July 31, 2025
CROSSING The PACIFIC OCEAN to JAPAN
Two significant things happened yesterday. As reported below, by Cruise hive ,we were the closest cruise ship to the epicenter of the earthquake and tsunami. We were fine and in fact felt & saw nothing, because we are in the depths of the Bering Sea.
Second, we crossed the International Date Line, IDL, so I am now in the future, of I believe, all my readers. Let me know if you want help with your daily WORDLE puzzles.I also have to admit figuring out what time it is in Philly, and coordinating my calls there has been a bit of a mind bend, between the daily hour changes here on the crossing with additional twist from day light savings. Below is a chart that helps make the math easier to understand.
Thursday, October 23rd we arrived in the Port of Bitung, Indonesia to huge fan fare despite the pouring rain. Turns out we were the first cruise ship to visit this Port in a long time!
WOW!!! PALAU is the tropical Paradise I have been dreaming about! This is trip just reached a new level of OMG!!
Got to love a place that sells shirts saying " Where the heck is Yap? " Colonia ( population 3,100 ) is the Capital and Harbor town of Yap State ( population 11,600 ) one of four states in the Federated States of Micronesia. We are in the Pacific Ocean or Philippine Sea just north of the equator, Papua New Guinea and Australia.