Over a period of time, this blog has gone through several metamorphosis

For the months of October and November 2009, we are following a group of Canadians Named “Table 29” on a South Pacific cruise onboard the ship MV Amsterdam.
The ports of call include Vancouver, Los Angeles California, NukuHiva, Marquesas Islands, French Polynesia, Papeete, Tahiti, Moorea, Bora Bora, Raiatea, Raratonga Cook Islands, Pago Pago, American Samoa, Suva, Viti Levu, Fiji Islands, Port-Vil Vanuatu, Cairms Australia, Great Barrier Reef,  Brisbane Australia, Sydney Australia, Melbourne Australia, Hobart Tasmania, Dunedin New Zealand, Christchurch New Zealand, Wellington New Zealand, Napier New Zealand, Tauranga New Zealand, Auckland New Zealand, Bay of Islands New Zealand, Nuku’alofa Tonga, Apia Upolu Samoa, Honolulu Oahu, and back to Vancouver.

Here’s the ship cruising calendar:

Sept. 27 Sunday – Day 1 The Adventure Begins (see blog entry)
Sept. 28 Monday – Day 2 Beautiful Oregon Coast- grey and windy (see blog entry)
Sept 29 Tuesday – Day 3 Cape Flattery – Are we there yet? (see blog entry)
Oct. 3 Sunday – Day 7 - Northern California coast (see blog entry)
Oct. 4 Monday – Day 8 Blue Skies and Fluffy Clouds (see blog entry)
Oct. 6 Tuesday Day 9 – Crossing the equator today (see blog entry).
Oct 7 Wednesday Day 10 One more Day to Nuku Hiva (see blog entry)
Oct 8 Thursday Day 11 – A Taste of the South Pacific-Nuku Hiva (see blog entry)
Oct 9 Friday Day 12- Papeete, Gaugin and Dancing Girls at Papeete, Tahiti (see blog entry)
Oct 11 Sunday Day 14- A Visit to Paradise at Moorea (see blog entry)
Oct 12 Monday Day 15 – Bora Bora Here we come at Bora Bora (see blog entry)
Oct 13 Tuesday Day 16 – Snorkeling, Sunset and Beatles at Bora Bora Day 2 (see blog entry)
Oct 14 Wednesday – Day 17 – Car touring at Raiatea (see blog entry)
Oct 15 Thursday – Day 18 – Palm Studded white Sandy Raratonga (see blog entry)
Oct 17 Saturday – Day 20 – Pago pago After the Tsunami (see blog entry)
Oct 18 Sunday – Day 21 – Went POOF! disappeared because of the International Dateline (see blog entry)
Oct 19 Monday – Day 22 – Did we hit something on the way to Suva, Fiji Islands (see blog entry)
Oct 20 Tuesday – Day 23  At Sea on the way to Vanuatu (Letter from the President of Holland America)
Oct 21 Wednesday - Day 24  Vanuatu – Last Island before Australia (see blog entry)
Oct 22-23-24 At Sea on the way to Australia
Oct 25 Sunday Day 28  Cairns At Last after 2-1/2 Days (see blog entry)
Oct 26 Monday Day 29  Snorkeling at the Great Barrier Reef  WOW (see blog entry)
Oct 28 Wednesday Day 31  Brisbane, Australia- Welcome from Dave Aussie (see blog entry)
Oct 31 Friday Day 33 Arrival at Sydney, Australia- A  Gift for Missy (see blog entry)
Nov 1 Saturday Day 34  Family Reunion – Sydney Australia (see blog entry)
Nov 3 Tuesday Day 37  Home at Last (see blog entry)

More photos of Table 29 gang below: