This is the landing page for the 2025 Pole to Pole (P2P) cruise on Holland America’s MV Volendam. It is a 133 day Grand Voyage. Let’s see how the itinerary will change in the next four months. The map is already incorrect. We have replaced Bar Harbor Maine with Portland Maine.

It is a a small contingent onboard. Only 747 out of a capacity of 1,400. But the “Welcome Home” banner was unfurled.

List of Posts:

250125 Chaos

260126 St. Anthony,– Again?

250127 Peanut

250128 Hound of the Lord, Santo Domingo

250130 Goodbye Columbus, Santa Marta

250130 A Lump of Coal, Santa Marta

240201 Saturday in the Park, Puerto Limon

250203 Panama Post

250204 A Fist Full of Sea Days

250204 Wooden Botes in Manta

250205 Manta Sidebar

250207 Finally Trujillo

250207 Port Sudafed, Salaverry, Peru

250208 Sea Days in the Humboldt Current.

250209 Miraflores’ Sculpted Cliffs, Lima, Peru

250209 Magic Waters, Lima, Peru

250210 Lima Streets

250211 X of Y, Paracas Peru

250214 Valentines on Volendam

250215 An Accidental Sea Day

250216 Carnival and Fish Politics, San Antonio, Chile

250217 Wine!, Casablanca Valley, Chile

250217 Sweetheart of the Rodeo, Casablanca Valley Chile

250218 Thank You St. Anthony

250210 Robinson Crusoe Redux, Isla Robinson Crusoe, Chile

250220 Repeat Sea Day

250221 Spinning Wheels, Chile’s Lake Country (Puerto Montt)

250222 Chiole’s Wooden Churches

250222 Shingles and Stilts, A Chiloe Sidebar

250223 I Climb the Empire State Building, Simson River Reserve, Patagonia.

250224 “Friends Don’t Let Friends…” Salmon Farming in Chile

250225 Glaciers and Fjords, Southern Patagonia.