I planned to spend some time with a dear friend but at the last minute there was an emergency and he could not get the day off work....

On this itinerary, The Kdam overnights in Honolulu which opens up infinite possibilities for how to spend your time. If you want to visit...

Here are the Speciality Restaurant menus from Rudis, Tamarand, Morimotos, Pinnacle, and Canalettos as of February, 2025. Each come with...

Maui is my home away from home. I’m always a little embarrassed when our ship docks in kahalui. It’s the “big city” of Maui; Airport...

Kona is a tender port which means bring your patience. Today the swells were slowing down the tender process. In spite of being anchored...

We have been spent the last 5 days sailing across the Pacific Ocean and will land in Kona, Hawaii tomorrow. There is something absolutely...

Aloha from the very lovely Koningsdam where we are officially SAILING!! The sun is shining. It’s a bit chilly. And did I mention we are...

Ta-Da…. Per request a blog post with all the menus. Below are main dining room menus from Holland Americas Koningsdam 35 night cruise to...

The cruise critic group was busy planning lots of events to help fill these 35 days. It’s day one and we’ve already held three very well...

Embarkation day- Day 2 —————————- Day 3 Day 4 Day 5 Day 6 Day 7 Day 8 Day 9 Day 10 Day 11 Day 12 ——————————— Day 30 At sea ————————- Day...

I can’t be the only one that gets a little teary eyed the moment I first lay eyes on my next cruise ship. Not sad teary eyed, just “I...

Welcome to the first entry on my Live Blog of the 35 night  cruise on Holland America’s Koningsdam. We sail out tomorrow to Hawaii,...

I'll never forget the moment this continent appeared in the distance. We had been sailing two days thru Drakes passage with little to...

We hired a private driver to take us approximately 2 hours into the Andes Mountains where we hiked up to San Francisco glacier. I would...

This was the first time that Bob and I flew first class. We did this all on points. The flight was over 12 hours direct, so the lay flat...

We did a HAL tour to the island of Los Pinguinos to spend the day with Magellanic Penguins. This was our first encounter with...

King Penguins are the star of the show at Volunteer Point. The babies were starting to hatch- if you look hard enough you can see one...

The Magellanic penguins of volunteer point in the Falkland Islands. There were three kinds of penguins at volunteer point. Unfortunately...

Super cute! Penguins deciding not to swim after all. These guys would jump in the surf, swim out just a bit, and then run out of the...

This is a list of the tours we completed along with the contact information. We had great luck with all the walking tours so would highly...