Bora Bora was the last of the French Polynesian Islands that Chris and Roisin visited. It is renowned for being one of the most beautiful places on earth and is said to be the nearest thing to a perfect paradise.Bora Bora is only 15 square miles and has about 7,300 inhabitants mainly living in one of the 3 villages Vaitape, Anau and Faanui.As Chris and Roisin watched from their private vantage point directly below the bridge at 6am watching the sunrise over this ...

If I said Pape'ete (pronounced Pap-ay-et-ay), most people would say 'where??’If I said Tahiti, the penny drops immediately and many folk think of David Essex in Mutiny on the Bounty and grass skirts. Ok, the women will think of David Essex whilst the men will consider thinking about the grass skirts!!Tahiti is actually made up from 2 islands Tahiti nui (Big Tahiti) and Tahiti iti (Little Tahiti) and were joined together a couple of million years ago...

10751 miles after leaving Widnes, Chris and Roisin have arrived in the Society Islands that makes up part of French Polynesia.Moorea is the first port of call. This small island is only 51 square miles and shaped like an isosceles triangle. There are two cut outs in one of its sides that form Cook's Bay – no, not named in honour of 'Masterchef’ but the other ‘ay! Ay! Cap’n’ one. The other bay is Opunohu bay. The main fact abo...

Between Wednesday 29th September – 2nd October 2010, the Sapphire Princess was at sea for its 2nd stint of 4 uninterrupted days.On 30th September as the door to cabin C105 was opened in the morning, 3 balloons greeted Chris taped to the bulkhead immediately outside. "Happy birthday Meester Chris", said Teody, the one armed Philippino cabin steward as he passed.“Have we somehow entered a Pacific version of the Bermuda Triangle, or something?” Chr...

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 &...