Category: World Cruise
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UWC Day 088 – Sydney, Australia – Day Trip to the Blue Mountains
Awesome day out exploring the Blue Mountains with a small group. Definitely would’ve preferred a private tour, but all in all, had a good time and got to see all sorts of views and wildlife. Photo Gallery: https://pics.mattichan.com/-uwc088 Heading to Tour Terry showed me last night which ferry to take across the harbour (and where…
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UWC Day 087 – Sydney, Australia – All Around the City with Tours
Sunrise Kayak Tour, Bridge Climb and Sunset Photo Tour. A really packed day, but some awesome weather and sights all around and couldn’t have asked for a better day 1 in Sydney. I might be falling in love with Australia. So much walking. Photo Gallery: https://pics.mattichan.com/-uwc087 Sunrise Kayak Tour Started the morning with a sunrise…
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UWC Day 086 – Bay of Islands, New Zealand – Island Hopping, Waterfalls and Flight to Australia
Chill day with some last minute island hopping, then heading to Australia for the next country on the tour. Heading Out Woke up and headed to a last minute island cruise that I had booked the night before on a whim. Got to the dock, and found that it was a pretty small, really nice…
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UWC Day 085 – Auckland, New Zealand – Driving through Paradise
A long, fulfilling day driving (a little nervously) through New Zealand just enjoying the peace and quiet. An excellent start to some side adventures. Morning Start Had to wake up and get down to immigration by 6:50, but as I got there, we mostly just waited again (nothing new). Got cleared eventually and after settling…
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UWC Day 084 – Cruising Day – Packing Up for New Zealand, Australia and Indonesia
Last day on the ship for awhile. Spent most of the day getting my affairs in order and getting ready for a side trip. Said a bunch of goodbyes to some of the crew that are getting off in Brisbane. Last Minute Stops Needed to get my last minute stuff in order, so used my…
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UWC Day 083 – Cruising Day – Caught up and enjoying some food
Chill day of more itinerary planning and lovely dinner with Joe at Izumi. Time is a Flat Circle We woke up on March 2nd cause we crossed the International Date Line somewhere in the morning (probably around 3am if I had to guess). Safari Options Happened to be awake so I went to the safari…
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UWC Day 082 – Cruising Day – Bar Crawl and Photos
Fun day hanging out with people mixed with some photo editing and trip planning along the way. Capped off with a new show and starting to train for the Halfling Marathon. Photo Gallery: https://pics.mattichan.com/-uwc082/gallery Bar Crawl Just happened to be awake, and found out about the bar crawl that was starting, so headed out after…
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UWC Day 081 – Cruising Day – Going with the Flow – Moar Itinerary Changes
Interesting, chaotic day. Lots of itinerary changes as we found some information out that is going to impact my (personally) trip out here for a couple days. Photo Gallery: https://pics.mattichan.com/-uwc081 Community Been meaning to go one of the small group bible studies onboard, but the first couple times I tried to go, it was too…
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UWC Day 080 – Cruising Day – Going to (more of) Africa!
The long awaited day of the announcement, but our new itinerary was announced and we’re going to more of Africa! Really exciting day, and the ship is abuzz with conversations and excitement (and a few grumpus’s). Spent most of the day updating itineraries, cancelling tours and booking new ones. Let’s look at the day in…
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UWC – Day 079 – Pape’etē, Tahiti, French Polynesia
Long day through the the middle of Tahiti chasing waterfalls and all the sights. Finished the day on a sunset cruise after splitting up from Mom and Nate. Nice relaxing cruise out for views of the sunset. Photo Gallery: https://pics.mattichan.com/-uwc079 Island Tour Woke up to some unfortunate news that our guide had hurt his knee…
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