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What can I say. This is what happens when a pandemic gets in the way of your travel plans for a couple of years. So in January 2021 we booked a cruise – from Ft. Lauderdale, Florida to London – by way of Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, Mumbai, Rome. You get the picture. So buckle up buttercup and let’s see how this all plays out.
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One additional note. Our cruise ship has wifi. It’s supposed to work in the middle of the ocean. But I’m not sure how much bandwidth we’ll have to upload photos and videos, so posts might be delayed from time to time. Bear with me and we’ll see what we can do.
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Noon Location: N 30º 38′ 48.80″ – W 116º 54′ 39.83″ Normal morning. Seas still rockin’ and arollin’ with swells in the 14-20 foot range. Toward the end of my walk this morning this Norwegian ship passed heading south. After a quick shower Cheryl threw in a load of laundry and we headed up to […]
Noon position: N 25º 42′ 11.99″ – W 113º 40′ 53.98″ So we’re back at sea again. We’ve got a 2 day stretch before we dock in LA. Also, today is the monthly Crew Emergency Drill at 10:00 so the morning lecture isn’t happening. Result? We slept in, had a lazy breakfast, and exercised. The
Noon Position: N 22º 53′ 15.46″ – W 109º 52′ 58.70″ We arrived about 9:00 and tendered ashore about 40 minutes later. Our excursion today was billed as “Sail, Snorkel & Paddle Board in the Sea of Cortez” After tendering to the dock we boarded our sailing vessel and motored south from Cabo – along
Noon Location: N 19º 34′ 52.22″ – W 105º 53′ 24.29″ The last sea day of this stretch looked very much like every other. 9:30 Presentation: “The CIA Museum You Can’t Visit” 11:00 Lecture This was an excellent overview of dragons. Russell Lee is an exciting and engaging speaker. He reviewed the multiple views of
Noon Position: N 16º 28′ 36.00″ – W 100º 39′ 54.00″ Back again. Same old stuff, different day. Actually there are some interesting differences today along with some of the same ol’ same ol’. We started with exercise before breakfast on our veranda. We’re still heading Northwest so we’re on the sunny side of the
Noon Position: N 13º 34′ 02.16″ – W 094º 20′ 54.99″ We took advantage of the time change to wake up early and get a couple loads of laundry in before the crowd arrived. There are 4 washers on each floor. On our floor there are 120 staterooms. So they tend to get kind-of busy
Noon Position: N 10º 47′ 07.76″ – W 088º 20′ 29.89″ We slept in, sort of. We didn’t set an alarm but were still awake at the normal time. Eventually we got up and headed to breakfast. We were greeted by amazing watermelon carvings. As we were leaving breakfast they were setting up for brunch.
Noon Location: (docked in Puntarenas) N 9º 58′ 12.97″, W 084º 49′ 48.96″ As I was walking the deck this morning I was thinking about ‘things’ and remembered something significant about one of yesterday’s lectures. The talk was “the man who walked into the jungle – the story of the Costa Rica Railway” and it
Noontime Location Check: N 07º 08′ 23.99″ – W 082º 09′ 47.98″ The day started out joining a few other hardy sailors on a leisurely stroll around the quarter-mile promenade deck. 16 laps later I was ready for room service breakfast on our veranda as we watched the endless pacific pass by below. The first
The map images are a bit before noon as we wanted to be up on the observation deck at actual noon. Actual Noontime Location Check: N 09º 02′ 40.17″ – W 079º 38′ 53.24″ Up and out the door by 5:45 – early enough to watch our passage under the Atlantic Bridge – the northern