Feb-March, 2008 Back to Back Cruises Down Under

We will be returning to one of our favorite regions on earth and sailing on one of our favorite ships, Celebrity's Mercury. The most fun will be returning to places that we've visited before, adding new places to our list of favorite sights and seeing crew members with whom we sailed to Alaska.

We are leaving home on February 12, spending 2 nights in Honolulu on the way, and sailing out of Sydney on February 17. We will return on March 17 after celebrating our 47th anniversary on the last day of the cruise (March 16). This will be the longest trip we've ever taken (the previous longest was our first trip down under almost 13 years ago).

My plan is to post our itinerary and background plans over the next few months and then add to our travelogue, as we go, by keeping a journal on my PC and uploading here whenever we have Internet access. We hope that our friends and family will vicariously enjoy traveling with us and post their comments and questions along the way.... It will be a great ride!

Note: our posts will be listed in descending order; so, if by any strange chance, you've missed one or more (eek!) of our thrilling, descriptive and delightful posts, just scroll on down and find the ones that you've missed.

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