2002-2005 (c) GetJealous.com, All rights reserved. http://www.getjealous.com/elkeandjp/rss.xml First of all... welcome to our travel blog! Thanks for stopping by. We hope you will enjoy reading about our adventures. We'll do our best to update this site as much as possible with exciting stories, pictures, and video blogs too! <br><br> So come along and join us in our journey, sailing on the great Pacific Ocean. For the next 4 months we will be musicians on the Diamond Princess and we will be sailing from San Pedro, CA to the Hawaiian Islands, to Mexico, and back again. We will give over 100 performances in The Wheelhouse Bar, and we're sure to have many exciting happenings in store! Please sign our Message Board and say 'Hello' too! http://www.getjealous.com/elkeandjp http://www.getjealous.com/getjealous.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=462926&go=elkeandjp Our 4 month contract has officially come to an end as of tomorrow. First thing tomorrow morning we will be signing off of the Diamond Princess. Our luggage has been packed and tagged (all 14 pieces) and bright and early in the morning we will head to one of the dining rooms where all the crew that is leaving will be gathered for immigration and sign off procedures. It's going to be an early start... http://www.getjealous.com/getjealous.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=462926&go=elkeandjp Sun, 16 Mar 2008 12:00:00 GMT http://www.getjealous.com/getjealous.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=462924&go=elkeandjp Last night was our fourth and final Acoustic Night in Crew Bar. As always, even though Crew Bar is a very crowded, noisy, and smoky room, it was filled with lots of very appreciative and music-loving crew. Everyone loves having live music in Crew Bar. It's a big to-do! I love performing for all the crew... but it would be nice if it was little quieter in crew bar when we have Acoustic Night. J... http://www.getjealous.com/getjealous.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=462924&go=elkeandjp Sat, 15 Mar 2008 12:00:00 GMT http://www.getjealous.com/getjealous.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=460585&go=elkeandjp ahhh, beautiful Hawaii. We are really enjoying our last 5 days on the Hawaiian Islands. Our final trip finds us back in Lahaina (Maui), Nawiliwili (Kauai), Honolulu (Oahu), Kona (Big Island Hawaii), and finally ending in Hilo (Big Island Hawaii). The weather has been absolutely pristine this last time around, and all the islands have been amazing so far. Our first day in Lahaina was beautiful ... http://www.getjealous.com/getjealous.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=460585&go=elkeandjp Mon, 10 Mar 2008 12:00:00 GMT http://www.getjealous.com/getjealous.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=460163&go=elkeandjp So, it's finally our last trip to Hawaii and back, and just our luck, the ship has been on Red Alert Level for Norovirus. (aka Norwalk Virus) Norovirus is a gastrointestinal illness that causes people to get very, very sick. It's symptoms are much like that of bad food poisoning, but x100. And, the worst part is, that unlike food poisoning, it is highly contagious and easily spread from person to ... http://www.getjealous.com/getjealous.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=460163&go=elkeandjp Sun, 9 Mar 2008 12:00:00 GMT http://www.getjealous.com/getjealous.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=457428&go=elkeandjp I always find it crazy how you can prepare yourself so long for something, and it seems like no sooner than you finally start and settle into that new thing does it begin to come to an end. We've been on the ship now for 3 1/2 months and the time has really seemed to fly by. This is our last turn around day in LA, and our last time heading back to Hawaii. (Oh, how I will miss those beautiful is... http://www.getjealous.com/getjealous.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=457428&go=elkeandjp Sun, 2 Mar 2008 12:00:00 GMT http://www.getjealous.com/getjealous.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=455229&go=elkeandjp One of the best parts of working on the ship are all the amazing people and great friends we've made. Since the nature of working on a ship is that people come and go constantly, we tend to have to say good-bye to some awesome people each cycle. (ie- each turn around day in LA) We only got to spend time with Andy for the first 2 months of our contract, and then he was back to Britain. Last crui... http://www.getjealous.com/getjealous.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=455229&go=elkeandjp Mon, 25 Feb 2008 12:00:00 GMT http://www.getjealous.com/getjealous.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=455226&go=elkeandjp This is a very random blog entry... but I've just been reminiscing about some funny/interesting things that have happened during our past three months on the ship. So I decided to compile a little list of Top 3's! Here they are: Top 3 Best Tips Received: 1. $100 dollars from a passenger in exchange for getting our autographs and shaking our hands up on stage. 2. Beautiful bouquet of flowers f... http://www.getjealous.com/getjealous.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=455226&go=elkeandjp Thu, 21 Feb 2008 12:00:00 GMT http://www.getjealous.com/getjealous.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=455219&go=elkeandjp Happy Valentines Day from the Diamond Princess. Once again, another holiday is spent on the ship. It's not all bad though. It was kind of like being in elementary school. People were handing out little valentines cards and candies... and of course, the florist was very busy that day. There was a Valentines Dance up in the Crew Bar as well, but just like middle-school, it was really lame so we didn... http://www.getjealous.com/getjealous.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=455219&go=elkeandjp Thu, 14 Feb 2008 12:00:00 GMT http://www.getjealous.com/getjealous.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=449394&go=elkeandjp Today we jumped on the bus and felt like exploring. We didn't have any plans of where we wanted to go, or what we wanted to do. We just bought a bus pass and got on for the ride. We ended up getting off toward the far end of Waikiki Beach, close to Diamond Head. We found ourselves right at the entrance of the Honolulu Zoo so we thought we would check it out. I have not been to a zoo in years and y... http://www.getjealous.com/getjealous.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=449394&go=elkeandjp Thu, 7 Feb 2008 12:00:00 GMT http://www.getjealous.com/getjealous.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=449388&go=elkeandjp Today we arrived in Nawiliwili on the island of Kauai, and we were very lucky to have some special visitors. Our friends Beak and Georgia from LA happened to be on vacation celebrating their anniversary... and just by chance and amazing timing... they happened to be in Nawiliwili right when we arrived. It was so great to see them. They had a rental car, so we drove up to the Waimea Canyon Lookout.... http://www.getjealous.com/getjealous.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=449388&go=elkeandjp Wed, 6 Feb 2008 12:00:00 GMT