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Kaohsiung
Cruising Sydney to Hong Kong 2025 Kaohsiung is in the south of Taiwan and is the second largest city in Taiwan. The cruise ship terminal is very modern, having been completed in march 2023. The building is very impressive and looks … Continue reading
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Manila
Cruising Sydney to Hong Kong 2025 A large number of the crew are Filipino, so there was certainly a lot of excitement as we docked in Manila. Many crew members lined the deck waving Phillipines flags as we were welcomed by … Continue reading
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Boracay
Cruising Sydney to Hong Kong 2025 Boracay is a small island in the central Philippines. It’s known for its beaches which are beautiful. We were welcomed by a band, dancing and colourful costumes. We caught a local minibus to Bulabog Beach … Continue reading
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Cruising Sydney to Hong Kong 2025
Bitung Bitung is on the north eastern tip of Sulawesi and is rarely visited by cruise ships. We were the first for 2025 and typically only four or five ships visit a year. The local people were particularly friendly and … Continue reading
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Cruising Sydney to Hong Kong 2025
Ternate Ternate is an island in the Moluccas, also known as the Spice Islands, The Moluccas are a group of islands in Indonesia that were the main source of nutmeg, cloves, mace, and pepper in the world. Ternate is located … Continue reading
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Cruising Sydney to Hong Kong 2025
Bau Bau, Butung Bau Bau, is a city on Buton Island in Southeast Sulawesi, Indonesia. It once was the seat of the Buton Sultanate. While en route to Bau Bau the ship’s crew had a pirate drill. The guests were … Continue reading
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Cruising Sydney to Hong Kong 2025
Komodo Island and Bali Komodo Island is the home of the komodo dragon – a giant monitor lizard. We were only allowed to disembark if we were on an organised tour and given the heat and humidity and the fact … Continue reading
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Cruising Sydney to Hong Kong 2025 – Darwin
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First stop – Moreton Island, Queensland
After two days sailing from Sydney we anchored off Moreton Island and tendered ashore to Tangalooma resort. We decided to walk the 3.5Km walking track which started with about 1 Km along the beach and then climbed to the top … Continue reading
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Alicante, Spain
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Sete, France
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Cavalaire-sur-Mer
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Monte Carlo
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Portofino
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Calvi, Corsica
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Golfo Aranci, Sardinia
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Civitavecchia
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Amalfi Revisited
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Lipari Revisited
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Valletta, Malta Revisited
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Trapani, Take 2
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Ibiza
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Menorca Revisited
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Valencia
Valencia is Spain’s third largest city, located on the Mediterranean coast.It was founded as a Roman colony in 138 BC. The day started with a magnificent sunrise. We were docked again, so disembarking was easy. As the port is about … Continue reading
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Cartagena
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Casablanca and Rabat, Morocco
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Gibraltar
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Malaga (October 2024)
We visited Malaga on our cruise earlier in the year so opted for a quick walk around the town. Another giant cruise ship was in town as well, and disgorge 3200 passengers into the town centre so it was quite … Continue reading
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Menorca, Spain
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Port Vendres, France
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Barcelona
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Toulon
We were meant to go to La Ciotat in France but the weather was forecast be too rough for tender operations so we went to Toulon instead. However, while Toulon is the port, the closest town to the ship was … Continue reading
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Cagliari, Sardinia
We were docked again so no exciting tender ride :). Cagliari has a population of 150,000 people but apart from our ship’s 600 passengers, an MSC cruse ship with 2550 passengers was also in port and disgorged its human contents … Continue reading
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Trapani
Trapani is in Sicily. We were docked and able to walk off the ship and straight into the old part of town. An absolutely gorgeous town and a delight to spend time walking around. We were the only ship in … Continue reading
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Valetta, Malta
We were fortunate today to be docked so going ashore was merely walking off the ship. We arrived at about 8pm and stayed overnight. We did another ship’s tour today as we wanted to move away from the capital and … Continue reading
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Gozo, Malta
Another tender port. We were anchored a fair distance from the port and the sea was doing its impression of a washing machine. I was surprised that the tenders were operated with the metre high swell and high wind. Usually … Continue reading
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Syracuse
Another day of beautiful weather. We sailed into the dock just after sunrise and the 13th century Castello Maniace citadel that guards the approach was illuminated nicely. The citadel is an impressive structure and dominates the headland. Unfortunately we couldn’t … Continue reading
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Lipari
Another tender trip to shore. We were here a few months ago and walked around the town so this time we decided to do a tour. It was a coach tour of some of the island culminating in a pizza … Continue reading
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Amalfi and Positano
We tendered ashore at Amalfi. On our previous cruise we were unable to go ashore because it was too rough for the tenders to operate so we were glad that we could get ashore this time. We had been to … Continue reading
Rome – Hotel
We arrived in Rome four days before our cruise to get into the time zone and spend a little time wandering around the sights. We stayed at Hotel Vilon, a boutique hotel centrally located. We had a spacious room with … Continue reading
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Edinburgh, Scotland
Stopped in Edinburgh today. Caught a tram to Princes Street walked up the mound to the Royal Mile then back down through the gardens and then to Dean Bridge. Cool windy and overcast. A normal summer day someone unkindly said! … Continue reading
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Stavanger, Norway
The weather in some of our ports has been fairly ordinary but today was a perfect day in Stavanger. A chilly start but warm in the sun and a clear sky until mid afternoon. Perfect for walking around in shirt … Continue reading
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Kristiansand, Norway
An overcast day with occasional sun bursts and drizzling on and off. An easy walk around the town. The old town is only a small area but all of the town is attractive. Local manhole cover. Sadly not our ship … Continue reading
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Copenhagen, Denmark
We went ashore in the morning to a grey and wet day. We did a short walk around and then back to the ship. If we had waited until after lunch the weather turned into a perfect afternoon. Due to … Continue reading
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Stockholm, Sweden
An overcast and showery day in Stockholm. We caught the shuttle bus into town and walked around the Gamla Stan – the old town of Stockholm. This guy stayed in character and couldn’t be distracted 🙂 Cinnamon buns are common … Continue reading
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Mariehamn, Aland Finland
Mariehamn is a small town in the Åland Islands. The town is quiet and beautifully maintained. An interesting sail in to the port dodging lots of rocky bits. We were docked next to a museum ship. The town provide a … Continue reading
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Helsinki, Finland
The day in Helsinki was overcast and dull. We did a walk around but we were a bit weary from previous days activities so didn’t really do it justice. We had been here 12 years ago with friends and it … Continue reading
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Tallinn, Estonia
Estonia is a new country for us. Tallinn is a very interesting old town and we spent a lot of time walking around and sitting and watching others. We were the only cruise ship in town but there were very … Continue reading
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Gdansk, Poland
A hot day in Gdansk and a lot of tourists – but not from cruise ships as we are the only one in port and we are only 450 people./ I managed to find a local manhole cover (actually not … Continue reading
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Ronne, Denmark
Ronne is on the island of Bornholm in the Baltic Sea. A short walk today and quite warm and sunny. We were a bit early today so very few people around – and also we were the only cruise ship … Continue reading
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Jim and Sue's Gray Nomad Adventures 