For the next 23 days our ship will be sailing in an area known as High Risk for Piracy. We will be in permanent contact with the Internatioal Task Force including U.S. and U.K navel forces. During the hours of darkness, only essential open deck lights will be on. Our cabin curtins must be closed.…
Philippines
The Philippines is made up of 7,641 islands. The capital is Manila. Puerta Princesa is 306 nautical miles southwest of Manila and is the capital of the island provice of Palawan. They have the longest underground river in the world is located about 50 miles north of the city. You can hike, zip line…
Traveling Around the World
I have always loved to travel. In 2015 my husband and I took his dream trip driving through Ireland using a private driver, staying at boutique hotels. It was a wonderful experience but I wanted to travel more than he did. He was happy to go to Las Vegas every year but did not…
New Brunswick, New York, Bermuda and HOME
Saint John is our port city with a ring of rocky bluffs, coves and peninsulas surrounded by a deep natural harbor where the Saint John and Kennebecasis Rivers empty into the Bay of Fundy. St. John's most unique natural attraction is the Reversing Falls Rapids at Fallsview Park. This phenomenon is caused by the Bay…
The Republic of Ireland and Canada
DUBLIN is Ireland's capital city and has been going through a redevelopment in the last few decades. Along side the townhouses, castles, monuments and pubs are grand new hotels, shopping centers, new street architecture and a state of the art tramway system. As Eddie McDonald (my tour guide in 2015 and 2016) put it, young…
England, Northern Ireland
This is the final segment of my world cruise with three weeks to go. We have a love story on our ship. A women named Betsy lost her husband to a heart attack on this very same Ship in February, 2016 on their world cruise. She returned to our ship in New York in January,…
Northern Spain and France
WE are in Spain again for a couple days before we move to France. Our port is La Coruna at the northern tip. I took a ship tour about an hour through the countryside to Santiago de Campostela's old quarter which has those signature stoned narrow streets and small plazas of old Europe. The Santiago…
Cadiz, Spain, and Portugal
We sailed by the Rock of Gibraltar as we continued to Cadiz from Valencia. I have travelled in southern Spain and North Africa over the years and have been to Madrid, Barcelona, Valencia, Cartagena, Cadiz, Seville, Cordova and the Island of Ibiza. Each city has its own charm and beautiful architecture. I love the narrow…
Monte Carlo, Monaco; Barcelona and Valencia, Spain
Monte Carlo is widely known for its casino and attractive location on the Riviera. The country has been visited by royalty and movie stars for decades. It has been featured in numerous films and TV series. The Formula One Monaco Grand Prix takes place every May with cars racing through the streets of the city.…
Italy
Our first stop in Italy is Messina, Sicily. I have been to Palermo in 1998 with my son, Eddie when we took a Mediterain cruise in 1998 for his college graduation present and then again in 2014 for granddaughter's high school graduation present. The volcano, Mt Etna began to erupt just before be got to…
Cyprus, Greece
CYPRUS was a beautiful island and I went to the city of Pafos which was a small harbor town and popular holiday resort. It was the capital of Greece in Hellenisic and Roman times. The House of Dionysos is famous for its mosaics unearthed during excavation. Turkey obtained part of Cyprus after the Turkish invasion.…
Suez Canal, Israel
We took the Suez Canal to Haifa which took about ten hours to travel. To celebrate this event, we dressed up in our Arab clothes that we bought along the way specifically for this fun deck party. Our cruise ship docked in Haifa which is Israel's third largest city with residents from the three largest…
Aqaba, Jordan, Safaga/Luxor, Luxor
Aqaba is on the shores of the Red Sea at Jordan's southern most tip. Luxury hotels are springing up along the waterfront and new homes are being built everywhere along with improving the city's infrastructure. The main road connects Aqaba with Saudi Arabia and Israel. Iraq is sending their oil through the Port of Aqaba…
