Random thoughts from the sea
Day 1, Post Grand Half-World Voyage 2020 Tuesday, March 24, 2020; Home, Dallas, Texas I know I am really home because the laundry isn’t doing itself. There are no small navy bags to stuff, knowing that in less than 24 hours my clothes will come back clean, pressed and hanging.
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Day 78, Grand Half-World Voyage 2020 Sunday, March 22, 2020; Perth Airport Terminal 4, Perth, Australia We’re off the Amsterdam and on our way home. We left the ship this morning about 10 a.m., “running a gauntlet” on the outside promenade deck. The captain, hotel manager and cruise director led
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Day 76, Grand Half-World Voyage 2020 Friday, March 20, 2020; At Sea – Indian Ocean I looked at my original grand world voyage calendar this evening and saw that we should have spent the day in Bali, Indonesia. Instead, our Indonesian and Filipino crewmembers entertained us with their always-popular crew
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Day 73, Grand Half-World Voyage 2020 Tuesday, March 17, 2020; At Sea – Indian Ocean Three days ago I was simply disappointed that we were ending our wonderful voyage early and crossing my fingers that Holland America would see its way to letting us stay on board back to Fort
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Day 70, Grand Half-World Voyage 2020 Saturday, March 14, 2020; At Sea – Arafura Sea We’re coming home. I’m not sure exactly how or when, but this morning Holland America decided to end our Grand World Voyage on March 24 in Fremantle (Perth), Australia. It’s part of a move by
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Day 68, Grand World Voyage 2020 Thursday, March 12, 2020; Cairns, Queensland, Australia Yes, it rains in the rainforest, but how else would it be so green and lush? And when you are passing high above the forest below in a gondola, you appreciate the beauty that comes with the
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Day 67, Grand World Voyage 2020 Wednesday, March 11, 2020; Townsville, Queensland, Australia What can I say about Townsville? Actually, not too much. I took the free shuttle to town, ran into a friend, went to a bar for a beer and came back to the ship. It was a
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Day 65, Grand World Voyage 2020 Monday, March 9, 2020; At Sea, Coral Sea One of my daily highlights is the morning watercolor class, offered on every sea day. This year’s instructor came prepared to teach and inspire us, and she is delivering. Carol Mitchell is an experienced artist who
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Day 64, Grand World Voyage 2020 Sunday, March 8, 2020; Sydney, Australia When does the display and ownership of indigenous art cross the line into unethical appropriation? I gained an insight into this thorny issue today while on a docent-led tour of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander art at the
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Day 63, Grand World Voyage 2020 Saturday, March 7, 2020; Sydney, Australia Sydney is all about the water, and the excitement starts before sunrise as the Amsterdam sails into the harbor. We pass between two cliffs – the headlands – and turn first to port and eventually to starboard as
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