Despite what you might have heard....

[RayMac]

I have not left the building, nor the planet.
In the past 30 odd days I have visited:

• Sydney Australia
• Bay of Islands and Auckland NZ
• Tahiti, Moorea and Bora Bora
• Various and sundry Hawaiian islands
• Vancouver BC

and a lot of water in between. Trans-Pacific cruise from Sydney to Vancouver. I'm back now - bit jet lagged but on the mend.



And yes I did buy a watch.

[Jeannie]

Welcome back, Ray. We missed you.

Jeannie

[Seriously]

Welcome back, Ray. We missed you.

Jeannie

Yeah that , but without the Jeannie bit obviously

... you missed a whole heap ** of shananigans over here Ray , the stories we could tell !!



** I can't recall the phrase you used the other day for "a lot" Jeannie, but you'll vouch it was that much shenanigans wasn't it.

[bu11itt]

** I can't recall the phrase you used the other day for "a lot" Jeannie, but you'll vouch it was that much shenanigans wasn't it.

I believe it was "mess of" as in a mess of greens...

[CamB]

Sounds like a great trip Ray. Had you been to Australia before?

[ljb187]

Your trips are a great argument for managing watch purchasing carefully.

[T Bone]

Welcome back Ray! So, keeping us in suspense? What watch did you buy?

[popoki nui]

Welcome back Ray! So, keeping us suspense? What watch did you buy?

FINALLY someone gets to the important question! Oh yeah...welcome back, Ray.

[whatmeworry]

Wow, that sounds like an amazing cruise, Ray. Good to have you back though.
More importantly, WHAT WATCH?

[RayMac]

What watch? With this sort of trip on my financial books you surely can't expect anything expensive.
Besides there is a lot more stuff to do in Tahiti than go watch shopping.
No I confined my watch search to the shops on the ship. They had good deals on Citizen and Bulova, so I got a Bulova dress model to replace an old Caravelle I had that died a couple of years ago. Looked nice on formal night.
I'll post some pics later on when I get a chance. Nothing too exciting though.
BTW (and I can't figure out why) the ship's store had MASSIVE sales on Invicta (they are now claiming they are made in the USA.)
They claimed the usual 75% off MRSP. I felt like walking up behind the many eager shoppers and screaming NOOOOOO!!!!!