http://www.travelblog.org/Oceans-and-Seas/Pacific/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Oceans and Seas , Pacific en-us Thu, 23 May 2013 14:51:44 +0000 Thu, 23 May 2013 14:51:44 +0000 Luxury and pampering all day long Bora Bora is an island from Tahiti that receives more and more tourists every year because the prices for travel packages are more affordable.Of course you can choose between the Four Seasons luxury hotel for Bora Bora accommodation or just a simple hotel or a family hostel camping. Most people opt for this destination during their honeymoon so they do not look http://www.travelblog.org/Oceans-and-Seas/Pacific/Philippine-Sea/blog-785826.html Improve your peak normally with the help of these types of 4 tips There are many man and women which are not pleased with their own general height as well as wish to increase their own height several much more inches. Numerous individuals think getting taller soon after puberty is actually impossible which is not really true. Study as well as scientist proves which becoming higher right after pube http://www.travelblog.org/Oceans-and-Seas/Pacific/Tasman-Sea/blog-781494.html While on our Easter 2012 Maui vacation the Wife and I wanted to try ziplining. I have to admit that the only thing remotely resembling this that I39d done was on what we in Australia call a Flying Fox and this was at a nowdefunct lion safari park near Newcastle. It was only a rope suspended between two trees about 50m apart with a pulley block suspending another piece of rope that you gr http://www.travelblog.org/Oceans-and-Seas/Pacific/blog-768172.html On this trip we visited many ports in a number of different countries. Cruise ships we found out only dock at nice terminal facilities in major ports like San Francisco. In most other ports we were parked right into the mix of cargo ships tankers naval ships and container ships of all sizes and from countries around the world. Steve took advantage of this opportunity with his camera gear. http://www.travelblog.org/Oceans-and-Seas/Pacific/blog-767927.html The entire ships company was up again by 0800 no matter as sunrise is now before 0430 as we approached Hornos Island the whole purpose of our being on this cruise. Once one sees The Horn why this name was given to this cape is obvious. We have had a chance to cross the equator at sea to become Shellbacks and now we have sailed around the Horn. We are close to 9000 miles south of ou http://www.travelblog.org/Oceans-and-Seas/Pacific/blog-767763.html Everyone was up at ODark Hundred this morning as we streamed very slowly into the Torres del Paine National Park in southern Chile. Our goal was to sight Amalia Glacier which we did about 0800. It was not nearly as spectacular as the glaciers we have seen in Alaskan waters but the deep fjords running throughout the park reminded Steve of Milford Sound on the South Island of New Zealand. We di http://www.travelblog.org/Oceans-and-Seas/Pacific/blog-767747.html About 0330 we transitioned from the inside passage out of Puerto Montt into the Pacific and got nailed by 20 swells and 35knot headwinds which got us rocking and rolling again. In the Captains midwatch report he said this is average for these latitudes now 46 degrees south. We are steaming in open ocean on a course of 192 degrees at 19.5 knots with the stabilizers out and we will http://www.travelblog.org/Oceans-and-Seas/Pacific/blog-767746.html Another rough night and day here at sea but the wind is minimal right now so it cuts down on the wildness of the ride. Just long tall rolling swells as we pound through them. It makes it real interesting to run on a treadmill do exercises on one leg or lifting free weights while rolling upanddown through the swells. It is Sunday so short gym workout today as we will be off the ship tomorro http://www.travelblog.org/Oceans-and-Seas/Pacific/blog-767744.html Slept in late again as the Star Princess homed in on La SerenaCoquimbo Chile. More documents to complete for our day off the ship tomorrow in La Serena. We are seriously getting rocked as we steam south and the sea state has gone from moderate to heavy and the Officer of the Deck says we are reaching 20foot seas. Also Force 8 winds are not helping. However Mr. Patch is now out and in force w http://www.travelblog.org/Oceans-and-Seas/Pacific/blog-767738.html Just a chill day. Winds are up to force six and the seas are getting rougher as we steam south in 8 to 10 foot swells. A lot of it has to do with our direction of travel now which is steady on 140 degrees true and we have averaged 21 knots almost 25 MPH since we left which is humming right along for a tub this size. Worked out and laid in the sun. No sign of Das Thong today. The sun http://www.travelblog.org/Oceans-and-Seas/Pacific/blog-767737.html Our second Sunday at Sea and doing our usual Sunday routine. Biggest change is the temperature has dropped back into the high 60s and low 70s today but we are closest to the Sun so this is somewhat misleading. Carol is down for a bunch of Foo Foo stuff today while Steve watches football and reads but he did agree to take Tango lessons he did draw the line at line dancing lessons however http://www.travelblog.org/Oceans-and-Seas/Pacific/blog-767732.html Swells and winds are up a bit this morning so a little more rolling around. Big graduation for us today Although this will not really happen until tonight while we sleep this will be our first crossing of the Equator on a ship which of course means that we were lowlife scurvyinfested pollywogs requiring punishment which was altered at 1100 this morning. Called to the Sun Deck by the Capta http://www.travelblog.org/Oceans-and-Seas/Pacific/blog-767727.html We were awakened this morning to an urgent loudspeaker call for Captain to the Bridge It appears a few passengers reported a small white boat passing along the starboard side of the ship with People waving their hands in it. Uncertain of what was going on under International Maritime Law the Captain immediately rolled into a 180 to investigate. After a 20minute search we came http://www.travelblog.org/Oceans-and-Seas/Pacific/blog-767723.html We hit the gym hard this morning after a day off and then just laid in the sun for the rest of the day. Felt like a fat lizard on a hot rock. Still about 85 90 degrees but the humidity is definitely getting equatorial. Another pod of dolphins passed down the starboard side of the ship but these guys were under water and going like the bullet train. The water is so clear here you can see the http://www.travelblog.org/Oceans-and-Seas/Pacific/blog-767721.html Sunday Sunday Sunday which on sea days in our family Day OffSlept in late and awoke to VERY hot and humid conditions calm seas and almost no wind except from the passage of the ship. Almost 90 degrees by Noon and the Captain came on and warned everyone to use their sun block stating it will be this way until we hit Southern Chile well below the Equator. No more winter for two months http://www.travelblog.org/Oceans-and-Seas/Pacific/blog-767719.html Another foggytosunny day today with one big change Temperature has gone from the mid50s to the mid70s. Sea temperature matches the air temperature as we head south toward the Equator. After our workout we headed up to the Sun Deck and just chilled while reading our books and drinking iced lattes all afternoon in the warm sun. Breeze freshened late in the afternoon so we headed back http://www.travelblog.org/Oceans-and-Seas/Pacific/blog-767716.html For those people that think getting out of bed in the middle of the night to drive up a dormant volcano on an island in the middle of the Pacific Ocean jjst to watch the sunrise is a waste of time here39s one hell of an argument FORMy endeavour with this posting is to give people the inspiration to experience Haleakala in all it39s majesty be it Sunrise OR Sunset. i do love the contrast o http://www.travelblog.org/Oceans-and-Seas/Pacific/blog-767611.html Well this is the last day of our cruise per se a day at sea on the way to the port of Valpariso Chile. We will have a day in Valpariso and then will head home from Santiago.We sleep in a bit. In the morning we receive instructions on disembarkation procedures for tomorrow. As mentioned we have booked a bus tour that will take us through Valpariso and the surrounding area and eventually depos http://www.travelblog.org/Oceans-and-Seas/Pacific/blog-765814.html There con eficacia todo lo que efectivo es una constante necesidad de preocuparse con respecto a usted. Si la lleva de tema una etiqueta Moncler chaquetas ayudar a mantenerle caliente para los das ms fros le mantiene seca a lo largo de la lluvia ms pesado y la estancia moda en cualquier calle de la metrpoli en una regin imaginable Moncler Espaa . La cosa es simplemente porque uste http://www.travelblog.org/Oceans-and-Seas/Pacific/Tasman-Sea/blog-763173.html After being on this ship for a little more than a fortnight we have formed a little group of friends. We gravitate together everyday and chat about all the fun activities we have done. So when our new friend we will call him Ken because that is his name heard about the hypnotist show he wanted go and volunteer. So we said we would be his support team. We all met a half hour before the show a http://www.travelblog.org/Oceans-and-Seas/Pacific/Philippine-Sea/blog-756620.html