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Wow! What a day. We started out going into Milford Sound at 6 AM. It seemed strange going in so early—after all, it wasn’t even light yet. However, the cliffs lining the sides of the fjord were hazy …
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The ship’s time advanced an hour again last night, which put us on New Caledonia Standard Time. I never thought about it before, but if you don’t like Daylight Savings Time and the changing of the …
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I was up early yesterday, just as the sun was rising over the Tasman Sea and the ship was coming alive. People drifted slowly into the Lido Deck dining room and the hum level in the room rose …
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Our hotel, Mantra 2 Bond Street, was a good news/bad news story. The location couldn’t have been better, but there were a few things that can best be described as “quirky.” The photos will give some …
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Friday, April 5, Touring Sidney by Hop-On Hop-Off Before I get to our lovely touring day, a little more about our quirky hotel room. Our view:This is apparently a restaurant/bar that gets extremely …
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On our first day in Sydney, we took a tour of the iconic Sydney Opera House. The original budget of this majestic building was seven million dollars, and the projected timeline was three years. …
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Last week, we looked upriver and makai (to the mountains) at Oheo Gulch. This week’s post shows the mauka (ocean) view from Kuloa Point, which is just a bit further along the trail. This is the spot where the river in Oheo Gulch meets the ocean and, quite honestly, I had no desire to take a header […]
