Random thoughts from the sea
Day 13, Grand World Voyage Sunday, Jan. 15, 2023; South Pacific Ocean. Today is Sunday. I know that because the elevator carpet says so. Otherwise, it’s just another beautiful day in the vastness of the Pacific Ocean. Two days ago I saw dolphins and yesterday tiny flying fish from my
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Day 7, Grand World Voyage Monday, Jan. 9, 2023; Fuerte Amador, Panama. It’s not easy planning for 61 ports, especially when I’m not familiar with most of them. The planning can be hit or miss – and sometimes I miss. Fuerte Amador, by Panama City, may have been one of
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Day 6, Grand World Voyage Sunday, Jan. 8, 2023; Panama Canal. For all my cruising, I’ve never sailed through the Panama Canal. So today’s transit is one of the highlights of this voyage. After passing the pre-dawn lights of Colón, we started into the first of three chambers of the
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Day 5, Grand World Voyage Saturday, Jan. 7, 2023; Puerto Limón, Costa Rica. I never tire of the beautiful sunrises and sunsets I see while at sea. I woke up to a sky on fire this morning. Today we were off to “Meet the Sloths.” Our tour headed south of
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Day 3, Grand World Voyage Thursday, Jan. 5, 2023; Falmouth, Jamaica Back in my corporate days, one boss sponsored a group lunch each month with the theme of a different country. She suggested we share photos of any vacations or trips. My travel at that time had generally been within
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Day 2, Grand World Voyage Wednesday, Jan. 4, 2023; Caribbean Sea. Welcome Home! That’s how Holland America greets cruisers on its grand voyages, and it is nice to see it hasn’t changed. Embarkation day is always hectic, and this one was no exception. But even so, boarding the Zuiderdam did
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Day -2, Grand World Voyage Sunday, Jan. 1, 2023; Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA. The reunions have begun! I planted myself in the Fort Lauderdale hotel lobby early this morning and — as I suspected — started seeing familiar faces. Some had just flown to Florida on red-eye flights. Others were
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Day 51, South Pacific, Australia and New Zealand Cruise Tuesday, Nov. 22, 2022; Tasman Sea. Of course I put off my packing until the very end. And it was made much the harder by our rough passage through the Tasman Sea between New Zealand and Australia. At one point the
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Day 49, South Pacific, Australia and New Zealand Cruise Sunday, Nov. 20, 2022; Auckland, North Island, New Zealand. The original itinerary for this cruise had us spending a day in Auckland before going to the Bay of Islands, making a smooth northerly transit up the coast of New Zealand’s North
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Days 46-48, South Pacific, Australia and New Zealand Cruise Thursday-Saturday, Nov. 17-19, 2022; Gisborne and Tauranga, North Island, New Zealand. After a flurry of new-to-me New Zealand ports since leaving Sydney more than a week ago, I’m back in familiar territory. I’ve been to some northern New Zealand cities and
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