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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 Report: Location: N 29° 31.02′, E 034° 59.77′ Speed: Docked Course: Docked Weather: Overcast Temperature: 18º C, 64º F Wind: NW 7 knots, 8 mph Up at 5:30 (the ship was docking at 6 AM) and dressing warmly for the forecasted chilly weather, we had a quick breakfast, met up with our tour group […]
Noon Report: Location: N 25° 17.50′, E 036° 11.90′ Speed: 19 knots Course: 329º Weather: High Overcast Temperature: 25 C; 77 F Wind: SSE 7 knots; 8 mph Sea: 3 foot swells A bit quicker getting up this morning. The usual 9:30 lecture was moved to 9:00 because of a crew safety drill at 10:00.Once
We got back to our stateroom last night to find a letter in a sealed envelope on our bed – the sure sign of significant change. The letter included replacement excursion tickets. The tour vendor has determined that Saturday is NOT the day to bring our tours to Jerusalem.So they have swapped all Saturday and
Noon Report: Location: N 21° 28.76′, E 039° 09.76′ Speed: Docked Course: Docked Weather: High Overcast Temperature: 34º C, 93º F Wind: W 2 knots, 3 mph I don’t know what to tell you. We needed a break. MaybeWe didn’t want to deal with the “overhead” of visiting Saudi Arabia (wear long pants and long
Noon Report: Location: N 16° 48.51′, E 040° 29.56′ Speed: 15.6 knots Course: 308º Weather: High Overcast Temperature: 27 C; 81 F Wind: ESE 10 knots; 11.5 mph Sea: Calm So yesterday I got notice from the vendor for our Petra excursion that the passport photos we sent them weren’t of sufficient quality to use
Noon Report: Location: N 12° 03.92′, E 045° 24.21′ Speed: 18 knots Course: 252º Weather: High Overcast Temperature: 28 C; 82 F Wind: ENE 16 knots; 3 mph Sea: 3 foot swells Pretty normal morning.Up, Exercise, Breakfast, Walking into the World Cafe this morning we noted that lunch today is our first ever “pickled fish”
Noon Report: Location: N 14° 21.40′, E 052° 43.40′ Speed: 18 knots Course: 253º Weather: Partly Cloudy Temperature: 27 C; 81 F Wind: ESE 7 knots; 9 mph Sea: Calm We woke up this morning to a newly fortified ship for sailing thru this historically “iffy” stretch of water.While I won’t go into specifics, I
Noon Report: Location: N 16° 25.50′, E 059° 14.70′ Speed: 16 knots Course: 257º Weather: Partly Cloudy Temperature: 27 C; 81 F Wind: WNW 2 knots; 3 mph Sea: Calm Another day another time change.We woke up this morning having slept an extra hour. We are now on Arabian Standard time – 9 hours ahead
WARNING: This post contains art. Noon Report: Location: N 17° 45.44′, E 066° 02.40′ Speed: 16.8 knots Course: 258º Weather: Partly Cloudy Temperature: 26 C; 80 F Wind: NW 5 knots; 6 mph Sea: Calm This is the first Sea Day of a 5 day run across the Arabian Sea, up the Gulf of Aden,
Noon Report: Location: N 18° 55.85′, E 072° 50.64′ Speed: Docked Course: Docked Weather: High Overcast Temperature: 27º C, 81º F Wind: NW 7 knots, 9 mph Another early excursion this morning: “The Hidden Charm of Old Mumbai.” On the way to our first stop we passed several religious sites including this Parsi Temple. They