Wednesday, November 10, 2010

Crusing the South Pacific....

As promised....here are some of my fav photos from my recent cruise on board P&O's Pacific Jewel.
 
I won't go into detailed writing about each day....lets just say there was lots of food, drink, sunshine, never ending oceans & lots of great fun...each and every day :)
So I thought I'd just let the photos tell the story
 
It was really really hard to dwindle the photo pile of 2000 down to about 50.

Enjoy.....

The start of the sailaway party


Approaching the magnificent Harbour Bridge


Going under the bridge - wasn't sure if we were going to fit! But we did...lol


Circular Quay


The Quay & Opera House


Stunning Opera House


Looking back at the bridge


Dinner at Luke Mangan's Salt Grill Restaurant on board the Jewel


Full speed ahead


Native on Isle of Pines


Natural Aquarium on Isle of Pines


A gorgeous looking hut on Isle of Pines


Isle of Pines


Such spectacular sceney - Isle of Pines


Isle of Pines





The Jewel anchored off Isle of Pines


A small island near Isle of Pines


Lida deck


Forest at Lifou


Secret grotto at Lifou


Owner of the land where we did the Forest & secret Grotto tour


Old church up on top of the hill at Lifou


Breathtaking view at Lifou


Traditional hut at Lifou


Jetty at Lifou


Sunrise as we passed through the Havannah Passe on the way to Noumea


Noumea


View from the top of a hill at Noumea


Tchou Tchou train tour we did at Noumea


Palm trees at Noumea
 
Noumea was our last port of call due to some kind of propulsion malfunction on the ship.
Our next stop was meant to be Emerald Bay, but due to the malfunction, this was not to be, and instead we had to set sail back to Sydney....although our cruise did get extended for an extra day & night - at no cost to passengers, in fact they gave us $100 each onboard credit to spend...wahoooo! 
 
So, our cruise that departed on 10.10.10, which was supposed to be a 9 night cruise...ended up being a 10 night cruise!  There's something about all those 10's....almost like it was meant to be 10 nights!


Island Night


The amazing "come & join the circus" show in the Marquee Lounge


Laser show on board the Jewel


A gorgeous little elephant our cabin boy, Aatish made us using towels


Sunset at sea


A Koala that Aartish made


Watermelon sculpture - part of the galley tour


Castle made from bread....just amazing!


Another watermelon sculpture


Deckchairs at the back of deck 11


Sunrise coming into Sydney


The magificent Sydney skyline....




Opera House


Coming under the Bridge


Good ol Luna Park

And last but not least....Harbour Bridge as we passed under her on our way to Wharf 5 to disembark.

Hope I didn't bore you all too much! lol
I don't think you can ever take too many photos of Sydney & it's gorgeous Harbour.....there's nothing else like it in the world!!!

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