March 10, 2020 - We stayed with our friend’s family in Melbourne. They took us to the world-famous Great Ocean Road in……

March 9, 2020 - Today is a public holiday, Labor Day in Australia. The City of Melbourne also held the Moomba Festival over ……

March 7-8, 2020 - We flew from Sydney to Melbourne on March 7 to stay with Connie’s best friend’s family for a few days before……

March 6, 2020 - Cockatoo Island is a UNESCO World Heritage Site at the junction of the Parramatta and Lane Cove River in ……

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 ……

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 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 …..

Feb. 2, 2020 (Day 13) - We stayed overnight at Bora Bora. When we woke up this morning it was still cloudy with high winds. We went……

Feb 1, 2020 (Day 12) - After another sea day, we anchored at Bora Bora at around 9 o’clock on the morning of Feb 1, 2020……

Jan 30, 2020 (Day 10) - Today is Jan 30, the 10th day of this world cruise. At 7:00 AM, our ship arrived at Nuku Hiva, French Polynesia……

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. …..