Random thoughts from the sea
Day 13, Grand Asia 2017 Saturday, Oct. 14, 2017 – At Sea Mangoes and papayas showed up at breakfast today just as the berries are disappearing. We will reprovision in Yokohama tomorrow, I presume. They say you should eat breakfast like a king, lunch like a prince and dinner like
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Day 12, Grand Asia 2017 Friday, Oct. 13, 2017 – Kushiro, Japan If you like sashimi, then you must go to the Washo Ichiba when in Kushiro and try its famous “katte-don.” After just a few minutes of observation in this fish market about a kilometer from the pier, I
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Day 11, Grand Asia 2017 Thursday, Oct. 12, 2017 – At Sea After all these lazy sea days, we are in high anticipation of our first port tomorrow. Kushira is the one of seven Japanese ports we will visit. I will be exploring it independently (not on a tour) with
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Day 10, Grand Asia 2017 Wednesday, Oct. 11, 2017 – At Sea When I started cruising about 25 years ago, there was no Internet at sea. Phone calls from the ship cost $16 a minute, as I recall. I never called anyone at that rate. I liked being out of
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Day 9, Grand Asia 2017 Tuesday, Oct. 10, 2017 – At Sea You may have noticed there is no Monday, Oct. 9, blog. We crossed the International Date Line and skipped Monday. Instead of being about 5-6 hours behind Dallas time, we’re a bunch of hours ahead. We continue to
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Day 8, Grand Asia 2017 Sunday, Oct. 8, 2017 – At Sea Cabin fever has struck the MS Amsterdam. Everyone talks about how good it will be to get our feet on dry land. I guess we would not have made very good explorers in the days of discovery. Today
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Day 7, Grand Asia 2017 Saturday, Oct. 7, 2017 – At Sea And just like that, my friend Joyce missed the last step on the staircase today and ended up with two sprained ankles and in a wheelchair. It can happen to anyone, as I found last week when
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Day 6, Grand Asia 2017 Friday, Oct. 6, 2017 – At Sea The disappointing news came at 11 a.m. this morning, when the captain announced we would not stop tomorrow as planned in Dutch Harbor, Alaska, Our window of good weather is closing. Winds at the port in the Aleutians
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Day 5, Grand Asia 2017 Thursday, Oct. 5, 2017 – At Sea I booked my last cruise three weeks out. I booked the one before that six weeks before departure from Galveston on the way to Dubai. I love to make last-minute decisions to travel, especially when it is a
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Day 4, Grand Asia 2017 Wednesday, Oct. 4, 2017 – At Sea The seas have settled down a bit from the rocking and rolling of early morning yesterday. You still know you are at sea, and at times a wave hits just right and you lurch to the side. Mornings
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