September 22, 2024

Today's Ship Update!

Finally we have passed all our testing and monitoring with DNV!! ( Det Norske Veritas is a classification agency and advisor for over 40% of worldwide cruise ships.) Sea trials went great with all equipment performing as it should. So now DNV has to submit all the paperwork to the various agents and they expect to have our PSSC ( Passenger Ship Safety Certification) in place Wednesday, meaning we can come on the ship and stay!! Woohoo!! Thursday and Friday MCA (United Kingdom, Maritime and Coastguard Agency) and Public Health are expected to make their final inspections. So the plan is Saturday, September 28th we should set sail !!

The itinerary is still being worked out with port agents to head south via France, Spain, Azores, Bermuda & Bahamas - more to come.

By Pat Patrick July 14, 2026
I really enjoyed my first trip to Thailand! On our final morning here we went to try breakfast at this spot, down the road, we had been hearing rave reviews on, King Of Bread . The hype was correct, the breakfast was delicious and they had some unique choices. I had eggs benedict on a croissant, in lieu of the standard english muffin and Bosco had it on Milk Bread, which was equally tasty.
By Pat Patrick July 14, 2026
We love having authentic experiences with locals to really get a chance to see how they live and thrive in the Ports we visit. So when I found a cooking class, by a local woman offered in her home, we were excited to book. Um ( our teacher) picked us and brought us back to our hotel along with the family of 4 from Sydney, Australia, that had also signed up for this afternoon class. Um's house, which has a lovely open air kitchen, garden and dining area, was about a 30 minute drive and turned out to be on the beach, right next to the Grandparent Rocks.
By Pat Patrick July 14, 2026
The nightlife scene doesn't really get going till after 11pm and goes till 5 am in the Chaweng section of Koh Samui . We made our way over to the club district, and one of the hot spots called the ArkBar a little past 10pm to have some dinner, while watching the beach fire shows.