The alarm awoke us at 6.30am, and we hurriedly dressed, checked all around cabin 6030 to make sure we hadn’t left anything, then hefted our rucksacks onto our shoulders and made our way up to the Windows CafĂ© for a good breakfast. Trevor was feeling a bit under the weather and we both hoped he…
When we woke up this morning, it was with the depressing knowledge that tonight would be the last night on board the fabulous Azamara Onward. What a fantastic cruise we had had, in some of the most remote and least-known islands on the planet. We didn’t really do much today. We contemplated going ashore in…
When we got up at 7.30 this morning, the Onward was slowly making her way towards the island of Mo’orea. Mo’orea is a roughly heart-shaped island only about 11 miles from Tahiti; in fact, we could just see the bulk of Tahiti rising in the distance. Mo’orea, like Tahiti, forms part of the archipelago known…
During the night, the clocks had gone back once again, in line with the GMT -10 time zone of French Polynesia. We were therefore wide-awake and up at 7.30am as usual this morning, with a feeling of excitement and anticipation, as once again we would be going ashore. This morning the Onward was due to…
Sunday, 1st February 2026 Another couple of sea days. Unlike the Caribbean, where you can visit a different island every day, you have to travel hundreds of miles between islands in the vastness of the Pacific, which is larger than all the other world’s oceans put together. 🙂 So here we were, in our usual…
It was with great excitement that we got up at 7.30am and dressed, ready for our pre-breakfast laps around the deck. We also wanted to be on the lookout for our first glimpse of Pitcairn Island, one of the most remote and thinly-populated places on the planet. Pitcairn is, of course, famous for being the…
Wednesday, 28th January 2026 When we woke up this morning at seven o’clock, it was to see that the Onward was sailing along very slowly, only doing about 3-4 knots. We could see Easter Island in the near distance, the lively waves of the Pacific ocean crashing onto its rocky shores. So near, and yet…
Land ahoy! It was with great excitement that we woke up this morning at 7.30 to see land! But not any old land – this was Easter Island. Yes! Easter Island! Or to give it its native name, Rapa Nui. 🙂 We had been trying since 2020 to visit Easter Island to no avail. No…
We were a bit later getting up this morning, so the sun was already well risen by the time we made our way up to Deck 10 for our daily laps around the deck at 8.00am. There were more people there this morning, everyone strolling, power striding or jogging, some of their trainers squeaking with…
BURNS’ NIGHT After an excellent night’s sleep, we awoke when the alarm went off at 6.45am. As we looked out of the window to see what the weather was like, we saw that there were quite a few clouds near the horizon, so as we didn’t think we would get a good sunrise we decided…
