Round the World in 111 days! - First Blog - 12/14/2018

Hi Everyone,

Ingrid and Leo DeGreef are starting this blog to capture the round-the-world cruise that we will be taking starting from Los Angeles on 1/20/2019 and subsequent travels that we will take.  The cruise is literally around the world in 111 days on the Pacific Princess and stops at 41 ports.  More on that in subsequent posts.

Between now and the departure date we will use this blog to prepare for the trip.  If you have ideas for us or things that you know we need to bring - please let us know.  We would love to hear your helpful, and possibly not so helpful, suggestions!

I'm not sure how the itinerary will look on the blog so I'm trying to post it below.  Much more to follow as we prepare for this adventure.

Bon Voyage!  - That is a bit premature, but I'm trying to get practiced up.


Day Port Link Date Port Arrive Depart
1 1 Los Angeles Sun, Jan 20 8:00 PM
2 Mon, Jan 21 At Sea 
3 Tue, Jan 22 At Sea 
4 Wed, Jan 23 At Sea 
5 Thu, Jan 24 At Sea 
6 Fri, Jan 25 At Sea 
7 2 Honolulu Sat, Jan 26 7:00 AM 11:00 PM
8 3 Maui (Lahaina) Sun, Jan 27 7:00 AM 6:00 PM
9 Mon, Jan 28 At Sea 
10 Tue, Jan 29 At Sea 
11 Wed, Jan 30 At Sea 
12 Thu, Jan 31 At Sea 
13 Fri, Feb 1 At Sea 
14 4 Tahiti (Papeete) Sat, Feb 2 8:00 AM 11:00 PM
15 5 Huahine, Polynesia Sun, Feb 3 8:00 AM
16 Huahine, Polynesia Mon, Feb 4 4:00 AM
17 6 Raitea, French Polynesia Mon, Feb 4 8:00 AM 6:00 PM
18 Tue, Feb 5 At Sea 
International Date Line Wed, Feb 6
19 Fri, Feb 8 At Sea 
20 7 Nuku'alofa, Tonga Sat, Feb 9 7:00 AM 4:00 PM
21 Sun, Feb 10 At Sea 
22 Mon, Feb 11 At Sea 
23 8 Aukland, NZ Tue, Feb 12 8:00 AM 11:00 PM
24 Wed, Feb 13 At Sea 
25 Thu, Feb 14 At Sea 
26 9 Dunedin (Port Chalmers) NZ Fri, Feb 15 8:00 AM 6:00 PM
27 10 Stewart Island, NZ Sat, Feb 16 7:00 AM 5:00 PM
28 Sun, Feb 17 At Sea 
29 Mon, Feb 18 At Sea 
30 11 Sydney Tue, Feb 19 6:00 AM 10:00 PM
31 Wed, Feb 20 At Sea 
32 Thu, Feb 21 At Sea 
33 Fri, Feb 22 At Sea 
34 12 Cairns Sat, Feb 23 7:00 AM 10:00 PM
35 Sun, Feb 24 At Sea 
36 Mon, Feb 25 At Sea 
37 Tue, Feb 26 At Sea 
38 13 Darwin Wed, Feb 27 7:00 AM 10:00 PM
39 Thu, Feb 28 At Sea 
40 Fri, Mar 1 At Sea 
41 14 Komodo Island, Indonesia Sat, Mar 2 7:00 AM 5:00 PM
42 Sun, Mar 3 At Sea 
43 Mon, Mar 4 At Sea 
44 15 Singapore Tue, Mar 5 12:00:00 noon
45 Wed, Mar 6 2:00 PM
46 16 Kuala Lumpur (Port Kelang), Melaysia Thu, Mar 7 7:00 AM 7:00 PM
47 17 Langkawi, Malaysia Fri, Mar 8 10:00 AM 8:00 PM
48 18 Phuket, Thailand Sat, Mar 9 8:00 AM 8:00 PM
49 Sun, Mar 10 At Sea 
50 Mon, Mar 11 At Sea 
51 Tue, Mar 12 At Sea 
52 19 Colombo, Sri Lanka Wed, Mar 13 7:00 AM 7:00 PM
53 Thu, Mar 14 At Sea 
54 20 Maldives (Male) Fri, Mar 15 7:00 AM 6:00 PM
55 Sat, Mar 16 At Sea 
56 Sun, Mar 17 At Sea 
57 Mon, Mar 18 At Sea 
58 21 Seychelles Islands (Mahe) Tue, Mar 19 8:00 AM 10:00 PM
59 Wed, Mar 20 At Sea 
60 Thu, Mar 21 At Sea 
61 22 Nosy Be, Madagascar Fri, Mar 22 8:00 AM 6:00 PM
62 Sat, Mar 23 At Sea 
63 Sun, Mar 24 At Sea 
64 23 Port Louis, Mauritius Mon, Mar 25 7:00 AM 10:00 PM
65 24 Pointe des Galets, Reunion Island Tue, Mar 26 7:00 AM 10:00 PM
66 Wed, Mar 27 At Sea 
67 Thu, Mar 28 At Sea 
68 Fri, Mar 29 At Sea 
69 25 Durban, South Africa Sat, Mar 30 7:00 AM 5:00 PM
70 26 East London, South Africa Sun, Mar 31 11:00 AM 8:00 PM
71 Mon, Apr 1 At Sea 
72 27 Cape Town, South Africa Tue, Apr 2 9:00 AM
73 Wed, Apr 3
74 Thu, Apr 4 9:00 PM
75 Fri, Apr 5 At Sea 
76 28 Luderitz, Namibia Sat, Apr 6 7:00 AM 4:00 PM
77 29 Walvis Bay, Namibia Sun, Apr 7 9:00 AM 9:00 PM
78 Mon, Apr 8 At Sea 
79 Tue, Apr 9 At Sea 
80 Wed, Apr 10 At Sea 
81 30 Saint Helena, Great Britain Thu, Apr 11 8:00 AM 6:00 PM
82 Fri, Apr 12 At Sea 
83 Sat, Apr 13 At Sea 
84 Sun, Apr 14 At Sea 
85 Mon, Apr 15 At Sea 
86 31 Natal, Brazil Tue, Apr 16 7:00 AM 5:00 PM
87 32 Fortaleza, Brazil Wed, Apr 17 9:00 AM 7:00 PM
88 Thu, Apr 18 At Sea 
89 Fri, Apr 19 At Sea 
90 33 Devil's Island (Isle Royale), French Guiana Sat, Apr 20 10:00 AM 12:00 PM
91 Sun, Apr 21 At Sea 
92 34 Barbados Mon, Apr 22 8:00 AM 6:00 PM
93 35 Guadeloupe (Point-a-Pitre) Tue, Apr 23 8:00 AM 6:00 PM
94 36 Tortola, British Virgin Islands Wed, Apr 24 10:00 AM 8:00 PM
95 Thu, Apr 25 At Sea 
96 Fri, Apr 26 At Sea 
97 37 Ft. Lauderdale, FL Sat, Apr 27 7:00 AM 4:00 PM
98 Sun, Apr 28 At Sea 
99 Mon, Apr 29 At Sea 
100 38 Aruba Tue, Apr 30 9:00 AM 6:00 PM
101 Wed, May 1 At Sea 
102 Panama Canal (Scenic Cruising) Panama Thu, May 2 5:00 AM 4:30 PM
103 Fri, May 3 At Sea 
104 39 Puerto Quepos, Costa Rica Sat, May 4 7:00 AM 7:00 PM
105 Sun, May 5 At Sea 
106 Mon, May 6 At Sea 
107 40 Huatulco, Mexico Tue, May 7 7:00 AM 4:00 PM
108 Wed, May 8 At Sea 
109 41 Puerto Vallarta, Mexico Thu, May 9 8:00 AM 4:00 PM
110 Fri, May 10 At Sea 
111 Sat, May 11 At Sea 
112 Los Angeles Sun, May 12 7:00 AM

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