We refer to it as The Epic Journey, although it’s not ‘epic’ in the classical sense, celebrating heroic feats of a legendary hero and all that. (One family member I know says Bill is her hero, so maybe that counts?)
No, it went epic when it morphed from a ‘short’ three-week cruise, to a meandering two-month cruise/land tour/transpacific cruise multi-staged journey.
All because I loathed the thought of an outrageously expensive one-way Tokyo-Seattle flight to get us home after the three-week trip. I discovered we could cruise home via the Bering Sea, cabin steward, covered spa pool, and fine dining available during the entire crossing.
Infinitely better than cramming ourselves into torturous airplane seats for 24 hours for almost the same price. Of course, the overall trip cost escalated when we added a two-week Thailand trip in the middle, but more on that in another post.
So ‘epic’ it is. Simple as that.
Maps and destinations for each segment of the journey, below.
Leg 1: Sydney, Australia, to Tokyo, Japan
Leg 2: Thailand Land Tour
Leg 3: Transpacific Cruise Tokyo to Vancouver, Canada
