Bon Voyage packetau!!

packetau will soon be off on another big Grand Adventure on the Ocean Princess for 51 days to Capetown :D

and then they are going on Cruises, Planes, Trains and River boats through Asia, Middle East, Africa, Baltic, England, Paris and Amsterdam through to Budapest...

You can read what they doing and where they are going here

and packetau is also doing a blog off her entire Grand Adventure its here

Here's the itinerary for there 51 day cruise on the Ocean Princess to Capetown.

Mon 17/03/14 - Sydney, Australia - 20:00

Tue 18/03/14 - At Sea

Wed 19/03/14 - Brisbane, Australia - 08:00 - 17:00

Thu 20/03/14 - At Sea

Fri 21/03/14 - Airlie Beach, Australia - 07:00 - 18:00

Sat 22/03/14 - At Sea

Sun 23/03/14 - At Sea

Mon 24/03/14 - At Sea

Tue 25/03/14 - Darwin, Australia - 09:00 - 18:00

Wed 26/03/14 - At Sea

Thu 27/03/14 - At Sea

Fri 28/03/14 - Komodo, Indonesia - 07:00 - 18:00

Sat 29/03/14 - At Sea

Sun 30/03/14 - At Sea

Mon 31/03/14 - At Sea

Tue 01/04/14 - At Sea

Wed 02/04/14 - Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam - 08:00 - 16:00

Thu 03/04/14 - At Sea

Fri 04/04/14 - Koh Samui, Thailand - 07:00 - 14:00

Sat 05/04/14 - At Sea

Sun 06/04/14 - Singapore / Singapore - 07:00 - 17:00

Mon 07/04/14 - Port Klang / Malaysia - 07:00 - 16:00

Tue 08/04/14 - Penang, Malaysia - 08:00 - 17:00

Wed 09/04/14 - At Sea

Thu 10/04/14 - At Sea

Fri 11/04/14 - At Sea

Sat 12/04/14 - Male, Maledives - 09:00 - 18:00

Sun 13/04/14 - At Sea

Mon 14/04/14 - At Sea

Tue 15/04/14 - Mumbai, India - 10:00 - 20:30

Wed 16/04/14 - At Sea

Thu 17/04/14 - At Sea

Fri 18/04/14 - Muscat, Oman - 07:00 - 13:00

Sat 19/04/14 - Dubai, United Arab Emirates - 09:00 - 23:00

Sun 20/04/14 - At Sea

Mon 21/04/14 - At Sea

Tue 22/04/14 - At Sea

Wed 23/04/14 - At Sea

Thu 24/04/14 - At Sea

Fri 25/04/14 - Victoria (Mahé), Seychelles - 07:00 - 18:00

Sat 26/04/14 - At Sea

Sun 27/04/14 - At Sea

Mon 28/04/14 - Port Louis, Mauritius - 07:00 - 18:00

Tue 29/04/14 - Pointe des Galets, La Reunion - 07:00 - 18:00

Wed 30/04/14 - At Sea

Thu 01/05/14 - At Sea

Fri 02/05/14 - At Sea

Sat 03/05/14 - Durban, South Africa - 07:00 - 17:00

Sun 04/05/14 - East London, South Africa - 12:00 - 19:00

Mon 05/05/14 - At Sea

Tue 06/05/14 - Cape Town, South Africa - 08:00

Wed 07/05/14 - Cape Town, South Africa

Itinerary may be subject to change at any time.

I will only be tracking / following them to Capetown, as I will loss track off them after Capetown … If you want to know where they are after that, keep an eye on her blog :)

Bon Voyage packetau!, hope you have a great Grand Adventure trip!! :cool: and hope you get to see a Komodo dragon! (I have seen them ;) )

Look forward to reading your blog! And hearing all about it!

Oh Stu.... I know that my cruise is really close when you post my Bon voyage message up here..... how exciting Thankyou so much you have done a wonderful job...

News just in is that the Ocean Princess will be arriving in Sydney a day early on the 16th as she is missing Tauranga due to cyclone Luci....

Cross fingers that our forward journey up to brissy then to asia via Darwin is cyclone free...

Better pack some extra sea sick tablets LOL.....

speaking of packing..... throw a plane into the mix and it certainly changes how you deal with it LOL...

Oh Stu.... I know that my cruise is really close when you post my Bon voyage message up here..... how exciting Thankyou so much you have done a wonderful job...

:) :cool:

News just in is that the Ocean Princess will be arriving in Sydney a day early on the 16th as she is missing Tauranga due to cyclone Luci....

 

Cross fingers that our forward journey up to brissy then to asia via Darwin is cyclone free...

I did think she would miss Tauranga and get a head start on Luci!!

Better pack some extra sea sick tablets LOL.....

 

speaking of packing..... throw a plane into the mix and it certainly changes how you deal with it LOL...

Yep :D

Guess you won't be checking me in on 8th April.:)

Bon Voyage.

Bon Voyage!!

Re Komodo, did you have to obtain the Indonesian visa prior to the cruise?

Bon Voyage Jo and Gary. Hope you have a wonderful and safe time.

You are right, as soon as a plane is involved, suddenly the "extra items" don't seem that necessary, do they? It makes the laundry onboard very valuable and you start to realise that it doesn't matter how many times you wear an outfit, as long as it is clean, especially when you have to drag your suitcase around!!

Looking forward to reading all about your adventures!

Nicki

Guess you won't be checking me in on 8th April.:)

 

Bon Voyage.

My last check in for this season was the solstice the other day... I am always looking out for someone to recognise me from cruise critic... LOL one time I had someone recognise me from the Marriage show on last years cruise LOL.... how embarrassing LOL>..

Bon Voyage!!

Re Komodo, did you have to obtain the Indonesian visa prior to the cruise?

For Indonesia the ship gets a blanket visa.... they charge us approx. $25 each...

You are right, as soon as a plane is involved, suddenly the "extra items" don't seem that necessary, do they? It makes the laundry onboard very valuable and you start to realise that it doesn't matter how many times you wear an outfit, as long as it is clean, especially when you have to drag your suitcase around!!

 

Nicki

amen to that.... on first pack my suitcase came in at 17kg.... lucky the things I like to buy when I am away come in small boxes....LOL

My last check in for this season was the solstice the other day... I am always looking out for someone to recognise me from cruise critic... LOL one time I had someone recognise me from the Marriage show on last years cruise LOL.... how embarrassing LOL>..

Hi Jo & Garry,

Hope you have a marvellous holiday.Enjoy and come home safe.

Col & Di :)

Thanks Col...... When you finally retire maybe we can get you on a longer cruise lol

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Bon Voyage.

Enjoy your cruise . You are heading for some fabulous ports.

We did Bangkok to Capetown on Pacific Princess. One of the best cruises ever.

Have a great time in Capetown..its awesome for tours.

Do you have anything arranged for Reunion Island? We found that was the weak link.

Thanks David ....

Reunion island, I will need to check my notes when I get home.... I have been spoilt this cruise as I have a fellow cruiser who did a lot of our organising whist we were away in Europe last year....

Joanne..... Sitting at the hairdressers having the grey roots tended to LOL

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Ocean Princess no longer berthing at OPT, it is now going to White Elephant.:mad:

Not the best for our overseas visitors.:eek:

The oosterdam will be in port on Sunday

We are hoping that they will move her back around to the opt on Monday.... We haven't been informed of any changes

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The oosterdam will be in port on Sunday

We are hoping that they will move her back around to the opt on Monday.... We haven't been informed of any changes

 

 

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Sydney Ports http://shipschedule.sydneyports.com.au/marineoperations/movements.asp has the details. I was informed at 1500 today.

For Indonesia the ship gets a blanket visa.... they charge us approx. $25 each...

Thank you for your reply.

Does the blanket visa apply to all cruise lines?

Thank you for your reply.

 

Does the blanket visa apply to all cruise lines?

I would say so... Your cruise line would let you know if any thing different.... The one thing that you would need to ensure is that you have 6 months validity on your passport

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We have been told by some one on the ocean princess un officially that they will move around to opt late Sunday

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I would say so... Your cruise line would let you know if any thing different.... The one thing that you would need to ensure is that you have 6 months validity on your passport

 

 

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Thank you.

We will have new passports.

Bon Voyage! Looks like I have found a new blog to follow...thanks for that!

Hi Jo, I have followed some of your trips when ever I am waiting on my trips. This sounds great. I find you are your best agent, doing jt yourself, with some help from the official agents (especially in some countries). We book and organise all our holidays. Agents don't have the time to research as throughly as we do. Mind you I love to travel so I love to research as well. All booked now and deciding on 2016 ... India, Beijing, maybe train in India (maharaja or scenic coach tour) then fly to China for the Great Wall. Mind you if i could ship cruise somewhere in between would be good. Still more to think about. More money would be handy :)

Thanks for your blog, I will happily follow you on your way..

Janice

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Almost forgot Paris is a great place to get around in. We did do the on/off bus just so that we had a good overall picture and used it as transport for a day or 2. Most people speak English and as long as you say a couple of French words and of course are polite, they are fine in return. We loved Paris.

Janice your future plans sound like our bucket list .... Just missing south america

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Your day has arrived...

Is that the ferry you chartered in front?:D

Have a wonderful wonderful cruise .....

May Smooth Seas and Fair Winds follow you all the way..:)

17 March 2014 10:45am local time