Random thoughts from the sea
Day 2, Grand Asia 2017 Monday, Oct. 2, 2017 After the last-minute rush of preparing to be away for 80 days, today was finally time to relax. As usual, I was up early and headed for the Lido buffet for coffee and the morning paper. Holland America provides an eight-page
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Day 1, Grand Asia 2017 Sunday, Oct. 1, 2017 When I woke up this morning, the first thing I did was look out the hotel window to make sure the MS Amsterdam had arrived at the San Diego harbor pier overnight. She was right where I expected her. Now just
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Day -1, Grand Asia 2017 Sept. 30, 2017 I’m sitting on the balcony of the Wyndham San Diego Bayside, looking at Holland America’s Oosterdam at the pier across the street. It leaves later today for points south, but overnight the Amsterdam will take its place. And I will board with
Continue readingOne of the things I like about cruising is meeting new people. If you are on a weeklong cruise with your family, you may not have much opportunity to make more than a passing acquaintance. But when I am on a longer cruise or cruising alone I meet lots of
Continue readingDear Cruise Diary Day 31 – Dubai, United Arab Emerates May 21, 2013 Disembarkation day is the worst way to end a cruise in my mind. First, the vacation (working or not) is over. Someone else will be sleeping in your cruise ship bed tonight. The process of leaving the
Continue readingDear Cruise Diary Days 28-30 – At Sea in the Gulf of Aden, Arabian Sea, Gulf of Oman and Persian Gulf May 18-20, 2013 It was hard to believe that the cruise was almost over. Thirty days passed quickly. So, too, did the six days at sea that ended our
Continue readingIf you want to be busy every minute of the day, even on days at sea, you can easily fill your time. As readers of my Dear Cruise Diary reports know, I manage to stay busy. And yet I don’t participate in many of the planned activities. Just not my
Continue readingDear Cruise Diary Day 24 – Aqaba, Jordan, and tour to Petra and Wadi Rum May 14, 2013 The Mariner of the Seas was not scheduled to dock in Aqaba, Jordan, until 9 am, so it was a treat to sleep past 7 am. I also was better accustomed
Continue readingDear Cruise Diary Day 23 – Safaga, Luxor and Valley of the Kings May 13, 2013 It was another early start, as our tour group gathered as soon as Egyptian officials had cleared the ship around 7:30 am. Almost everyone on the ship must have signed up for a
Continue readingDear Cruise Diary Day 22 – Suez Canal and Gulf of Suez May 12, 2013 Between the long days in Cairo and the head cold I was fighting, I slept through the night and didn’t get up to see us enter the Suez Canal at Port Said at about
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