November 27, 2025

Next we were at Eden on the River, for a little nature walk and a swim in the cool refreshing water. This place was great with giant rocks to slide down, inter-tubes for floating and rope bridges to climb. All set in this gorgeous park with tons of flowers & fauna.

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Then we did our longest stretch of road, with a quick stop at the Blue Lagoon, then onto the northern tip of island to the fantastic views atop Top Rock  and lastly to the spot where they filmed the reality TV show SURVIVOR - VANUATA !

Lastly, this nasty little creature is killing palm trees all over the South Pacific! They believe he came to Vanuatu through a shipping container, most likely carrying coconuts and from Papau New Guineu. They bore into the fruit and kill the tree in the process. This one was found on a residents balcony on our Ship and that is the reason they now have a rule that all cruise ships, freighters and none local boats have to leave All Vanuatu ports, before 4pm, because they come out at dusk. Such a shame, has been plaguing them for 10 years - not in all 83 islands of Vanuatu and they hope this ship rule helps keep that spread down.

KOTA KINABALU, SABAH, MALAYSIA

By Pat Patrick • May 25, 2026
We only had about 8 hours of port time in KOTA KINABALU, Malaysia today, due to Port operations. I went out with Delia to see one of the most notable buildings in town, the floating mosque or Masjid Bandaraya. Our GRAB driver actually took our picture when we asked him to wait for us, and then take us to the mall afterwards.

SANTUBONG RIVER, SARAWAK, MALAYSIA

By Pat Patrick • May 23, 2026
MALAYSIA , on BORNEO ISLAND made palm seed oil their biggest export back in 1966 and was the top global exporter until 2008, when Indonesia surpassed them. Sadly, the resulting tropical deforestation has created major habitat losses and population declines for the Borneon Orangutans, Pygmy Elephants and Proboscis Monkeys . Many of us on the ship took tours to see these amazing creatures and I wanted to share some of their amazing photos too.

KUCHING, MALAYSIA - BORNEO ISLAND

By Pat Patrick • May 22, 2026
BORNEO ISLAND is a fascinating place, that I had honestly only heard of from the reality tv show Survivor. I'm still learning so much, but I had no idea it is the largest island in Asia and 3rd largest island in the World! It is a mini continent, with 3 different Countries sharing the island's land mass ( Indonesia 73%, Malaysia 26% and Brunei 1% ). We are only going to 2 ports in Malaysia now, one in each of the states of Sarawak and Sabah . Below is a video that highlights and explains thing well.