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We spent today in a small village that has probably one of the hardest names I’ve ever had to pronounce, let alone spell. The village is Zihuatanejo and is located near the more popular resort area called Ixtapa. Ixtapa is about 4 miles north of the pier we tendered to and consists of modern resorts …

After 3 sea days we finally got a chance to step onto land once again. When we scheduled our excursions for this cruise there weren’t a lot offered by Princess for Acapulco. Mostly it was all about the cliff diving. We thought it might be interesting to see, but we had 10 hours and didn’t …

The Port of Lyttleton and Christchurch proper gave us a memorable day. The weather was great and we got a few surprises along the way. We had two excursions scheduled that would take up most of our time in port. Our first excursion took us out on a catamaran on the bay leading into the …

Pago Pago in American Samoa was a nice visit. The weather was a bit warmer and more humid than we’d experienced so far, but it was a fun day. We began our day with an excursion that toured a small part of the island. Today was Sunday so not a lot was open, but we’re …

Moorea lived up to expectations. The island sits only about 13 miles away from Papeete in Tahiti, but it’s the opposite in appearance. We had to tender off the ship to get to the island, and the dock itself was very small and had a dirt road leading up to a little village. There was …