Mary Alyce Reports from Hawaii and the Zaandam Feature Article Discussion Forum

Contributor, Mary Alyce, and her husband Jim are currently on board the Zaandam doing a San Diego to Hawaii round trip. Mary Alyce is a frequent cruiser, have clocked in over 500 cruise days, with as many as 5 or 6 cruises a year, most often on Holland America Line. She was gracious enough to send us the following report.

Nov 13th

We started our trip in San Diego with a great trolley tour around town. We explored Coronado Island and Old Town where we sampled the great restaurants and different tastes.

We boarded the Zaandam on Saturday with 6 six friends. It was a very rough two days as we beat out a storm and major swells. Everyone fared very well and made all the meals. We have been very lucky at trivia we have won two, tied one, and lost one. The sun has been hiding although yesterday we were able to spend time on the Sports deck soaking up some rays.

Today we were in Hilo on the Big Island. We took the local bus (free) and did a circle tour of the city. The tour included Richardson State Park where we watched the surf roll into land. Across the island, the surfers were out in full force today enjoying the big waves brought by the stormy weather. Then we visited downtown Hilo and the U of H, Hilo campus and then headed back to the ship for lunch and …