Random thoughts from the sea
Day 27, Grand World Voyage 2020 Thursday, Jan. 30, 2020; South Shetland Islands, Antarctica When I considered booking this cruise, I gave some serious thought as to whether an “Antarctic Experience” would satisfy my desire to visit this continent. Holland America was clear from the start that we would not
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Day 25, Grand World Voyage 2020 Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2020; Port Stanley, Falkland Islands We made it to the Falkland Islands this morning, but only to the harbor. Shortly after arriving, the captain announced that the local harbormaster had closed the harbor for our small tenders, deeming conditions too rough
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Day 22, Grand World Voyage 2020 Saturday, Jan. 25, 2020; Montevideo, Uruguay Today we celebrated my sister Elaine’s birthday with a leisurely day in Montevideo, Uruguay, and a lively Chinese New Year celebration on the Amsterdam. A trio of birthday cards from our travel agent, travel hosts and the captain
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Day 21, Grand World Voyage 2020 Friday, Jan. 24, 2020; Buenos Aires, Argentina Think of Malbec and you’re likely to think of Argentina. Yes, this hearty red grape originated in the Bordeaux region of France, but now it is mostly grown in Argentina. So today we enjoyed a great Kaiken
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Day 20, Grand World Voyage 2020 Thursday, Jan. 23, 2020; Punta del Este, Uruguay When Anthony Bourdain traveled the world for his No Reservations show on CNN, he usually found time to gather with friends old and new around a table — eating, drinking and laughing. These are some of
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Day 19, Grand World Voyage 2020 Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2020; At Sea I hear there are 6 million travel blogs. At least a dozen of them originate on this cruise. There must be something that urges some of us to write. I know I spend about two to three hours
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Day 17, Grand World Voyage 2020 Monday, Jan. 20, 2020; Rio de Janeiro, Brazil I’ll admit I wasn’t excited to get up early this morning to take the cable car to the top of Sugarloaf Mountain. I wasn’t sure how I felt about cable cars. Sometimes heights give me the
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Day 16, Grand World Voyage 2020 Sunday, Jan. 19, 2020; Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Our first view of Rio de Janeiro came early on Sunday morning as the Amsterdam sailed past Sugarloaf Mountain into Guanabara Bay. The captain invited passengers to enjoy the iconic sail-in from the open bow on
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Day 13, Grand World Voyage 2020 Thursday, Jan. 16, 2020; Racife, Brazil What a pleasant surprise to see that our first selection in the World Cruise book club is The Air You Breath, by Frances De Pontes Peebles. I met Frances a little more than a year ago at her
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Day 10, Grand World Voyage 2020 Monday, Jan. 13, 2020; Belém, Brazil My research before the cruise indicated that we could explore Belém, Brazil, on our own. The ship anchors in the relatively shallow Guama River and tenders us ashore in nearby Icoaraci. From there a complementary shuttle would take
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