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Holland America Line - 2023 Grand World Cruise - Sailing on the Zuiderdam

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2023 Grand World Cruise
Trip Log

3-Jan-2023 to 12-May-2023

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Date Activity Location Event Photos
12-May-23 End of trip Ft. Lauderdale View Photos
5-May-23 Walk Praia di Vitoria, Terceira, Azores - Walked around town View Photos
4-May-23 Walk Ponta Delgada, Sao Miguel, Azores - Walked around town. View Photos
1-May-23 Walk Cobh (Cork), Ireland - Walked around town View Photos
30-Apr-23 Walk Dun Laoghaire, Ireland - Walked around town. View Photos
29-Apr-23 Walk Oban, Scotland - Walked around town View Photos
28-Apr-23 Walk Portree, Scotland (Isle of Skye) - Walked around town. View Photos
26-Apr-23 Activity Bergen, Norway - Walked around town View Photos
25-Apr-23 Tour Eidfjord, Norway - Sailing the Hardangerfjorden Fjord
- Ship Tour, "Spirit of the Fjord"
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24-Apr-23 Ride / Walk Haugesund, Norway - "City Train" Tour
- Walk Downtown and back to the Zuiderdam.
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23-Apr-23 Tour Kristiansand, Norway - Ship Tour "Southern Lighthouse" View Photos
22-Apr-23 Walk Oslo, Norway - Walk around the Oslo Port Market Area View Photos
21-Apr-23 Hop-On Hop-Off Bus Cobenhagen, Denmark - Hop-On Hop-Off Bus tour
- Visit Tivoli_Gardens
- Visit The Little Mermaid
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19-Apr-23 Tour Amsterdam, Netherland - Ship Tour "Tulip Festival" to Keukenhof Tulip Garden View Photos
18-Apr-23 Hop-On Hop-Off Bus / Walk Amsterdam, Netherland - Hop-On Hop-Off Bus and Canal Boat View Photos
17-Apr-23 Walk Zeebrugge (Brugge), Belgium - Walk around Brugges View Photos
16-Apr-23 Walk Dover, England - Dover St. Mary's Cathedral, Dover Museum, & Dover Castle View Photos
15-Apr-23 Walk Isle of Portland, England, Unite - Shuttle Bus to Weymouth
- Visited the WW2 / D-Day Centre
- Walked to the Portland Castle
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12-Apr-23 Tour / Walk A Coruna, Spain - Tour "High Estuerties": The Tower of Hercules & Pazo de Marinan.
- Walking around Old Town A Coruna
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10-Apr-23 Walk Lisbon, Portugal - Walked up to the "Mosteriro de Sao Vicente de Fora" View Photos
9-Apr-23 Walk Cadiz (Seville), Spain
Easter Sunday
- Walked toward the Cathedral de "Santa Cruz
- Visited the Teatro Romano
- Easter Procession at the Cathedral de "Santa Cruz
- Cathedral de "Santa Cruz
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8-Apr-23 Hop-On Hop-Off Malaga, Spain - Hop-On Hop-Off Bus City Tour
- Hop-On Hop-Off Harbor Cruise
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7-Apr-23 Shuttle Bus Tangier, Morocco - Walk around Market. View Photos
6-Apr-23 Tour Casablanca, Morocco - Hassan II Mosque & Casablanca Sights. View Photos
4-Apr-23 Shuttle Bus Agadir, Morocco - Walking around the Beach area. View Photos
3-Apr-23 Tour / Walk Arrecife, Lanzarote, Canary Islands - Panoramic Lanzarote Tour
- Arrecife Walk
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02-Apr-23 Shuttle Bus Santa Cruz (Tenerife), Canary Island
Palm Sunday
- Santa Cruz Walk thru town. View Photos

Date Activity Location Event Photos
30-Mar-23 Confined to Zuiderdam Dakar, Senegal - The city is currently now not safe to tour due to protesting.
- It was necessary for the Zuiderdan to pickup supplies.
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29-Mar-23 Shuttle Bus Banjul, The Gambia - The Banjul Albert Market. (Local Art and Craft Market) View Photos
26-Mar-23 Tour Abidjan, Ivory Coast - Shuttle bus to Arts and Crafts Park. View Photos
25-Mar-23 Tour Takoradi, Ghana - Craft Markets View Photos
24-Mar-23 Equator Null Island - Locating the Null Island weather Bouy "Soul"
- King Neptune Ceremony
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21-Mar-23 None Luanda, Angola - Stayed On-board View Photos
18-Mar-23 Shuttle Bus Walvis Bay, Namibia - Go to the city's Mall. View Photos
17-Mar-23 Quick Walk Luderitz, Namibia - Walk two blocks into town and see their main shopping area. View Photos
15-Mar-23 On-Off Bus Cape Town, South Africa, State - Pennninsula Bus Tour View Photos
14-Mar-23 On-Off Bus Cape Town, South Africa, State - City Bus Tour with Table Mountain
- Harbor Cruise
- Sunset Bus Tour
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12-Mar-23 Walking Port Elizabeth, (Gqeberha) South Africa - Zuiderdam's Shuttle bus View Photos
11-Mar-23 Port Cancelled East London, South Africa Port CANCELLED due to high crosswinds and a narrow Jetty entry.
10-Mar-23 Bus Tour Durban, South Africa - Bus Tour "Scenes of Durban" View Photos
08-Mar-23 Stayed On-Board Maputo, Mozambique The port is not safe. View Photos
05-Mar-23 Port Cancelled Tolanaro, Madagascar Port CANCELLED due to Cyclone "Freddy". View Photos
03-Mar-23 Bus La Possession, Reunion Confusion for proper Shuttle Bus View Photos
02-Mar-23 Walk Port Louis, Mauritius Walk 3.0 miles thru Downtown Port Louis. View Photos

Date Activity Location Event Photos
21-Feb-23 Tour Fremantle (Perth), Australia 21-Feb, Perth
22-Feb, Fremantle
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17-Feb-23 Walking Kangaroo Island, South Australia - Walk Around View Photos
15 & 16-Feb-23 Walking Adelaide, South Australia - 15th, Walk around New Haven
- 16th, Walk around Adelaide and New Haven
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13-Feb-23 Walking Hobart, Tasmania, Australia - Walked around the town, 6.2 mile. View Photos
12-Feb-23 Walking Port Arthur, Tasmania, Australia - Walking around the Penal colony. View Photos
9-Feb-23 Walking & Bus Sydney, Australia -  Entering port early in the morning.
-  9-Feb, Gary walked around the port.
-  9-Feb, Peaches Took the bus tour to Blue Mountain
-  9-Feb, Evening walking around Darling Harbor.
- 10-Feb, Hop-On / Hop-Off Big Bus Sydney Tour
- 10-Feb, Crusing out of Sydney
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5-Feb-23 Walking Tour Wellington, New Zealand - Shuttle from dock to downtown STOP 1.
- Ride the Wellington Cable Car the side of the hill.
- Walked down the hill thru the Wellington Botanic Garden.
- Walked to the Wellington Cathedral.
- Walked to Old St. Paul's.
- Walked back to the Shuttle bus stop STOP 1. Total walked 4 Miles
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4-Feb-23 Walking Gisborne, New Zealand - Walked around town, 3.5 miles. View Photos
3-Feb-23 Walking Tauranga (Rotorua), New Zealand - Walking around town, 2.5 miles. (Peaches, Gary & Bea)
- Kayaking tour. (Peaches) (Cancelled due to flooding of the Cave.)
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2-Feb-23 Tour Ackland, New Zealand - On-Off Bus Tour.
- Walk around downtown, 2.5 miles.
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Date Activity Location Event Photos
30-Jan-23 Walking Tour Nuku' Alofa, Tonga - 3 hour walking tour. View Photos
23-Jqn-23 Walking Uturoa, Raiatea, French Polynesia - Walked around downtown. Just as we started the wind and rain started. View Photos
22-Jan-23 Van Tour Bahia D'Opunoha, Moorea, French Polynesia - Three hour Van Tour around the perimeter of the island. View Photos
21-Jan-23 Walking Papeete, Tahiti, French Polynesia - Moring walked around town.
- Evening went into town to see the Food Truck evening event.
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18-Jan-23 Walking Taiohae, Nuku Hiva, French Polynesia/td> - Morning walk to the Up hill to the Tiki Tuhiva
- Afternoon walk down waterfront.
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09-Jan-23 Walking Fuerte Amador, Panama - Rode the Shuttle Bus to the town Mall and shopped in the Mall. View Photos
08-Jan-23 Activity Panama Canal, Panama - Viewed the trip thru the Panama Canal from the front deck. View Photos
07-Jan-23 Walking Puerto Limon (San Jose), Costa Rica - Walked around the port area. View Photos
5-Jan-23 Activity Falmouth, Jamaica - Walk for about 2 hr in the Falmouth Port area. View Photos
3-Jan-23 Boarding Ft. Lauderdale, FL / Port Everglades - Travel to Port Everglades to meet the Zuiderdam/
Bus was 1 Hour late due to an accident on I-75 near Bradenton, FL.
Arrive in Port Everglades about 1.2 hour late.
Finally on board to new room assignment, Deck 7 with Veranda
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