This is our our 33rd-day of our adventure. We leave Vancouver in a few hours and will be back in Honolulu tonight. Some thoughts about this very satisfying journey.
- My overriding concern was sleep. Late last year during our two-month itinerary going east on the Norwegian Encore from Seattle to Southampton, followed by a Christmas River Cruise from Amsterdam to Budapest, I began to have difficulty sleeping during the final three weeks. My worry was that this trip would result in the same because the Oceania cruise was to the east, where we had to make 8 one-hour time changes, shortening the day again. Well, my body remembered that ordeal, did not want a repeat, and kept me sleepy almost all the time. Compared to not sleeping at all, this was fabulous.
- Episode 22 of the Kilauea eruption sequence in Halemaumau Crater resulted in 1000-foot fountains of lava. However, that stopped after 10 hours, which is good, for a continuous eruption can bring volcanic haze to Honolulu.
On our final day in Vancouver, the rain had relented, so we walked to Kirin for lunch, then around the coastline of Vancouver Harbor. This restaurant is a very popular spot, and we barely got a table. Ordered hot/sour soup, gai-lon with oyster sauce, shrimp dumpling, Shanghai Soup Dumpling and beef tendon with chow fun noodles.
After lunch, Vancouver Harbor. The first video is from my Pro15 iPhone, which has a telephoto capability of 25:1.
This second video is of the same scene using my new Osmo Pocket 3 camera, which only has a 4:1 telephoto range. I'm beginning to wonder if the iPhone might be enough, and in fact, maybe better for videos.
Flowers.
The Drop is a blue 65-foot tall sculpture depicting a large, gently raindrop at the moment of contact.
Bought a Subway sandwich for dinner in room tonight with a beer.
A final rest before returning to our hotel
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