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 Princessmoored 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!! That also means that the fish are the officially recognised residents of this city with the human race being the ethnic minority being outnumbered by 1,500,000:1!!! ‘Aloha' is the Hawaiian word that means ‘greeting' and is similar in use to the Italian ‘Ciao'. The roots of the word ‘Aloha' date back 5000 years when 2 scousers, adrift in the ocean, fell ... read more

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. On the plus side, Roisin learned how to decorate an egg!!!! There is a wide diversity of people on board from all walks of life. Chris and Roisin have yet to find another couple that are still gainfully employed. There are those who are seasoned travellers and have amassed over 150 cruise days with ... read more

Chris and Roisin's first wake up at sea was at 8am when a knock came at their door. It was the cabin steward with breakfast. Nothing too strenuous just the usual danish, cereal, yoghurt, fruit (and fruit juice), tea and/or coffee. This was not going to be the rule but as this service was included they thought they'd give it a try. They were adamant to give the gym a whirl. At least if this is the only day they use the equipment it will go down on record as having 'given it a go'!! The gym is amazing! State of the art. AND FREE!! There are at least a dozen hi-tech treadmills a number of cross-trainers, bikes (sit up and beg ones as well as the ‘easy rider' type!) and weights to tone bits of ... read more

Geo: 37.7792, -122.42 Chris was skimming the pages of a San Francisco travel guide when it suddenly dawned on him – "The wiggly road thing. We forgot to visit it!" he exclaimed. So that settled it. Wednesday was scheduled to be a day of relaxation, and a night at the Opera. Chris and Roisin were out of the hotel and heading for the cable car to take them to Lombard Street, the crookedest Street in the world. Now, there were two cable car routes. One stopped at one end of Lombard Street and the other stopped at the bottom of Lombard Street. As the Powell-Hyde branch of the cable car ended at Fisherman's Wharf, Chris and Roisin decided to take the Powell-Mason line. This should be less busy. It only stopped 2 blocks away from Lombard ... read more

When travelling East to West, jet lag can be a real killjoy. Chris and Roisin finally turned in about 9pm on Saturday night. That would be 5am UK time!!! Come 3.45 am Sunday morning both of them were wide awake. Fortunately as they both realised that they were on holiday, neither of them could be arsed to get up so they turned over and managed to get some further rest!!! They arose at 8am and as breakfast was not included in their accommodation, found a local deli where a cream cheese bagel and americano was very welcome. Today was the day Chris had been waiting for, for 28 years. Ever since he received a San Francisco baseball cap he has supported the SF Giants. It feels as if he has come home! The game started at ... read more