E– NCI recently completed my summer long adventure totaling 11 weeks, 13 nations, 6 US states, 15 flights, 3 cruises, around 32,000 miles with my wife and 13yo son and just 3 backpacks!
For the second summer in a row, we decided to rent our FL home out for the summer and travel the world! Last year was a lovely Nordic cross-Atlantic tour (mostly on a cruise ship) but this year we decided to circumnavigate the globe.
General Itinerary:
1)Home, FL – 5/24/24 > Fly to Orlando
2)Orlando, Florida
3)London, England
4)Trieste – NCL Pearl Embark
5)NCL Pearl – Ship (Ravenna, Italy)
6)Koper, Slovenia - NCL Pearl
7)Split, Croatia - NCL Pearl
8)Kotor, Montenegro - NCL Pearl
9)Dubrovnik, Croatia - NCL Pearl
10)Corfu, Greece - NCL Pearl
11)Santorini, Greece - NCL Pearl
12)Mykonos, Greece – NCL Pearl
13)Port of Piraeus, Greece – NCL Pearl Disembark
Day 13-16 Athens, Greece
Day 16-20 Istanbul, Turkey
Day 20-24 Abu Dhabi, UAE
Day 24-29 Malé and Atmosphere Kanifushi, Maldives
Day 29-33 Bangkok, Thailand
Day 33-37 Taipei City, Taiwan
Day 37-39 Tokyo, Japan
39) Yokahama, Japan – Diamond Princess Embark
40) Hitachinaka, Japan – Diamond Princess
42) Toyama (Fishiki) – Diamond Princess
43) Tsuruga, Japan – Diamond Princess
44) Sakaiminato, Japan – Diamond Princess
45) Busan, SK – Diamond Princess
46) Kagoshima, Japan – Diamond Princess
48) Yokohama, Japan – Diamond Princess
50) Kishiro, Japan – Diamond Princess
51) Hokkadate, Japan – Diamond Princess
52) Otaru, Japan – Diamond Princess
55) Jeju, SK – Diamond Princess
57) Shimizu, Japan – Diamond Princess
58) Yokohama, Japan – Diamond Princess Disembark
58-59) Tokyo, Japan
59) Honolulu, Hawaii
Day 59-65 Turtle Bay Resort, North Shore Oahu
66) Seattle, WA – NCL Encore Embark
68) Juneau, AK – NCL Encore
69) Skagway, AK – NCL Encore
70) Glacier Bay, AK – NCL Encore
71) Ketchikan, AK – NCL Encore
72) Victoria, ncore
73-74) Seattle, WA – NCL Encore Disembark
74-76) OKC, OK
76-77) DFW airport, stupid weather and American Airlines
77) Home, Florida 8/8/2024
We researched and planned everything ourselves. I worked remotely with my laptop in the downtime here and there and took lots relax days to keep us sane. We're hoping to do it again next summer maybe around the southern hemisphere! #travel BL.C. source