Category: Cranky Nomad

Mom and I are aboard Oceania Marina for a 12-night “Pure Polynesia” cruise to seven other islands in this French territory that covers a huge swath of the South Pacific Ocean. Oceania made a bad first impression after we embarked, not keeping the lunch buffet open later than usual and setting up our cabin with only one bed instead of the two instructed by our travel agent. Our balcony cabin, 8071, is a massive disappointment. We were expecting a much more spacious stateroom but instead found a room of similar size to lower-class cruiselines such as MSC, Costa, Norwegian, and Royal Caribbean. Oceania is a semi-luxury cruiseline – not quite on par with the likes of Seabourn and Regent Seven Seas but a notch or two above most American and European mainstream oceanliners.

My blog is two weeks old, so I figure it’s time for my first rant – a part of lucas.travel I’m calling “Cranky Nomad.” These type of posts will be meant to illustrate the tribulations of life exploring the world without a fixed home – a place for me to vent; to share the less-glamorous aspects of my quest to visit all 234 countries, inhabited territories, and de-facto nations; and hopefully to do so in a semi-satirical way that makes me remember what I’m upset about is pretty small potatoes (i.e. #firstworldproblems). Today I’m infuriated at Oceania Cruises and annoyed at the difficulties of finding an affordable rental car on a remote tropical island.