10-Jan: The captain announced at noon we would be half-way between San Francisco and our first port of Nuku Hiva in the Marquesas Islands. So far, we've traveled about 1300 nautical miles. Since I'm a nerd, here's the Wikipedia on the history of nautical miles. More immediate is that the captain said we should be … Continue reading Half Way

I see Silversea dropped the original world cruise web page. I guess that makes sense, as it's hard to sell a cruise when the ship is at sea. There is a direct page to the Silver Whisper, where they still offer individual legs of the world cruise. On board there is an updated "you are … Continue reading Updated Link

Location as of 12:01 9-Jan: 24deg 22min North, 115deg 47min West Sorry for lack of updates. I've had some laptop issues, but it all seems to be working now. Consolidated notes below: 7-Jan: Two hours after passing thru the Golden Gate, there was a medical emergency onboard. So, we turned about and returned to San … Continue reading Three Days Out

As someone who has eaten calzones in Italy - Rome, Florence, Sorrento - I can confirm that Silversea makes good calzones.

I know you guys want numbers... The lovely people at the Reception desk gave me the break out of our cruise. The Silver Whisper can carry 388 guests with a crew of 302. We left San Francisco with 322 guests hailing from: Australia (22)Belgium (4)Brazil (2)Canada (25)Costa Rica (1)France (6)Germany (5)Iceland (2)Ireland (1)Italy (3)Japan (2)Mexico … Continue reading Statistics