2015 World Cruise - Intro

SILVERSEA  SILVER WHISPER

2015 WORLD CRUISE

January 5 to May 1, 2015

The Silversea World Cruise 2015 was an adventure that Randy and I had planned in mid 2013, along with Phil and Colleen Smoot (people we met on the 2011 World Cruise).  Sadly, Randy crossed the ocean to Heaven in July 2014.  Still, I continued with those plans, like he wanted me to do.  Randy is forever in my memories and always in my heart, so I shared my new adventures with him.  I missed seeing Randy's face, hearing his voice, and knowing he was always there close to me.  Now, I must wait before I see him again. Yet, when I cross an ocean, I think of Randy.

I did it!  Colleen and Phil are fun travel companions; I got reacquainted with other people from the 2011 World Cruise; and I met many new people.  There were 138 World Cruisers aboard with other guests cruising for shorter time periods of 7-52 days in various locations, for passenger totals of less than 280 passengers (with a crew population of 290).  

The weather, overall, was fantastic.  It was 80° in Los Angeles, California when we departed January 5.  Cruising conditions were very comfortable for the entire trip except for the Tasman Sea near Sydney, Australia (a few days before arrival and one day after leaving) and one day while in the Madagascar Channel.  Lots of sunshine for, just about, the whole time; the Captain made every effort possible to avoid any rain squalls while at sea.  I don't recall any port visits where we encountered rain; a few places were hot and muggy but most were comfortable (for me, who is used to tropical weather).  And, it was 80° when we arrived in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida on May 1.

To answer your first questions, 
Favorite Place (s)                 Australia (Singapore)
Prettiest Place                       Bora Bora and Moorea
Most Fun                              Safari in Kenya
Most Awesome                    Borobodur and Angkor Wat
Will Definitely Go Back      CapeTown, South Africa
Never Want to See Again    Haikou, China and Kuala Lumpur

For your information, if you care to know, here are a few stats:

Total Days                                      115
Nautical Miles                            31432
Air Miles                                      3952
Days at Sea                                      57
Oceans crossed                                  3
Seas crossed                                     4
International Dateline crossed         1 time
Equator crossed                               4 times
Countries                                        30
Continents                                        5
Ports                                               50
Farthest North                                  Los Angeles, California
Farthest South                                  Melbourne, Australia
Multi-day inland tours                     4 (more about those later)
Day Excursions                               31
World Cruisers Events                    10

Formal Dress evenings                   16

Informal Dress evenings                 52
Casual Dress evenings                    46
Temperature Range                         low 50s to near 100°
Average Temperatures                    low 70s to mid 80s

I am glad to be home.  It was a great adventure.  Now, I share my travels with you.

To get you started, while I continue to edit photos and videos to make movies, take a look at the DVD (just over 19 minutes) that Tracy Fleming, Ship Photographer, put together.  Very well done! Thank you, Tracy.

Click to this link from Google+ for Tracy's DVD
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Dj2o0I7Pp0Xt5iKDta5BDC2cKTmcwfCk4w/view?usp=sharing

If you have troubles with that link, try to copy and paste to your browser.


More to follow.  Until later......
Hugs, Lourae