You’ve heard of the affliction called “homesickness”, impassively defined as “a longing for one’s home during a period of absence from it.” Well, I’m feeling that now, but for another kind of home…my sea home. Knowing that we have spent much time on the cruise ship Insignia, our friend and Oceania butler, Priyan, sent a prophetic message to me saying, “Insignia is ur home town!” So I guess you could say I’m feeling “seasickness”, in this case a longing to return to the ship…and am about to cure it.
Just around the corner in 2020 we are rejoining our sea home on Oceania’s Insignia to cruise again Around the World in 180 Days. For six months we will circle the globe from Miami to San Francisco, happily revisiting some ports of call we’ve been to before, and exploring many new ones. And, proof that we are not alone in our travel addiction, there will be at least forty returning guests onboard, and many familiar staff, from our previous cruise adventures. So it will, indeed, be like going home.
I invite you to come along on our journey, and I’ll try my best to keep the posts coming from our “home town”.
Around the World in 180 Days: January 8, 2020 – July 5, 2020
| DAY | PORT | ARRIVE | DEPART |
| Jan 8 Wed | Miami, Florida, United States | Embark 1 PM | 5 PM |
| Jan 9 Thu | Key West, Florida, United States | 8 AM | 5 PM |
| Jan 10 Fri | Cruising the Straits of Florida | ||
| Jan 11 Sat | Cruising the Caribbean Sea | ||
| Jan 12 Sun | Santa Marta, Colombia | 8 AM | 6 PM |
| Jan 13 Mon | Cartagena, Colombia | 8 AM | 2 PM |
| Jan 14 Tue | Panama Canal Daylight Transit | ||
| Jan 15 Wed | Cruising the Pacific Ocean | ||
| Jan 16 Thu | Puntarenas, Costa Rica | 7 AM | 4 PM |
| Jan 17 Fri | Corinto, Nicaragua | 10 AM | 7 PM |
| Jan 18 Sat | Cruising the Pacific Ocean | ||
| Jan 19 Sun | Cruising the Pacific Ocean | ||
| Jan 20 Mon | Manzanillo, Mexico | 9 AM | 7 PM |
| Jan 21 Tue | Puerto Vallarta, Mexico | 7 AM | 4 PM |
| Jan 22 Wed | Cruising the Pacific Ocean | ||
| Jan 23 Thu | Cruising the Pacific Ocean | ||
| Jan 24 Fri | Los Angeles, California, United States | 8 AM | 5 PM |
| Jan 25 Sat | San Francisco, California, United States | 6 PM | |
| Jan 26 Sun | San Francisco, California, United States | 5 PM | |
| Jan 27 Mon | Santa Barbara, California, United States* | 12 PM | 8 PM |
| Jan 28 Tue | San Diego, California, United States | 8 AM | 5 PM |
| Jan 29 Wed | Cruising the Pacific Ocean | ||
| Jan 30 Thu | Cabo San Lucas, Mexico* | 1 PM | 11 PM |
| Jan 31 Fri | Cruising the Pacific Ocean | ||
| Feb 1 Sat | Zihuatanejo (Ixtapa), Mexico | 10 AM | 7 PM |
| Feb 2 Sun | Acapulco, Mexico | 8 AM | 6 PM |
| Feb 3 Mon | Cruising the Pacific Ocean | ||
| Feb 4 Tue | Puerto Chiapas, Mexico | 8 AM | 6 PM |
| Feb 5 Wed | Puerto Quetzal, Guatemala | 8 AM | 9 PM |
| Feb 6 Thu | Acajutla, El Salvador | 7 AM | 5 PM |
| Feb 7 Fri | Cruising the Pacific Ocean | ||
| Feb 8 Sat | Cruising the Pacific Ocean | ||
| Feb 9 Sun | Manta, Ecuador | 8 AM | 6 PM |
| Feb 10 Mon | Cruising the Pacific Ocean | ||
| Feb 11 Tue | Salaverry, Peru | 5 AM | 4 PM |
| Feb 12 Wed | Lima/Machu Picchu (Callao), Peru | 10 AM | 8 PM |
| Feb 13 Thu | Pisco/Nazca Lines, Peru | 7 AM | 7 PM |
| Feb 14 Fri | Cruising the Pacific Ocean | ||
| Feb 15 Sat | Cruising the Pacific Ocean | ||
| Feb 16 Sun | Coquimbo, Chile | 8 AM | 5 PM |
| Feb 17 Mon | Santiago de Chile (San Antonio), Chile | 7 AM | 6 PM |
| Feb 18 Tue | Cruising the Pacific Ocean | ||
| Feb 19 Wed | Puerto Montt, Chile | 8 AM | 5 PM |
| Feb 20 Thu | Puerto Chacabuco, Chile* | 11 AM | 8 PM |
| Feb 21 Fri | Laguna San Rafael, Chile* | 8 AM | 6 PM |
| Feb 22 Sat | Cruising the Chilean Fjords | ||
| Feb 23 Sun | Cruising the Chilean Fjords | ||
| Feb 24 Mon | Punta Arenas, Chile | 7 AM | 7 PM |
| Feb 25 Tue | Cruising Around Cape Horn | ||
| Feb 26 Wed | Ushuaia, Argentina | 8 AM | 6 PM |
| Feb 27 Thu | Cruising the Atlantic Ocean | ||
| Feb 28 Fri | Port Stanley, Falkland Islands* | 8 AM | 6 PM |
| Feb 29 Sat | Cruising the Atlantic Ocean | ||
| Mar 1 Sun | Puerto Madryn, Argentina | 7 AM | 6 PM |
| Mar 2 Mon | Cruising the Atlantic Ocean | ||
| Mar 3 Tue | Cruising the Atlantic Ocean | ||
| Mar 4 Wed | Buenos Aires, Argentina | 7 AM | 9 PM |
| Mar 5 Thu | Montevideo, Uruguay | 8 AM | 7 PM |
| Mar 6 Fri | Punta Del Este, Uruguay | 8 AM | 6 PM |
| Mar 7 Sat | Rio Grande, Brazil* | 12 PM | 7 PM |
| Mar 8 Sun | Cruising the Atlantic Ocean | ||
| Mar 9 Mon | Porto Belo, Brazil* | 8 AM | 5 PM |
| Mar 10 Tue | Sao Paulo (Santos), Brazil | 8 AM | 7 PM |
| Mar 11 Wed | Parati, Brazil* | 8 AM | 7 PM |
| Mar 12 Thu | Ilha Grande, Brazil* | 8 AM | 6 PM |
| Mar 13 Fri | Buzios, Brazil* | 8 AM | 6 PM |
| Mar 14 Sat | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | 8 AM | |
| Mar 15 Sun | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | 6 PM | |
| Mar 16 Mon | Cruising the Atlantic Ocean | ||
| Mar 17 Tue | Cruising the Atlantic Ocean | ||
| Mar 18 Wed | Recife, Brazil | 9 AM | 7 PM |
| Mar 19 Thu | Natal, Brazil | 7 AM | 4 PM |
| Mar 20 Fri | Fortaleza, Brazil | 9 AM | 6 PM |
| Mar 21 Sat | Cruising the Atlantic Ocean | ||
| Mar 22 Sun | Cruising the Atlantic Ocean | ||
| Mar 23 Mon | Cruising the Atlantic Ocean | ||
| Mar 24 Tue | Mindelo (São Vicente), Cape Verde | 10 AM | 7 PM |
| Mar 25 Wed | Cruising the Atlantic Ocean | ||
| Mar 26 Thu | Dakar, Senegal | 8 AM | 10 PM |
| Mar 27 Fri | Banjul, Gambia | 7 AM | 5 PM |
| Mar 28 Sat | Cruising the Atlantic Ocean | ||
| Mar 29 Sun | Cruising the Atlantic Ocean | ||
| Mar 30 Mon | Abidjan, Ivory Coast | 10 AM | 7 PM |
| Mar 31 Tue | Sekondi-Takoradi, Ghana | 7 AM | 5 PM |
| Apr 1 Wed | Lome, Togo | 8 AM | 6 PM |
| Apr 2 Thu | Cruising the Atlantic Ocean | ||
| Apr 3 Fri | Cruising the Atlantic Ocean | ||
| Apr 4 Sat | Cruising the Atlantic Ocean | ||
| Apr 5 Sun | Cruising the Atlantic Ocean | ||
| Apr 6 Mon | Walvis Bay, Namibia | 8 AM | 6 PM |
| Apr 7 Tue | Cruising the Atlantic Ocean | ||
| Apr 8 Wed | Cape Town, South Africa | 1 PM | |
| Apr 9 Thu | Cape Town, South Africa | 6 PM | |
| Apr 10 Fri | Mossel Bay, South Africa* | 11 AM | 7 PM |
| Apr 11 Sat | Cruising the Indian Ocean | ||
| Apr 12 Sun | Durban, South Africa | 8 AM | 9 PM |
| Apr 13 Mon | Richards Bay, South Africa | 6 AM | 4 PM |
| Apr 14 Tue | Maputo, Mozambique | 9 AM | 6 PM |
| Apr 15 Wed | Cruising the Indian Ocean | ||
| Apr 16 Thu | Cruising the Indian Ocean | ||
| Apr 17 Fri | Cruising the Indian Ocean | ||
| Apr 18 Sat | Pointe Des Galets, Reunion Island | 8 AM | 7 PM |
| Apr 19 Sun | Port Louis, Mauritius | 8 AM | 6 PM |
| Apr 20 Mon | Cruising the Indian Ocean | ||
| Apr 21 Tue | Cruising the Indian Ocean | ||
| Apr 22 Wed | Cruising the Indian Ocean | ||
| Apr 23 Thu | Cruising the Indian Ocean | ||
| Apr 24 Fri | Male, Maldives* | 8 AM | 6 PM |
| Apr 25 Sat | Cruising the Laccadive Sea | ||
| Apr 26 Sun | Cochin (Kochi), India | 6 AM | 4 PM |
| Apr 27 Mon | Colombo, Sri Lanka | 11 AM | 8 PM |
| Apr 28 Tue | Cruising the Bay of Bengal | ||
| Apr 29 Wed | Cruising the Bay of Bengal | ||
| Apr 30 Thu | Cruising the Andaman Sea | ||
| May 1 Fri | Yangon, Myanmar | 8 AM | |
| May 2 Sat | Yangon, Myanmar | ||
| May 3 Sun | Yangon, Myanmar | 5 PM | |
| May 4 Mon | Cruising the Andaman Sea | ||
| May 5 Tue | Phuket, Thailand | 8 AM | 6 PM |
| May 6 Wed | Penang, Malaysia | 8 AM | 5 PM |
| May 7 Thu | Kuala Lumpur (Port Klang), Malaysia | 7 AM | 6 PM |
| May 8 Fri | Singapore, Singapore | 1 PM | |
| May 9 Sat | Singapore, Singapore | 6 PM | |
| May 10 Sun | Cruising the Gulf of Thailand | ||
| May 11 Mon | Ko Samui, Thailand* | 8 AM | 4 PM |
| May 12 Tue | Bangkok, Thailand | 9 AM | |
| May 13 Wed | Bangkok, Thailand | 3 PM | |
| May 14 Thu | Sihanoukville, Cambodia | 10 AM | 10 PM |
| May 15 Fri | Cruising the South China Sea | ||
| May 16 Sat | Saigon (Ho Chi Minh City), Vietnam | 8 AM | |
| May 17 Sun | Saigon (Ho Chi Minh City), Vietnam | 4 PM | |
| May 18 Mon | Cruising the South China Sea | ||
| May 19 Tue | Hue (Da Nang), Vietnam | 7 AM | 5 PM |
| May 20 Wed | Hanoi (Ha Long Bay), Vietnam* | 11 AM | |
| May 21 Thu | Hanoi (Ha Long Bay), Vietnam* | 6 PM | |
| May 22 Fri | Cruising the South China Sea | ||
| May 23 Sat | Hong Kong, China | 8 AM | |
| May 24 Sun | Hong Kong, China | 5 PM | |
| May 25 Mon | Xiamen, China | 1 PM | |
| May 26 Tue | Xiamen, China | 2 PM | |
| May 27 Wed | Cruising the East China Sea | ||
| May 28 Thu | Shanghai, China | 6 AM | |
| May 29 Fri | Shanghai, China | 6 PM | |
| May 30 Sat | Cruising the Yellow Sea | ||
| May 31 Sun | Beijing (Tianjin), China | 2 PM | |
| Jun 1 Mon | Beijing (Tianjin), China | 7 PM | |
| Jun 2 Tue | Cruising the Yellow Sea | ||
| Jun 3 Wed | Jeju, South Korea | 10 AM | 7 PM |
| Jun 4 Thu | Busan, South Korea | 8 AM | 6 PM |
| Jun 5 Fri | Nagasaki, Japan | 7 AM | 5 PM |
| Jun 6 Sat | Kagoshima, Japan | 7 AM | 3 PM |
| Jun 7 Sun | Hiroshima, Japan | 10 AM | 7 PM |
| Jun 8 Mon | Kyoto (Kobe), Japan | 9 AM | |
| Jun 9 Tue | Kyoto (Kobe), Japan | 3 PM | |
| Jun 10 Wed | Shimizu, Japan | 12 PM | 8 PM |
| Jun 11 Thu | Tokyo (Yokohama), Japan | 6 AM | |
| Jun 12 Fri | Tokyo (Yokohama), Japan | 5 PM | |
| Jun 13 Sat | Oarai, Japan | 9 AM | 6 PM |
| Jun 14 Sun | Cruising the Pacific Ocean | ||
| Jun 15 Mon | Aomori, Japan | 8 AM | 11 PM |
| Jun 16 Tue | Hakodate, Japan | 7 AM | 4 PM |
| Jun 17 Wed | Cruising the Pacific Ocean | ||
| Jun 18 Thu | Cruising the Pacific Ocean | ||
| Jun 19 Fri | Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia* | 8 AM | 10 PM |
| Jun 20 Sat | Int’l Date Line East | ||
| Jun 20 Sat | Cruising the Aleutian Basin | ||
| Jun 21 Sun | Cruising the Aleutian Basin | ||
| Jun 22 Mon | Dutch Harbor (Aleutian Islands), Alaska* | 7 AM | 6 PM |
| Jun 23 Tue | Cruising the Pacific Ocean | ||
| Jun 24 Wed | Kodiak, Alaska | 8 AM | 6 PM |
| Jun 25 Thu | Seward, Alaska | 7 AM | 5 PM |
| Jun 26 Fri | Cruising Hubbard Glacier | ||
| Jun 27 Sat | Juneau, Alaska | 9 AM | 6 PM |
| Jun 28 Sun | Sitka, Alaska | 9 AM | 4 PM |
| Jun 29 Mon | Prince Rupert, British Columbia, Canada | 11 AM | 8 PM |
| Jun 30 Tue | Cruising the Inside Passage | ||
| Jul 1 Wed | Victoria, British Columbia, Canada | 9 AM | 6 PM |
| Jul 2 Thu | Astoria, Oregon, United States | 9 AM | 6 PM |
| Jul 3 Fri | Cruising the Pacific Ocean | ||
| Jul 4 Sat | San Francisco, California, United States | 8 AM | |
| Jul 5 Sun | San Francisco, California, United States | Disembark 8 AM |
- Anchor
Thank you for including me to share your adventures! have a blessed voyage!
Mary and I also have the seasickness. Hope to be cured soon
Feeling joyful reading your post as we feel the same. According to Leslie Jon (when I saw him in Vegas,) on this 6 month cruise over 435 past ATW travelers will be on board at one time or the other….I am amazed and it will be good to see so many during our 6 months…I hope as “segments passengers” they will 🌏🌍🌎😂🤣😅😉 not get jealous of our events! Have a very 🍾🎊🚢🎆 New Years Eve! Luv ya from Mary
Thanks for ‘including us’ on your voyage.
What Fun!
Marcia & Greg
We will accompany you vicariously with much enthusiasm. God Bless your journey.
John & Jane
WOW!! Enjoy!
You guys could come here for a few days before going to Miami…
Will be there in spirit all the way. . . Have safe travels!
We are so looking forward to traveling along with you via your blog! Pat & Dick
Yay! Can’t wait to follow your adventures!
Safe travels my friends. So happy for you!