THE GRAND ADVENTURE A OVERVIEW

We fly out on April 2 at 10:30 on Air New Zealand. Let's just pray that I don't want to throw my husband out of the plane. He didn't do well on the flight from Philadelphia to Venice, so I am somewhat concerned about this 17+ hour trip. But I am going to be cautious about this and hopeful (and be prepared to give him a sleeping pill).

The first part of our trip is in the Great Barrier Reef area of Australia. We will be in Port Douglas from April 5 to the 10th. We have day trips planned to the Reef (underwater cameras are in the suitcases), then one day to the Daintree RainForest and one day to Kurunada Railway, one day of relaxing by the pool at the hotel. I reserved a swim up room for us.


This is a generic photo of Bora Bora - which has to be the most romantic place on the planet. We will be on this island on our 5th wedding anniversary. We have a Motu picnic - we will be picked up in a polynesian canoe and taken to the Motu (island) where lunch will be served in the water. In the words of our friend, Skip, "it doesn't get any better than this". So on you can rest assured you will be seeing a photo of us from the Motu picnic.


Once back in Sydney there are so many things to see and do and I cannot wait to try some of them. I am hoping that we can do a hot air balloon ride. I'll keep you all posted and try to get some photos in too.

This is our trans-pacific itinerary on the Sapphire:

Apr 14 2008 SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA
Apr 15 2008 T SEA
Apr 16 2008 MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA
Apr 17 2008 AT SEA
Apr 18 2008 HOBART, TASMANIA
Apr 19 2008 AT SEA
Apr 20 2008 AT SEA
Apr 21 2008 FJORDLAND NATL PARK CRUISING NEW ZEALAND
Apr 22 2008 DUNEDIN (PORT CHALMERS), NEW ZEALAND
Apr 23 2008 AT SEA
Apr 24 2008 AUCKLAND, NEW ZEALAND
Apr 25 2008 AT SEA
Apr 26 2008 AT SEA
Apr 27 2008 SUVA, FIJI
CROSS INT'L DATELINE
Apr 27 2008 AT SEA
Apr 28 2008 PAGO PAGO, AMERICAN SAMOA
Apr 29 2008 AT SEA
Apr 30 2008 RAROTONGA, COOK ISLANDS
May 01 2008 AT SEA
May 02 2008 BORA BORA, FRENCH POLYNESIA
May 03 2008 PAPEETE, TAHITI, FRENCH POLYNESIA
May 04 2008 AT SEA
May 05 2008 AT SEA
May 06 2008 AT SEA
May 07 2008 AT SEA
May 08 2008 HONOLULU, OAHU, UNITED STATES
May 09 2008 HILO, HAWAII, UNITED STATES
May 10-15, 2008 AT SEA
Los Angeles


I am sure we will enjoy the sea days - we have always loved them and having so many is great.

Now if we could just find a ship where we can take the dog - we'd be set.

Charlene