What Kelly is laughing about

My views do not necessarily reflect the views of my employer. After squeezing in cultural tips into each port talk for Japan, I decided to start doing a country overview when we visited a new country, starting with… Taiwan Taiwan

My views do not necessarily reflect the views of my employer. September 12, 2025 It was raining on our last day in Japan so we decided to go check out a cave. One section was decorated with colored lights. We

My views do not necessarily reflect the views of my employer. September 10, 2025 According to Japan guide, American village is a shopping area that was built for the ‘nostalgic pleasure’ of residents from nearby military bases, as well as

My views do not necessarily reflect the views of my employer. September 9, 2025 Naha was another place I wasn’t sure if I’d visited before because they called the port something else on the Diamond. I knew I’d been to

My views do not necessarily reflect the views of my employer. I had too much fun in Naha, Okinawa so I’m going to split up these posts. Here is my port talk and I’ll tell you about what I did

My views do not necessarily reflect the views of my employer. September 7, 2025 It was HOT in Amami (I know- it was hot everywhere in Japan this time of year, especially as we made our way south), so we

My views do not necessarily reflect the views of my employer. My first encounter with Hososhima was when I was scheduling my port talks – I’ll do Hiroshima, Fukuoka, Nagasaki, Jeju, Kagoshima, and Hiroshima – Wait – you already did

My views do not necessarily reflect the views of my employer. September 2, 2025 After my (mis)adventures in Jeju, I was back in a port I’d been to before, and I wanted to go on a new adventure (while also

My views do not necessarily reflect the views of my employer. The first time I visited Jeju was last summer- it was the first day I was able to get off the ship while working on the Diamond Princess. If

My views do not necessarily reflect the views of my employer. August 27 & 28, 2025 I’d been to Nagasaki a couple of times on the Diamond Princess. Since the Diamond was built in Nagasaki, that made visiting it especially