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This entry is a quick summary of our time aboard ship on the 34-night trip from Barcelona to Melbourne. more…

After three days at sea from Fremantle, we arrived at the Adelaide Cruise Terminal. more…

Fremantle has its cruise port very close to the city centre (Central Business District, or CBD, as they call it in Australia) so we were able to walk off the ship and spend the day under our own steam. more…

We only had a short visit to Bali, so our only real options were to stay on the ship, spend the day at a beach resort, or take yet another guided tour. more…

Jakarta is a massive city — its urban area is ranked second most populous in the world, after Tokyo, at an estimated 34 million people – with terrible traffic, a cruise port well away from the urban centre, and no reliable public transit to the port. more…

Our visit to Singapore was absolutely the most fun we had on the voyage from Europe to Australia! more…

Our next port of call was Colombo, Sri Lanka, three sea days later. more…

We both had a mild cold during our port visit to Salalah, so we decided to stay aboard ship for the day. more…

Our next port of call was Safaga, an important industrial port on the Red Sea but also a (more-or-less) reasonable jumping-off point for a visit to Luxor, which includes the Valley of the Kings and the Karnak Temple Complex. more…

After Heraklion, the next major event on the cruise was transiting the Suez Canal. more…