Introduction to Viking Sun World Cruise

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Larry and Diane will be cruising from Miami, Florida to London, England December 15, 2017 to May 5, 2018 traveling in a westerly direction thru the Panama and Suez canals.

Below is the route we will be taking:


Westward Route


Viking Sun

(classified as small cruise ship, max 930 passengers)


Cruise Itinerary

DAY 1   Miami, Florida, USA   PORT DEPARTURE: 6:00 PM
DAY 2   At Sea 
DAY 3   Cienfuegos, Cuba   PORT ARRIVAL: 12:00 PM
DAY 4   Cienfuegos, Cuba 
DAY 5   Cienfuegos, Cuba   PORT DEPARTURE: 2:00 PM
DAY 6   Ocho Rios, Jamaica   PORT ARRIVAL: 8:00 AM   PORT DEPARTURE: 5:00 PM
DAY 7   At Sea 
DAY 8   San José (Puerto Limón), Costa Rica   PORT ARRIVAL: 8:00 AM   PORT DEPARTURE: 5:00 PM
DAY 9   Colón, Panama   PORT ARRIVAL: 8:30 AM   PORT DEPARTURE: 11:59 PM
DAY 12   Puntarenas (Puerto Caldera), Costa Rica   PORT ARRIVAL: 8:00 AM   PORT DEPARTURE: 5:00 PM
DAY 13   León (Corinto), Nicaragua   PORT ARRIVAL: 12:00 PM   PORT DEPARTURE: 6:00 PM
DAY 14   Puerto Quetzal, Guatemala   PORT ARRIVAL: 9:00 AM   PORT DEPARTURE: 6:00 PM
DAY 16   At Sea 
DAY 17   At Sea 
DAY 18   Cabo San Lucas, Mexico   PORT ARRIVAL: 7:00 AM   PORT DEPARTURE: 6:00 PM
DAY 20   At Sea 
DAY 21   Los Angeles, California   PORT ARRIVAL: 8:00 AM   PORT DEPARTURE: 11:59 PM
DAY 22   Los Angeles, California   PORT ARRIVAL: 12:00 AM   PORT DEPARTURE: 6:00 PM
DAY 24   At Sea 
DAY 25   At Sea 
DAY 26   At Sea 
DAY 27   At Sea 
DAY 28   At Sea 
DAY 29   At Sea 
DAY 30   Marquesas Islands (Taiohae), French Polynesia   PORT ARRIVAL: 8:00 AM   PORT DEPARTURE: 5:00 PM
DAY 32   Tahiti (Papeete), French Polynesia   PORT ARRIVAL: 6:00 PM   PORT DEPARTURE: 11:59 PM
DAY 33   Tahiti (Papeete), French Polynesia   PORT ARRIVAL: 12:00 AM   PORT DEPARTURE: 6:00 PM
DAY 34   Bora Bora (Vaitape), French Polynesia   PORT ARRIVAL: 8:00 AM   PORT DEPARTURE: 6:00 PM
DAY 36   Rarotonga (Avatiu), Cook Islands   PORT ARRIVAL: 8:00 AM   PORT DEPARTURE: 6:00 PM
DAY 38   At Sea 
DAY 39   Cruising 
DAY 40   Tongatapu (Nuku’alofa), Tonga   PORT ARRIVAL: 8:00 AM   PORT DEPARTURE: 6:00 PM
DAY 42   Suva, Fiji   PORT ARRIVAL: 7:00 AM   PORT DEPARTURE: 2:30 PM
DAY 44   At Sea 
DAY 45   Bay of Islands (Russell), New Zealand   PORT ARRIVAL: 8:00 AM   PORT DEPARTURE: 5:00 PM
DAY 46   Auckland, New Zealand   PORT ARRIVAL: 7:30 AM
DAY 47   Auckland, New Zealand   PORT DEPARTURE: 6:00 PM
DAY 48   Rotorua (Tauranga), New Zealand   PORT ARRIVAL: 8:00 AM   PORT DEPARTURE: 4:00 PM
DAY 49   Napier, New Zealand   PORT ARRIVAL: 12:00 PM   PORT DEPARTURE: 6:00 PM
DAY 50   Wellington, New Zealand   PORT ARRIVAL: 9:00 AM   PORT DEPARTURE: 6:00 PM
DAY 51   Christchurch, New Zealand   PORT ARRIVAL: 8:00 AM   PORT DEPARTURE: 5:30 PM
DAY 52   Dunedin (Port Chalmers), New Zealand   PORT ARRIVAL: 8:00 AM   PORT DEPARTURE: 5:00 PM
DAY 53   Cruise the Tasman Sea 
DAY 54   At Sea 
DAY 55   At Sea 
DAY 56   Melbourne, Australia   PORT ARRIVAL: 7:00 AM   PORT DEPARTURE: 5:00 PM
DAY 57   Cruise the Tasman Sea 
DAY 58   Sydney, Australia   PORT ARRIVAL: 7:00 AM   PORT DEPARTURE: 11:59 PM
DAY 59   Sydney, Australia   PORT ARRIVAL: 12:00 AM   PORT DEPARTURE: 6:00 PM
DAY 60   Cruise the Tasman Sea 
DAY 61   Brisbane, Australia   PORT ARRIVAL: 8:00 AM   PORT DEPARTURE: 5:00 PM
DAY 62   Cruise the Coral Sea 
DAY 63   Whitsunday Island (Cid Harbor), Australia   PORT ARRIVAL: 7:30 AM   PORT DEPARTURE: 2:00 PM
DAY 64   Cairns, Australia   PORT ARRIVAL: 8:30 AM   PORT DEPARTURE: 11:00 PM
DAY 65   Cruise the Coral Sea 
DAY 66   Thursday Island, Australia   PORT ARRIVAL: 8:00 AM   PORT DEPARTURE: 6:00 PM
DAY 67   Cruise the Arafura Sea 
DAY 68   At Sea 
DAY 69   Darwin, Australia   PORT ARRIVAL: 7:00 AM   PORT DEPARTURE: 1:30 PM
DAY 70   Cruise the Timor Sea 
DAY 71   Komodo, Indonesia   PORT ARRIVAL: 9:00 AM   PORT DEPARTURE: 5:00 PM
DAY 72   Bali (Benoa), Indonesia   PORT ARRIVAL: 12:00 PM   PORT DEPARTURE: 10:00 PM
DAY 73   Cruise the Java Sea 
DAY 74   Semarang, Java, Indonesia   PORT ARRIVAL: 7:00 AM   PORT DEPARTURE: 5:00 PM
DAY 75   Cruise the Java Sea 
DAY 76   At Sea 
DAY 77   Bandar Seri Begawan (Muara), Brunei   PORT ARRIVAL: 9:00 AM   PORT DEPARTURE: 6:00 PM
DAY 78   Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia   PORT ARRIVAL: 7:00 AM   PORT DEPARTURE: 5:00 PM
DAY 80   Manila, The Philippines   PORT ARRIVAL: 8:00 AM   PORT DEPARTURE: 11:59 PM
DAY 81   Manila, The Philippines   PORT ARRIVAL: 12:00 AM   PORT DEPARTURE: 12:00 PM
DAY 84   Shanghai, China   PORT ARRIVAL: 7:30 AM   PORT DEPARTURE: 11:59 PM
DAY 85   Shanghai, China   PORT ARRIVAL: 12:00 AM   PORT DEPARTURE: 8:00 PM
DAY 88   Hong Kong, China   PORT ARRIVAL: 8:00 AM   PORT DEPARTURE: 11:59 PM
DAY 89   Hong Kong, China   PORT ARRIVAL: 12:00 AM   PORT DEPARTURE: 1:00 PM
DAY 90   Haikou, China   PORT ARRIVAL: 8:30 AM   PORT DEPARTURE: 6:00 PM
DAY 93   Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam   PORT ARRIVAL: 12:00 PM   PORT DEPARTURE: 11:59 PM
DAY 94   Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam   PORT ARRIVAL: 12:00 AM   PORT DEPARTURE: 11:00 PM
DAY 96   Sihanoukville, Cambodia   PORT ARRIVAL: 7:00 AM   PORT DEPARTURE: 8:00 PM
DAY 97   Bangkok (Laem Chabang), Thailand   PORT ARRIVAL: 12:30 PM   PORT DEPARTURE: 11:59 PM
DAY 98   Bangkok (Laem Chabang), Thailand   PORT ARRIVAL: 12:00 AM   PORT DEPARTURE: 6:00 PM
DAY 99   Koh Samui (Nathon), Thailand   PORT ARRIVAL: 8:30 AM   PORT DEPARTURE: 3:00 PM
DAY 101   Singapore, Singapore   PORT ARRIVAL: 8:00 AM   PORT DEPARTURE: 11:59 PM
DAY 102   Singapore, Singapore   PORT ARRIVAL: 12:00 AM   PORT DEPARTURE: 4:00 PM
DAY 103   Kuala Lumpur (Port Klang), Malaysia   PORT ARRIVAL: 8:00 AM   PORT DEPARTURE: 5:30 PM
DAY 104   George Town, Malaysia   PORT ARRIVAL: 8:00 AM   PORT DEPARTURE: 5:00 PM
DAY 105   Phuket (Patong Beach), Thailand   PORT ARRIVAL: 7:00 AM   PORT DEPARTURE: 1:00 PM
DAY 106   Cruise the Andaman Sea 
DAY 107   At Sea 
DAY 108   Chennai, India   PORT ARRIVAL: 8:00 AM   PORT DEPARTURE: 6:00 PM
DAY 110   At Sea 
DAY 111   Cochin, India   PORT ARRIVAL: 7:00 AM   PORT DEPARTURE: 6:00 PM
DAY 112   Cruise the Arabian Sea 
DAY 113   Goa (Mormugao), India   PORT ARRIVAL: 7:00 AM   PORT DEPARTURE: 3:00 PM
DAY 114   Mumbai, India   PORT ARRIVAL: 8:00 AM   PORT DEPARTURE: 11:00 PM
DAY 115   Cruise the Arabian Sea 
DAY 116   At Sea 
DAY 117   Muscat, Oman   PORT ARRIVAL: 8:00 AM   PORT DEPARTURE: 5:00 PM
DAY 118   Cruise the Arabian Sea 
DAY 119   Cruise the Red Sea 
DAY 120   At Sea 
DAY 121   At Sea 
DAY 122   At Sea 
DAY 123   At Sea 
DAY 124   Aqaba, Jordan   PORT ARRIVAL: 7:00 AM   PORT DEPARTURE: 6:00 PM
DAY 125   Luxor (Safaga), Egypt   PORT ARRIVAL: 7:00 AM   PORT DEPARTURE: 11:00 PM
DAY 126   Sharm El-sheikh, Egypt   PORT ARRIVAL: 6:00 AM   PORT DEPARTURE: 3:00 PM
DAY 128   Alexandria, Egypt   PORT ARRIVAL: 7:00 AM   PORT DEPARTURE: 8:00 PM
DAY 130   At Sea 
DAY 131   Valletta, Malta   PORT ARRIVAL: 8:00 AM   PORT DEPARTURE: 4:00 PM
DAY 132   Tunis (La Goulette), Tunisia   PORT ARRIVAL: 8:00 AM   PORT DEPARTURE: 6:00 PM
DAY 133   Sardinia (Cagliari), Italy   PORT ARRIVAL: 7:30 AM   PORT DEPARTURE: 2:00 PM
DAY 134   Algiers, Algeria   PORT ARRIVAL: 10:30 AM   PORT DEPARTURE: 6:00 PM
DAY 135   Murcia (Cartagena), Spain   PORT ARRIVAL: 8:00 AM   PORT DEPARTURE: 4:00 PM
DAY 136   Granada (Málaga), Spain   PORT ARRIVAL: 8:00 AM   PORT DEPARTURE: 6:00 PM
DAY 138   Porto, Portugal   PORT ARRIVAL: 7:30 AM   PORT DEPARTURE: 1:30 PM
DAY 140   At Sea 
DAY 141   London (Greenwich), England   PORT ARRIVAL: 3:51 AM

We fly business class from Kansas City directly to Miami, Florida at 7 AM, Friday, December 15.  Needless to say at this point
we are getting excited the further behind we get with our planning and packing while we attempt to keep up our "at home" routines.

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