whales could be seen off the starboard bow."Bloody hell!" Chris exclaimed, 'we haven't come very far. Where are we now? Just passing around the Great Orme??!’In reality (and Chris actually knew this but couldn’t resist the chance) there were 2 young hump back whales blowing less that 50 yards from the hull of the ship. Chris and Roisin just so happened to be ...