Its time for a new adventure. It has been nearly four years since our last big cruise. This one is a huge chunk in both of our bucket lists. January 4, 2015, we fly to Ft Lauderdale for a 35 day cruise that takes us through the Panama Canal, to several South Pacific islands, stops in New Zealand and ending in Australia. Here is our itinerary Jan 4 Depart for Ft. Lauderdale Jan 5 Board Holland America's MS Amerstam Jan 6 8 are Sea Days Jan 9 Santa Marta Columbia Jan 10 San Blas Islands, Panama Jan 11 Cruising thru the Panama Canal Jan 12 Crossing the Equator Jan 13 Manta Equador Jan 14 - 21 Sea Days Jan 22 Talahoe Nuku Hiva, French Polynesia Jan 23 Sea Day Jan 24 & 25 Papeete, French Polynesia Jan 26 Bora Bora Jan 27 Sea Day Jan 28 Rarotonga, Cook Islands Jan 29 Sea Day Jan 30 Alofi, Niue Jan 31 Crossing the International Date Line Feb 1 Nuku Alofa, Tonga Feb 3 & 4 Sea Days Feb 5 & 6 Auckland, New Zealand Feb 7 Waitange, New Zealand (Bay of Islands) Feb 8 & 9 Sea Days Feb 10 Arrive at Sydney, Australia From February 10 - 18 we will be staying in Sydney, exploring the island. One of my goals for this cruise is to visit the gym every sea day and get back in shape. Gary managed to loose weight when we circled South America. I plan to do the same on this cruise. Will keep you posted on my progress in addition to sharing our adventues and experiences.