The last three days at sea between Fiji and Sydney were pretty laid back. We spruced ourselves up for formal night and had a bunch of photos taken and Ange managed to disappear to quilling for an afternoon. That's pretty much it, other than trying to relax and chill...

For our last stop we decided to go out with a bang and book a full day tour, complete with catamaran, glass bottom boat and secluded island swimming. We  had to meet at 7:45, which is damn near impossible. Somehow we made it, just. Rather than the usual ship's tender...

I'd been looking forward to Fiji the whole trip, so when we turned up in Suva and the weather was crappy I was a little disappointed. We didn't have any plans, other than to re-stock our nappy supply and wander around town. As soon as we got out of the secure area around...

Unlike the independent western Samoan islands, the eastern islands are a territory of the US. Despite very similar ancestry and culture, the two countries are quite different. The US presence is obvious, from the cars to the Army barracks to the fast food stores. Where...

The info sheet that the ship circulated for Samoa had me a little apprehensive. Lot of warnings about how to ensure you follow local customs and don't cause offense (including not waving your hands around whilst talking... I'm doomed), plus not being sure what to expect...

It's a long haul to and from Hawaii, and again we were glad for the 5 days at sea. A lot of people disembarked at Honolulu and a lot new people got on. The demographic is quite a bit different - whereas the old mob were almost entirely white 60-80 year old retirees, the...

Lets just call this Walmart day, shall we? :) With the boys starting to get agitated, we decided to spend the morning on the ship and just take it easy for our last day in Hawaii. In the afternoon we got on a tender and then jumped on a courtesy bus to Walmart. We needed...

We had a very early start in Hilo, needing to meet on the pier at 8:15am for our  tour. Ange and I had forgotten what the tour actually was. It turned out to be a 6 hour bus tour with an awesome local named Rudy. The first stop was a lava tree park, where lava has cooled...

We were all pretty exhausted after our day in Honolulu, but for some reason none of us slept well. We were all pretty excited about Maui though, because we had tickets for a submarine tour in the afternoon. To give Will a chance to catch up on some sleep he and Ange...