June 22, 2025

KAHULUI, MAUI, HAWAII

Four of us ( Bob, Sarah, Sherrie & I ) rented a car today to explore Maui quickly, as we only have seven hours in this port of Kahului. It would be to rushed to do the iconic Road to Hana and all of us but Sarah has done it already. Instead we set out to see 'IOA Valley, Twin Falls and Pa'ia town, a cute historical plantation town. Above is the 'Ian Needle,

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Next we were off to see the Twin falls - which are not side by side, but rather up stream from each other. It was a nice enough walk and stretch of the legs, but the heights of the falls are far from impressive.

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    First waterfall

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Our final stop, was the town of Pa'ia that had some great local artist and dress shops, bars, ice cream vendors and our favorite a wood fired pizza oven at the Flatbread Company. We were hungry, it smelled amazing and I personally have not had pizza in nine months since the trip started. So yummy - I had homemade fennel sausage & mushrooms on 1/2 and feta and veggies on the other half.

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TERNATE, INDONESIA

By Patricia Patrick • October 13, 2025
Ternate, Indonesia, which is both the name of the city and island, and is part of the Maluku Islands in eastern Indonesia. It is a port that sees maybe 3 Cruise ships a year. However, they really made an effort to show us the best of what they can offer. It's mainly a Muslim country, and we knew we had to dress discretely, but we knew little else. We didn't have our typical port talk prior, due to a technical issue with the AV equipment. Ben a fellow resident, organized an island tour, with about 8 stops, for 90 of us residents.

CEBU, PHILIPPINES

By Patricia Patrick • October 10, 2025
Cebu greeted our Ship with a big warm welcome, despite having just been rocked by a major Earthquake, days before our arrival. The Minister of Tourism arrived with a motorcade and she proceeded to chat with the residents and thank us, for all our support.

PUERTO PRINCESA, PALAWAN, PHILIPPINES

By Patricia Patrick • October 2, 2025
Today we were Cave explorers! We went to the one of UNESCO newly classified 7 NEW WONDERS OF NATURE - The Puerto Princesa Underground River.