Category Archives: Pacific Ocean & Islands

You Can’t Control The Weather and Neither Can The Captain

Posted on January 27, 2017 by

Cruising Disappointments – Missing a Port Due to Weather Up to this point, I’ve been lucky. In all the cruises we have done we had never missed a port or changed course due to weather. We once missed a port … Continue reading →

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Tahiti Island Tour

Posted on December 23, 2016 by

Exploring Tahiti From a Cruise Ship On Your Own P&O Arcadia arrived in Papeete, Tahiti of the windward islands in French Polynesia on a rainy February day. We hadn’t made any specific plans for this port stop. We knew we … Continue reading →

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Cruising Across the Pacific Ocean

Posted on November 18, 2016 by

Our 21-day transpacific cruise on the P&O Arcadia began in Valparaiso, Chile. As one leg of a world cruise the boarding process differs a bit from ordinary cruises where the whole ship changes over to a new cruise. Only some … Continue reading →

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Sailing Past Easter Island

Posted on October 14, 2016 by

One of the most isolated places in the world, Easter Island sits alone in the Pacific Ocean. It takes about 5 days on a cruise ship or over 5 hours on a plane to get to Easter Island from the … Continue reading →

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