Since we left Yokahama a few days ago another Supertyphoon has developed, even bigger than the last one. It was projected to hit the exact area where our ship was cruising so our itinerary was changed to just two ports of call for a half day each, one here, one…
Month: October 2014
Korsakov Russia
Well we were up early to get ready for our trip to Korsakov. It was freezing – 10 degrees and it was even more of a shock after being in such hot weather only a few days ago. The ship can’t dock at this port and so we were on…
Aomori
http://www.bucketlisttraveller.com/aomori/ Fri, 10 Oct 2014 20:23:57 +0000 Jayne http://www.bucketlisttraveller.com/?p=248 Saturday 4/10/14 Aomori has a history of over 30,000 years settlement, but almost the entire city was burned to the ground at the end of WW2, so there are few old buildings in the area. We started out early for…
Friday At sea!
It was great to have a sea day to catch up on sleep, get in some more gym and Zumba classes and lie about on deck watching the ocean. The ship has been rocking a lot as the waves are up due to the typhoon and they closed off one…
Otaru
1 Otaru http://www.bucketlisttraveller.com/otaru/ Thu, 09 Oct 2014 20:40:16 +0000 Jayne http://www.bucketlisttraveller.com/?p=193 Thursday 2/10/14 Today we arrived at the “Little City of the Hills”. Its history is as a fishing port but it is popular now as a place to ski in winter. We started our day with a trip…