This is the fifth of six sea days between Dubai and Aqaba. What follows is a “grand finale” in the form a super Mediterranean cruise. This World Voyage has incorporated several cruises of varying durations. The shortest was a four day round trip from Melbourne to Kangaroo Island and back, giving local people a rare opportunity to experience some of the delights of Cunard’s Flagship. Other round trips were from Sydney to Sydney circumnavigating New Zealand in the process, and from Singapore to Hong Kong and back. There were any number of permutations of longer voyages. I will be doing something similar in 2019. The purpose of next February’s oddysey is to ride some of the trains in Australia allowing me three weeks to take in as much as is comfortable and realistic. After flying to San Francisco, I will join the world travellers aboard Cunard’s Queen Victoria. After 21 nights, I bail out at Sydney and re enter my rail-bourne comfort zone. All going well, I shall complete a journey on The Ghan. My hope is also to spend time in the Blue Mountains and Alice Springs. If time permits, I would also like to travel by train from Cairns to Sydney spending time en route. By that time, I will have missed any passing cruise ship and will fly to Dubai to enjoy three nights on QE2, now a five star hotel, before finishing my journey on
what believe will be my 19th voyage on QM2…on her return journey from the Far East, almost repeating this year’s “grand finale”. Here we are right now, heading north up the Red Sea. 
With all good wishes and thank you for reading, David.
David's Cruise 