There is a Japanese term that is more and more applying to me as this cruise continues:  NORO-NORO.  Means  sluggish action in English .  In my case, it's closer to out to lunch, or   someone who is just out of touch .  In any case, this morning is a good example. Mind you, the daily time changes and repeat of the same day can confuse anyone.  Always, when we need to add an hour to our clock, there is a card placed on our bed and repeated in Current, the daily newsletter.  Yesterday, there was no such notice.  We have only one more tour left, to Anchorage.  I looked at our reservation notice, and I thought we were supposed to be off the ship and near the bus at 10:30AM.   Woke up at 7AM and went to breakfast at 8AM.  Back to our room at 9:15.  Happened to glance at the time on the telephone, and it read 10:15AM.  It takes at least 10 minutes to get from our stateroom to outside on the pier.  Rushed to dress,...

Our 37-day odyssey to Bangkok, Dubai and Singapore, featuring a 21-day Regent Seven Seas cruise, reached a conclusion yesterday, with a final strenuous leg where we had to wake up at 2:30 in the morning in Singapore, catch an ANA flight to Narita, wait for 6 hours, then another ANA jet to Honolulu.  Actually, it wasn't all that bad, for the ANA lounge had shower facilities, I actually slept a few hours in a seat that reclined into a bed....and we came home to Honolulu in a pouring rain. Woke up this morning healthy, less wealthy and wiser.  In early March we board Quantas to Sydney to catch the Seabourn Odyssey on a 53-day cruise to Honolulu.  In the meantime, I have a few pounds to lose. So how was our trip?  First, I downloaded 1435 photos into my home computer.  And those are the ones I kept.  These photos help describe our adventure.  They are not necessarily in chronology, but more a rearrangement by activity.  Goodbye to Waikiki on Asiana. F...