And we are off…….

After years of planning we are finally embarking on our Grand Arctic Cruise.  We booked this cruise way back in 2023 and it was the itinerary that excited us the most about this particular cruise.  It is an 83 day cruise beginning in New York and ending in Barcelona.  The ship - Regent Mariner - will be our home as it takes us to places that we have only ever dreamed of.  We will be zig zagging a lot on this cruise and with only 12 days "at sea" it will be quite strenuous.  Here is a map of our cruise……

So, we are now waiting for our flight that will take us from Cairns to Singapore where we will have an overnight at the Crowne Plaza Hotel at Changi Airport and tomorrow it is on to Los Angeles via Tokyo.  Another overnight in LA before flying to Las Vegas for four nights. 

The trip to Las Vegas is solely to visit the Grand Canyon that is certainly a must do of grand proportions.  Our travel agent has booked us a sunset Helicopter flight over the canyon and the next day we will see it by bus.   Of course you can't visit Vegas without walking  the "strip" and if time permits,  we might take in one of the shows that Vegas is famous for. 

I will be brushing the dust of the camera and hopefully regale you with plenty of photos over the next three months.  So Bon Voyage folks until the next post.