Random thoughts from the sea
Dear 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
Continue readingDear Cruise Diary Days 20-21 Alexandria, Egypt; tour to Cairo and Giza May 10-11, 2013 We docked and cleared customs by 7:30 am in Alexandria, and our tour leader had asked that we meet him as quickly as possible, because we had a lot planned for the two days.
Continue readingDear Cruise Diary Days 17-19 – At Sea in the Mediterranean May 7-9, 2013 One of my observations from the first two weeks of this cruise has been that writing this journal has taken much more time than I thought it would. For the second half of the cruise,
Continue readingDear Cruise Diary Day 16 – Barcelona May 6, 2013 Today all but about 900 passengers were leaving the ship, so I wasn’t in a huge hurry to deal with the crowds. After another breakfast in the Windjammer, I packed away the last few things in my suitcase, leaving out
Continue readingDear Cruise Diary Day 15 – Alicante, Spain May 5, 2013 Again, I was in no rush to get going in the morning, so by the time I had breakfast and packed for the day ashore, it was probably 9:30 am when I left the ship and caught the
Continue readingDear Cruise Diary Day 14 – Gibraltar May 4, 2013 I had forgotten to change the time on my iPhone the night before, so when I woke up I thought it was 6 and not 7 and went back to sleep. No worries – I didn’t have any schedule to
Continue readingDear Cruise Diary Day 13 – At Sea in the Atlantic Ocean May 3, 2013 I guessed 8 am was the new 6 am, at least for me in the morning. I went to dinner later than normal (8:30 or later), stayed up later and thus slept later. I
Continue readingDear Cruise Diary Day 12 – Funchal, Madeira (Portugal) May 2, 2013 Many of my fellow cruisers had signed up for shore excursions in Madeira, and I knew they all would be eating early and ready to leave the ship by 8 am if not earlier. So I used that
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