San Francisco to Sydney - Cruising the South Pacific on the Sapphire Princess

It is far easier to travel than to write about it - David Livingstone

We know some of you are looking forward to receiving regular updates from our trip. We're sure others have agreed to receive these out of politeness and some of you are probably saying: 'who??' as you read this.

I hope that by the end of our adventure it will have felt like you were all with us and shared in our experiences. Either that or we'll be crossed off you Xmas card list. We can hear the cries of, 'DON'T!!...They'll only start talking about their bloody trip again!! Quick, hopefully they haven't seen us!!' as you cross the road (or sneak past our desks on the way to make tea!!)

Whatever or where ever your mood takes you, you are welcome to join us in a voyage of discovery and hopefully we'll have some laughs along the way.

You may not hear from us every day as we will be spending quite a bit of time at sea. Our silence will mean either: 'I'm not paying these prices to log on' or the boat has sank!!!

There is a facility to leave comments on the blog and rate it as you see fit. We'd love to read your thoughts and witticisms. We may be sailing to the other side of the world but this could seem like we're all invited to the same party (but you've all gone and turned up at the wrong address!!)

If we have a pretty uneventful day, I'll pad out the blog with photos. This'll save us from boring you all when we return home!!

We hope you all enjoy the next 40-odd days...we certainly will!!

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Trip Length: 6 weeks
Blog Entries: 31
Photos: 322
Words: 37527

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Blog Entries

Date	Blog Title	Location
September 18th 2010	Arrival at base 'camp' , Nob Hill, San Francisco!!	North America » United States » California » San Francisco
September 19th 2010	Let''s all go down to the ballgame!!	North America » United States » California » San Francisco
September 20th 2010	Escape to the Rock!!	North America » United States » California » San Francisco
September 21st 2010	The long and wiggly road to male grooming!!!	North America » United States » California » San Francisco
September 22nd 2010	Taking the slow boat to Oz	Oceans and Seas » Pacific
September 23rd 2010	Gym'll fix it!!	Oceans and Seas » Pacific
September 24th 2010	Nothing to see...but Wales!!	Oceans and Seas » Pacific
September 25th 2010	Day 3 and still at sea!!	Oceans and Seas » Pacific
September 26th 2010	Somewhere over the rainbow lurk Donny and Marie!	Oceans and Seas » Pacific
September 27th 2010	Aloha! Higher! Aloha!	North America » United States » Hawaii » Oahu
September 28th 2010	What could be finer than to be in Lahaina!	North America » United States » Hawaii » Maui » Lahaina
October 2nd 2010	0º 00.00 S - King Neptune’s domain!	Oceans and Seas » Pacific
October 3rd 2010	Buggy on down to Moorea!	Oceania » French Polynesia » Moorea
October 4th 2010	Tahiti - Warned about WALLS!	Oceania » French Polynesia » Tahiti » Papeete
October 5th 2010	Bora Bora - so perfect they named it twice!!	Oceania » French Polynesia
October 7th 2010	Routine – all quizzes, cocktails and demos	Oceans and Seas » Pacific
October 8th 2010	I AmSam - Pago squared	Oceania » Samoa » American Samoa
October 9th 2010	Samoa – where they drive like us	Oceania » Samoa » Upolu » Apia
October 13th 2010	Fiji – Don’t rock the boat baby!	Oceania » Fiji » Viti Levu » Suva
October 15th 2010	Auckland – city of sails	Oceania » New Zealand » North Island » Auckland
October 17th 2010	Wellington – Les Misérables for the day!	Oceania » New Zealand » North Island » Wellington Region » Wellington
October 18th 2010	Christchurch - The jewel in NZ's crown	Oceania » New Zealand » South Island » Christchurch
October 19th 2010	Dunedin – nearly dun it all	Oceania » New Zealand » South Island » Otago » Dunedin
October 22nd 2010	Rock and rolling down under	Oceans and Seas » Pacific » Tasman Sea
October 23rd 2010	Sydney – Ron and Jan's oasis	Oceania » Australia » New South Wales » Sydney
October 24th 2010	Me Koala’s stuck up the jumbuck tree	Oceania » Australia » New South Wales » Sydney
October 26th 2010	The blue mountains and Shakespeare too!	Oceania » Australia » New South Wales » Sydney
October 27th 2010	Hong Kong – all good things !!!	Asia » Hong Kong » Lantau Island
October 28th 2010	Macau – Vegas in the South China Seas	Asia » Macau » Macau
October 29th 2010	The end is nigh, the peak is high!	Asia » Hong Kong » Lantau Island
October 30th 2010	The final chapter	Europe » United Kingdom » England » Cheshire » Widnes