The Adventures of Scotty, Sue and Dan Aboard Narnia (and other adventures)
The Adventures of Scotty, Sue and Dan Aboard Narnia (and other adventures)
Today we find ourselves in the charming little town of Port Chalmers, the gateway to Dunedin New Zealand. Dunedin is the second most populous city in on the Soth Island and is also one of the most Scottish, having been modeled after the city of Edinburgh, Scotland. The Crown Princess was also in port on […]
Today we docked in Picton, New Zealand. Picton is located on the South Island near the head of the Queen Charlotte Sound. It serves as the major transportation hub between the North and South Islands of New Zealand connecting roads and rails by a series of ferries that traverse the Cook Strait. It is also […]
We arrived at Hawke’s Bays, in the wonderful city of Napier, New Zealand in the early this morning on day 20 of our 116 day world cruise. Once again, we docked an industrial dock so had to take a mandatory shuttle bus into town (about a 10 min drive). Unfortunately, this was a very quick […]
Thursday morning found us at anchor in the amazing Bay of Islands, an area on the east coast of the Far North District of the North Island of New Zealand. This beautiful region boasts no less then 144 islands within the confines of the bay. Because we were anchored in the bay, passengers make their way to shore […]
After 6 days at sea (7 if you count crossing the date line) we docked in Suva, Fiji. The weather was very warm with 90+% humidity. It rained on and off our entire stay. We were last here in November 2023 and had to cut our visit short due to tropical cyclone Mal. We were […]
Today we crossed both the equator and the international date line as we sailed Southwest from Hawaii on our way to Fiji. We completely skipped January 31, 2025 and went from Jan 30 to Feb 1, 2025. The clocks were also set back 1 hour (or is that ahead 23 hours?). As is his tradition […]
We arrived in Nawiliwili Harbor in the early morning on January 27th after an unsettled overnight passage from Oahu. The weather was clear, sunny and cool, a welcome change from yesterday’s rain. After a quick breakfast aboard, we joined Gerne and David for that most amazing of tropical island adventure, an Uber to Costo for […]
After 5 days at sea, we finally arrived at our first stop of this 116-day voyage, Honolulu Hawaii. The sun was still down and it was just starting to rain when the ship docked at Pier 2. The Aloha Tower greeted us with its glow. A double rainbow made an appearance just after breakfast. We […]
The weather today is fairly unsettled with squalls and rolling waves. We are about 3/4 of the way to our first stop, Honolulu. Woke up early to attend 7AM Pilates class followed by the usual Spin class. All of this exercise is slowing down the inevitable weight gain that comes with cruising. We met up […]
Up early to watch the sunrise.
We woke up early this morning to watch the sunrise and ordered room service coffee. Weather was cool and pleasant, and the seas were calm. We love sunrises at sea. Dan attended an early morning Spin class in the gym and then joined Sue on deck for breakfast. We brought our Ukulele’s from home since […]
We boarded the Island Princess today (Jan 20, 2025) to begin our 116 day World Cruise. For this adventure we are joined by our friends David and Gerne from s/v Dreamer. We will post updates and photos as the trip progresses. Photos of our room for this voyage Sailaway Random photos
We’ve recently updated our places visited list (aka our ISO 3166 Country List) and were thrilled to see that as of our last trip, we have checked off 100 unique destinations!! (there are 253 destinations on the list). We currently have 25 destinations planned in 2025; 10 of them are new, 15 are repeats per […]
It has always been a dream/bucket list item to visit the Great Barrier Reef in Australia and on October 29th, 2023 we were able to realize that dream. To begin our journey, we boarded the QuickSilver Wave Piercer fast catamaran in Port Douglas, Australia for a 90 minute trek offshore to the reef and the […]
It’s been a long travel day and there is still a long way to go. We landed in Doha, Qatar after a 14.5 hour flight from SFO. We spent 3 hours navigating the massive Hamid International Airport along with a quick visit to the business lounge for snacks and refreshment before boarding the plane for […]
It’s Easter Sunday in the US and after many months of planning, itinerary changes, and travel visa applications, we are finally off on our 52 day trek. The car service picked us up at the appointed hour and whisked us off to the airport. For the 1st leg of this journey we decided to fly […]
As folks know, we generally tend to plan our longer duration bucket list travels well in advance, and this trip is no exception. We have been in the planning stages for well over a year and yesterday we reached another milestone. We have finalized our high level itinerary, ticketed all of our flights, and reserved […]
Today we have the 4th installment that covers exploring the island of Nuku Hiva, Marquises, and S/V Dreamers onward passage to the Fakarava Atoll with only David and Chris onboard (Dan flew from Nuku Hiva to Papeete, Tahiti to reunite with Sue) You can find the 1st Video Here, the 2nd Video Here, the 3rd Video Here, or […]
Chris Huang took video during our voyage from Panama to French Polynesia in March/April of 2022. Today we have the 3rd installment that covers the last couple weeks of the ocean crossing and the arrival at the island of Nuku Hiva, Marquises. You can find the 1st Video Here, the 2nd Video Here, or check […]
The temperature outside our based land home was hovering above 112 degrees over the last weekend, a bit too hot for outdoor activities, so we passed the time surfing our favorite travel sites. Oh, the danger of Labor Day Travel Sales! As some may remember, we had to cancel the Machu Picchu portion of our […]
