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March 5, 2020 - We bought two Opal cards for local transportation including train, light rail, bus and ferry. It had a daily cap of ……
March 4, 2020 - Our World Cruise ended prematurely but this journey continues. We will stay in Sydney until March 7 then visit
March 3, 2020 - Unfortunately, our 89 days world cruise is ended today, 49 days shorter than planned. The Crystal Cruise has ……
Feb 28-March 2, 2020 (Day 38-41) - The COVID-19 epidemic is out of control as no one can predict. The confirmed cases were ……
Feb 27, 2020 (Day 37) - s the captain expected, the ship was rocking and rolling last night. A big storm hit the ship really hard……
Feb 26, 2020 (Day 36) - We anchored at Port Chalmers, ten miles away from Dunedin. This time we did separate shore excursions for ……
Feb 25, 2020 (Day 35) - Akaroa is a small town on Banks Peninsula in the Canterbury region of the South Island of New Zealand, not ……
Feb 24, 2020 (Day 34 ) - Picton is a town in the South Island, not too far away from Wellington. In order not to damage the coral reef,….
Feb 23, 2020 (Day 33) - Wellington is the capital of New Zealand. We docked in the morning and then went on a shore excursion with ……
Feb 21-22, 2020 (Day 31-32) - Crystal Serenity arrived at Napier at 6:30 PM today. We were the first few in line to get off the ship. Napier was ……
Feb 20, 2020 (Day 30) - Tauranga, New Zealand is a beautiful small resort town in the north island. It is also a birthplace of kiwifruit…….
Feb 19, 2020 (Day 29) - The ship stayed overnight at Auckland. On the second day, we took a ferry to Waiheke Island, a beautiful wine ……
Feb 18, 2020 (Day 28) - We docked at Auckland at 8:00 am today (Feb 18). After breakfast, we joined a free walking tour at 10:00 AM……
Feb 17, 2020 (Day 27) - After two days at sea, we arrived at Waitangi, Bay of Islands. We did Waitangi Estuary by Kayak excursion. …..
Feb13-14, 2020 (Day 23-24 ) - After Tonga refused our ship, the captain decided to go to Fiji one day earlier. We added an extra tour on Feb 13……
Feb 11-12, 2020 (Day 22- 23) - It is hard to settle on a regular schedule on this world cruise. This is our first time sailing long distance on the ……
Feb 7-8, 2020 (Day 18-19) - Today is another day at sea. Crystal provides enrichment lectures when it is a sea day. Plus it also offers …...
Feb 6, 2020 (Day 17) - The ship stopped at another island, Raiatea, in French Polynesia. We went out on a shore excursion to visit ……
Feb 4-5, 2020 (Day 15-16 ) - Our ship arrived at Papeete yesterday night. Papeete, the capital of French Polynesia, is located on the island …..
Feb 3, 2020 (Day 14) - When we walked up to Deck 12 for breakfast this morning, the cruise ship was already surrounded by …..
