Photo Of The Moment + Update Information

Hey everyone, this is Nate. First of all, happy Easter. Today is the ship's first Easter this year...our second will be tomorrow. April 12 happens to be the day we cross the international date line. That means we have two April 12's, and it also means I get to run around the ship annoying everyone with my best Bill Murray impressions from Groundhog Day. It also means that on today's April 12, we are 18 hours ahead of California, and tomorrow's April 12 will leave us behind California by 5 hours or so. It's trippy, but we are now officially on our way from one side of the world to the other, with Hawaii just over a week away.

Today's photo of the moment is from Hakone, Japan and is a scenic, panoramic view of Mt. Fuji from a field atop a crater/mountain at the Hakone National Park:


We were on Mt. Fuji as well, in the snow. Look for photos later.

Finally, I have done some massive updates to our slideshow, on the right of the page. Hundreds of new photos have been added (comments on each photo to come soon) from Walvis Bay, Namibia all the way to Kobe, Japan. Just click on the slideshow photo to bring you to our album where each photo can be viewd in an embiggened manner.

Tune in soon for blog updates on Shanghai, Kobe, and Yokohama...including who we met, what we ate, and a few suprises as well.

Thanks for reading. Peace.