Cruising where?

Want to join in a little guessing game?
If you have some free time over the holiday, after parades, cookouts, swimming parties and such, and are just kicking back with family and friends, cool drink in hand, Atlas at the ready of course...........here's a way to have a little fun involving your geography skills.........always a good way to keep the kiddies thinking too!


Hey, its time for a cool looking photo - being on the water is the only perfect place on a hot Summer day!  Unfortunately I'm landlocked this holiday weekend, but later I'll be on the move again........and this will be my awesome mode of travel.

A small prize* if you can guess where I'll be headed in October. Try to name at least four islands I'll visit - whoever comes closest will be the winner.  If several of you name four or more of the islands, I'll toss you in my trusty safari hat, shake you around, gently, and pick a winner!

Your comment with your guess must be left 

on this post only by July 10th please.

I've never 'cruised'. I've crossed the Atlantic by sea to get home to England and back, but never drifted around the tropical Caribbean, sailed through the blue Mediterranean, or up to Alaska to whale watch by ship.  So, my first real cruise adventure is scheduled for October/November this year with my best friend Paula.....who will adventure anywhere on the globe and is taking me with her!


I'm already packing my bag - in my mind!  Paula picks unusual places to visit, and they require unusual clothing much of the time..........shopping forays to the likes of REI, Dick's, Magellan's, and Sierra Trading are requisite.  Some of last year's African safari adventure clothing will be utilized for this trip.

Hope I don't need one of these - orange is NOT my best color! 
May I have a blue one to match my eyes please?

Here are some clues.

• Long flight to an island where the ship docks
• This is NOT a Carnival Cruise
• Only 100 passengers - a crew of 75, including a renowned chef
• Zodiac boats 
• Awesome scenery
• Large birds - in the thousands  
• Human inhabitants doubtful
• Water shoes and parkas required, even though it will be Spring
• Only 500 visitors permitted per year

You may find this difficult, OR because it's a very unusual place to be visiting, it just might be easy to guess where in the world! 

Hints: 

• Several island landings on the itinerary
• Many nautical miles from a mainland
• Will I meet 'the devil'?
• Not Antarctica!

*Your prize may be something from the natural world, if permitted, or a trinket from a continent thousands of miles from here.  It will be delivered when I regain my land legs after being tossed on cold seas, perhaps avoiding rogue icebergs, and snapping hundreds of pics of Nature in all her unspoiled glory.

Come on, give it a shot.  

Just where in the world will I be cruising?