WHAT HAPPENS NEXT?
Things were definitely changing aboard the Odyssey. We had a lot of itinerary changes for unexpected reasons during the last couple of months. But also some other things were becoming obvious. We heard and read about the activities in the Middle East and specifically the issues in the Gulf of Hormuz. The price of our fuel had gone up unbelievably and it was affecting our travel/sailing plans. We were also told that the ship was having some other financial issues not bas
Oct 214 min read
Happiness in Hong Kong
During my working life at Texas Instruments and then Accenture, I was thrilled to have been able to visit Hong Kong several times. I have so many fond memories of my TI hosts taking me shopping in Stanley Market, even had dinner in the ONLY Mexican food restaurant in the 1990's (enchiladas & Dos XX beer), seeing the floating city of Hong Hong which is now long gone, and riding the cable car to the top of Victoria Peak. But the only thing I never got to do, and the one thing
Oct 215 min read
GOOD MORNING VIET NAM
We left Singapore after an extended stay of a couple of days. I enjoyed the opportunity to leisurely unpack from my visit back to the states. After our departure we had 4 nice Sea Days for me to get used to the boat again. I love lying on my Lounger on my balcony and watching the horizon. Sleeping on a rocking boat is the very best. And since we are conserving fuel we were moving along at 7 knots. Barely even felt the wave action, if there was any at all. What are sea d
Aug 257 min read
Back home in the USA
Did you miss me? I left Singapore on June 17 for my very long trip to the other side of the world. Pictures below are inside the Singapore airport. - an actual huge waterfall and fresh flowers everwhere. My trip went from Singapore to San Francisco to Houston to Charlotte NC and finally on to New Bern NC with layovers at each stop. I have finally learned that to endure these very long trips, Business Class makes it almost tolerable. United did have the lay-down beds with
Aug 95 min read
Halfway Around the World
Yes, I have been aboard the beautiful Odyssey 18 months now and have seen South, Central & North America, Japan, some of Asia, Australia & New Zealand, and working on the Far East. What an amazing adventure I have had so far and I can't wait to start seeing parts of the world that I have only heard about and never seen. Thanks for coming along on the trip. We returned to Bali and I was not disappointed. It it weren't so far away, I could live here. Two weeks ago, I said g
Jun 1213 min read
Bali has called me
After leaving Australia, we spent an entire month in the Indian Ocean and Indonesia and 18 of the days were Sea Days. Ordinarily we would not spend this many days at sea but the worldwide fuel constraints have encouraged us to go slower to preserve what we have on board and arrive at ports that have the capacity to provide fuel to us. That has also allowed us to stay longer in some ports than we originally had planned. We, the Residents, really enjoy the longer stays as we
May 137 min read
Australia was great fun
We left New Zealand on March 8th and today is actually April 8 and we just left Australia. We left New Zealand a bit sad because we didn't get to visit many of the beautiful areas of the South Island and more importantly, I didn't get to wear my "winter clothes". You have to understand that when I boarded Odyssey back in December 2024, I left North Carolina and Texas when it was cold. I was anxious to get south to Panama and South America where it was warm. At least that
Apr 99 min read
Land Ho! I see New Zealand
It was another long 5 Sea Days from Sydney Australia to Tauranga, New Zealand. We travelled over the North end of the North Island, and down the east Coast, past Auckland to Tauranga. This is the largest city in the Bay of Plenty. This huge Bay (161 miles of open coastline) was named by James Cook because of the enormous amount of resources supplied by the indigenous Māori settlements. The Bay has numerous islands, including the active Whakaari/White Mountain volcano. Wh
Mar 156 min read
Southern Hemisphere
Once again time has flown and I have a lot of catching up to do. Six countries, twelve cities/towns, twenty sea days, 47 days and several changes in itinerary. Late January had us heading south to Tonga. Still close enough to the equator to enjoy warm & sunny weather and we are enjoying it while we can. We visited two small islands in Tonga - Neiafu and Nuku'Alofa. I must not have been enthralled because I only took 3 pictures. But the day at the Resort was very nice. I
Mar 135 min read
Happy New Year
I have now spent One Year and One Month aboard the Odyssey. I can't believe that I have visited 40 different countries and I have no idea how many different islands/ports/locations that we have visited. All I know is that I have loved waking up each and every morning to a new horizon. It is late January and we didn't have a January 25 because we crossed over the International Dateline and lost the day that we gained back in December. Last week was a pretty hard time for al
Jan 2910 min read