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The Ledger

Forty days, one row each. The day numeral sits on the left, a photo from that day sits on the right. Use the index on the left to jump straight to a day, or scroll down and read it in order like a logbook.

Open a Day

Click any row to see it full size

Below is how Day One looks once opened, the same layout repeats for every day in the ledger.

Full-width view of a cruise ship's stern leaving port at sunset, streamers of cloud lit pink over the water
Day One 01

We watched the coastline shrink from the top deck until it was just a line, then nothing. Nobody said much. It felt like the trip had actually started.

Close view of ship railing with hands resting on it, harbor lights blurred behind at dusk
Suitcases stacked in a cabin doorway with a porthole of blue sky beyond
Champagne glasses on a tray against a backdrop of departing harbor at golden hour
Full-width shot of calm open ocean at midday, ship's bow slicing gently through pale blue water
Day Two 02

First morning with nothing but water in every direction. We slept in, walked the deck twice around, and did not look at a clock once.

Breakfast tray with fruit and coffee on a small table beside an open cabin window showing sea
Ship's pool deck nearly empty in early morning light, deck chairs neatly lined up
Navigation chart pinned to a wall near the ship's bridge showing the route across open water
Full-width sunrise photograph over the ocean, warm gold light spreading across still water
Day Three 03

Up before six for this. Worth it. The deck was empty except for one crew member polishing the rail.

Silhouette of a person leaning on ship railing watching sunrise, long shadow cast across the deck
Steam rising from a coffee cup set on a deck table with sunrise colors reflected on its surface
Wide shot of calm gold-lit sea taken from a high observation deck early in the morning

Keep Reading

There's more to the story than the photos

Read how the voyage was planned and where it went, or see how these forty days are being put together into a printed keepsake for the family.