On a recent call in Fiji, Suva City Council and Tourism Police welcomed Amsterdam’s Hotel Director Henk and 29 crew members for another monthly beach clean-up. This time, they collected 550 pounds of debris along a 1.2 mile coast. Some of the crew even got into the water to pull trash from the sea. It… read more of “Amsterdam Crew…”
Our EXC In-Depth Voyage reached Vava’u, the port where the first zodiac tour took place! EXC In-Depth Marine Scientist and Naturalist Cristiana Damiano and EXC In-Depth Leader Chris Cook sent some details about the adventure, as well as Field Notes from Dravuni. Enjoy this installment, and stay tuned as the ship heads to New Zealand…. read more of “EXC In-Depth Field…”
These past three months the blog has been following Jeff, President’s Club member, “World Adventure” blogger and Holland America Blog contributor, as he cruises around the Far East on Amsterdam’s 2014 Grand Pacific and Far East Voyage. That voyage concluded Dec. 8 at San Diego, but the journey is not over for Jeff! Following a… read more of “Lookbook: South…”
Although HAL blogger Gary Frink is home from his Oosterdam cruise, he still had a few wonderful posts to share. Enjoy! Suva, Fiji provides exotica in multiple layers: a history of cannibalism through the early 20th Century — “A cannibal fork is the one thing I’ll buy here,” Jeanne announced; military coups; beggars and shoe… read more of “Cruise Diary: Suva,…”
Guest Sharon Johnson and her husband were on Volendam for the trans-Pacific voyage to Sydney and the circumnavigation of Australia for 55 days. Enjoy this post and photos from their call at Suva, Fiji. On our visit to Suva, Fiji, we had a tour out of town to see “Fantastic Fijian Fire Walkers”. We drove… read more of “Cruise Diary: Suva,…”
After traveling through beautiful Fijian countryside for an hour we arrived at the river and longboat pier ready for our Longboat Ride & Waterfall Swim. We boarded the longboats with eight people per boat and set off down the river. The banks of the river were unspoiled lush vegetation. We passed many beautiful waterfalls and… read more of “Shore Excursion:…”
