Next stop was Amsterdam, arriving on the Amsterdam and we were welcomed warmly. We also had a special event scheduled for the evening. We were able to go to a private event at The Rijksmeseum. They had 21 Rembrandts on display and plenty of entertainment and wine.
Next to Brugge in Belgium. Teamed up with Ellen and Peter and took the train. This is an example of how the ship tours take advantage of the old and those with limited mobility. We hustled over to the train station and bought round trip tickets for 5e each. The ship charged $80 for a short bus ride to the same train.
Brugge is famous for their chocolate. Can’t disagree.
Life size bust of a famous chocolatier.
Pretty creative ways to sell chocolate. Machine parts and tools.
A little food porn. A caprese waffle. It was really good. Add a Belgium beer and it made a great lunch.
Good time with good friends. Ellen taught Julie how to take a proper selfie. She has created a monster. Pretty city and even if the weather was a little bad a good time was had by all.
After Porto we sailed for a day to Cherbourg. We were tired and have been to Normandy before to pay our respects to our D-Day soldiers. We slept in and just wondered around town.
The President of Holland America was on for a few days. He had an open mike question/answer session. Time to ask questions about strategy, the future of the company? Nope, we had a woman complain because we ran out of walnuts. Wine I could see but walnuts?
In honor of Orlando, here are walnuts in Cherbourg.
Had so much fun with those two we did it again in Porto. Famous for its port wine. The weather turned cold.
We took a boat ride on the river.
They love their bridges.
Went to the Calem port winery. I wasn’t aware they made white port.
Tasting port in Porto. It was very good.
As usual Fred had too much and turned “turtle.”
Lisbon a city in a country we had not been before. Had a great day. Teamed up with Brian and Sandy and hired a Tuktuk. A great decision.
We joined the great Artists, Kings, Navigators and Writers of Portugal.
Another Lisbon fortress.
This fortress in the bay is where they keep political prisoners, when they have them. One of the best days of the entire trip.
Next stop is Cadiz. Nice town where we bought fun belts from a street vendor.
Next we went to Barcelona. We have been there before but love it. If I was to move from the US, this would be my first choice.
We went to the famous chocolate shop in El Gotic.
We had the tasty chocolate with the pastry. Um good.
We beat some of our shipmates to the shop. Enjoying the taste while they were out in the cold. 😉
All was forgiven at the sail away party.
Peter, Sandy, us, Frank. Philimena and Brian.
Our first stop in Europe was Naples. We had been there before so we took a trip to the isle of Capri. My dad talked about taking leave there during WW II. Very pretty and expensive.
This is the last place we took a ships tour. the experience was shall we say lacking. Glad we went anyway.
21 days to go. The time has flown by. We were concerned it would drag, but it hasn’t. We finish with eight consecutive sea days. That will be a challenge.
On a sad note we visited Columbo Shri Lanka about two weeks before the terrorist bombings. People starting to rebuild after years of civil war.
Wonderful market in Columbo.
A sign from the past when it was a British colony.
Cold, wet rainy day in Cherbourg. Trying to get the courage to go of the ship. We did.
Looking back at Singapore.
Laser light show in the park. Magnificent!
Followed by the water show in the harbor.
From the Singapore flyer.
The Singapore eight minus us.
Cheri, Michael, Peter, Ellen, Sandy and Brian.
Heading home on the amazing subway they have.
60 years ago this was a relatively poor place still recovering from WW II.
Palace wars. The King of Tonga vs the Sultan of Oman.
Tonga
Oman – guess who has petro dollars.
Going through the Suez canal.
It’s two lanes in a couple of places so you end up with southbound ships looking like they are aground in the desert.
Or the swing bridge.
If you remember that mid 70s song, “Convoy” we had one as we went through the Suez canal. Had spot #1. If you look behind us you can see ships that where breathing our diesel.
“Rust bucket this is Amsterdam lady. Looks like we got us a convoy.”
Bridge over the canal
Good news, the pirates didn’t get us. Our supply ship didn’t make it to Oman so we are running out of things like – gasp- wine.
The holy land from Mt. Nebo where Moses first saw it.
Dead Sea mud treatment.
If it is good enough for Cleopatra
Floating in the Dead Sea. You can’t sink.
I forgot my book. Is pretty amazing how your skin feels after you wash the mud off.
Something you don’t see very often. A French aircraft carrier leaving the Suez canal. That is sand blowing in the background.
Cue the Indiana Jones music. The Treasury building from the gorge at Petra. It is magnificent.The indentations you see to the right are the steps they used to climb to where they carved. Sorry it won’t straighten.
One more from Petra. These are all tombs that were carved out of the rock. We really liked Jordan and plan to come back. Cheers for now.
The Treasury at Petra.
Julie and the good looking soldier on duty at Petra.
On our way to Oman. As we left Mumbai we found this letter.
Here is something you don’t see on your average cruise. Yep, we had a piracy response drill today. Go sit in the hallway.
A few scenes from Mumbai.
If you don’t want to climb the many steep steps to the Temple on Elephanta island, there are people who will carry you.
This is one of the lunch box guys. I need to straighten him. Internet is slow. In the morning they go to your home for the ingredients to make it. They take it to a kitchens for cooking. Then deliver it to your office. Reverse the process, except for cooking to return the lunch box to your home. They do this for 1.5M meals a day. The meal passes through different people, many of which can’t read or write. They perform at a six sigma level. One mistake every 16M meals.
A cow wondering through the market.
The massive out door hand laundry of Dhobi Ghat. 7,000 people do laundry for hotels, homes etc. They don’t write a single thing down and don’t make mistakes. Harvard business school has studied this. Like the lunch guys many of these people are illiterate. Something else to watch.
The temple on Elaphanta was carved out of solid rock, over a period of 200 years.
Family of four on their motor bike. Law requires the driver to have a helmet.
Mumbai is amazing. Loud, polluted, insane traffic. Glad we hired a cab to drive us to a lot of places. Modern skyscrapers, Victorian Britsh buildings, incredible wealth and horrible poverty.
Close with the Gateway to India. Built to celebrate the arrival King George the VI and Queen Mary in 1911. When the last English troops left in 1948 it was closed. Welcome to come back as friends. Cheers for now.
We are at the halfway point of the cruise. Quite surprised at how quickly it has gone. Have left Indonesia and are on our way to Singapore.
Next was the island of Java. We took the bus and the 1907 train to the amazing temple of Borobudur. Unlike Easter Island I was not aware of this as a kid. It was restored from 1973 to 1983 with work still going on. I became interested in this after seeing it on the TV show, “The Amazing Race.”
The temple in the background.
At the top level. We walked around three times and reached Nirvana. Fab place.
We have found enlightenment.
The man himself.
The 1907 train. It runs on teak wood, not coal. Smelled good.
This guy was working hard in the rice paddy as we went by on the train.
Went to Bali. This is the second time we have been there, both times on a cruise ship. I would like to come back for a few days to a week. It is beautiful and as a Hindu spot, in a Muslim nation, it is quite the party place.
We went to the beach and this guy joined us. “Where’s my beer?”
My telecom and IT friends will appreciate this installation on Bali. They have good internet.
Stopped at Komodo island and were fortunate enough to see a total of eight dragons.
They seem to be well fed, as they showed little interest in us, lol.
This guy seemed to take an interest in Julie. There are three male dragons for every one female. Good choice on his part.
They can out run a human. If you are ever chased by one you need to climb a tree or zig zag. They don’t handle quick changes of direction well. Their saliva has 65 different bacteria that that will kill mammals from a single bite. It may take five or six days for the animal to die. The dragons have an amazing sense of smell. They can smell a dead animal up to five ks away. They smell through their tongues.
One of the guest entertainers who said she was singing the song the Captain wouldn’t allow. The theme to, “Titanic” the life jacket was a nice touch as she poured water on her head and said, “help I’m drowning.”
We have left Darwin, and the land down under, for Indonesia. Off to perhaps see the Kommado dragons. All of Australia was hot but considering the weather we missed at home we won’t complain. It’s felt good to run on the upper deck and work up a sweat.
Lizell, one of our favorite cocktail servers. Australia night, nice outfit.
Went snorkeling at the Great Barrier Reef. About an hour and half fast ferry to the reef from Cairns.
Brown bass feeding frenzy at the reef. Good fun
In Townsville they have the spirit. The surf lifestyle.
The fifth Army Air Corp memorial in Townsville. The USA and the Aussies have stood together in every conflict starting with WW II.
Well Mate, we are in the land down under. It’s been hot here, measurably more than New Zealand. We spent two days in Sydney. A great city. Along with Barcelona this is a place I could live.
The iconic bay bridge. Eight lanes of traffic along with two rail lines.
Two Sydney symbols. The bridge and the Opera house.
Sailing away from Sydney. Sunset and the bridge. Cheers…
In Auckland NZ we went wine tasting. We were joined by Wild Bill from Oklahoma, a recently retired Marine Corps Lt. Colonel. We think he may miss the Corps a bit. He led us on a flanking maneuver of the winery. This was after our amphibious approach from a local ferry. The winery is on one of the barrier islands.
View from the upper deck of the winery, looking back on the City of Auckland.
The “Mud Brick” winery. Great place and good wine.
We are 45 days into the cruise. The time is flying bye. Having a good time. Left Sydney and on our way to Townsville and then the Great Barrier reef for snorkeling.
The five days to Easter Island were different. We didn’t see another ship or an airplane during that time. The internet went out, gasp. and we even lost TV for a few nights. Felt like we were in the middle of freaking no where. Other than the last five minutes of the KU/KSU game in Lawrence we haven’t watched TV. Don’t miss it.
Looks like the streak has ended. It was fun while it lasted for 14 years.
We recruited some new Jayhawk fans in Picton NZ. Pipers raising money for orphans.
I have no idea what my copilot was up to the cockpit of old Kiwi air force two seat recon plane.
Julie with the Mori who joined is in Auckland. The taught us the “Haki” the All Blacks do before their rugby matches.
We had to say goodbye to our new Canadian friends, they got off the ship in Auckland. They are going to spend a month in New Zealand and then onto other places.
It was our pleasure dodging cyclones, rouge waves, and old Japanese torpedos with you four. BTW the winds on the last night you were on the ship topped out at 77mph.
This will hurt your eyes. Avoid if hung over. Fat Tuesday party on the ship.
“Dude, where’s my Wednesday?” Crossed the international date line and Tuesday went to Thursday. We gained a day five years ago going the other way so at least we are even now.
A little out of order from Peru.
In honor of the Super Bowl. We went to the temple of the Moon, in Peru, built by the Moche people. They would select warriors to fight each other. The winner didn’t kill the loser he took control of him. The losers were tied together, see pic, and walked up a ramp. They were given some kind of hallucinogenic and then beheaded. (some Chiefs fans wanted to do that to their former defensive coach LOL)
The Moche predated the Incas.
Currently in Arica Chile. Getting ready for five days at sea on our way to Easter Island. Cheers
We are sailing away from Tahiti. The weather turned on us a bit. A tropical down pour wiped out half of the day at Papeete. The evening was supposed to be a lot of food trucks down by the pier. Only one showed up and people who went were mentioning four inch deep water. On the ship one of the doors to the top deck wouldn’t close and water was pouring in. “Edmund Fitzgerald “anyone?
The 80s called, they want their sign back. Papeete
We weren’t able to get to Moorea. The winds were at gale force and the opening in the reef is pretty small. The Captain cancelled and we moved on to Bora Bora. I was little bummed because I had a photo safari scheduled oh well.
The ship tried to make up for by getting to Bora Bora early. They set up tendering to the island to start on Sunday evening. One problem, it was Sunday evening. Everything was closed. Our highlight was looking in closed shop windows. Morale was down and the bars on board were quiet.
Using a shell for his boat horn.
The weather finally did what was supposed to and we had a great day. Jet boat ride with a boat driver who flunked out of kamikaze school. He was great. Aggressive but not reckless. A great entertainer we had a blast. Part of the trip was a snorkeling stop.
The water is so blue and warm. We received water shoes as a Christmas gift. Thanks Dan. These thing are great. The act like small flippers so swimming was so much easier.
Speaking of the 80s, we went to “Bloody Marys” which is supposed to be the spot on the island. Maybe before the year 2000. Clearly living off of its past. They list the “Celbs” that have been there. A lot we have never heard off and others who are no longer up right.
“Flat Stanley ” is traveling with us. Julie has posted some of these at the KUAA site.
Fred is with us as well. He started in China, ended up in Jackson Hole and has been all around the states and Mexico. The stories he could tell – lol.
Back to Bora Bora. It was a major base for the US in WW II. They still have about 60 old US naval guns rusting away in the hills.
We found a much better place, the “Bora Bora Beach Club.” Great food new friends from north of the border. Another Dave and Julie and Martin and Lynn. Wonderful evening. Located on the water, great views.
These two Rays went swimming by as we had dinner.
Sun setting on Bora Bora from the Beach club. This is one stop we will go back to with more time.
The day ended up with a bus ride with a lot of the younger employees on the ship. They had been having fun all day. Everyone was singing on the bus. The driver got into it and was flashing the dome lights like a Disco.
Valentines Day. They have one of the Balls tonight.
We have been at sea for 10 days and on land for three and a half hours. We have two more before we get to Tahiti. We did decide to get an internet package from the ship, so I am posting this from the back deck. It is struggling a bit with pics so I will post those tonight when most people are asleep.
A few stats. Out of 1300 passengers about 200 are over 90. There are about 150 people under the age go 65. Average age on board is 78. Yep were the young ones LOL. Rumor has it one passenger left us for that great cruise ship in the sky.
Update from 2-13
Pitcairn island was our stop today. Along with being one of the most remote places on the planet, it has the smallest population of any inhabited place on the globe.
Pitcairn is famous for being the place that the sailors who took HMS Bounty, went to hide and live. In the waters nearby is what little remains of the Bounty. It was burned by the sailors after they stripped it of anything of value.
The town is named Adamstown, after John Adams the last of the mutineers who died in 1805.
This stop was a little different. Because of the size of our vessel and the number of people on board, we couldn’t go ashore. The locals came aboard to sell any number of their local wares. The Government of course got involved. For $10 a stamp, they stamped your passport with the Pitcairn stamp. We also sent a few postcards. It will be a while before they show up. The next Royal mail ship doesn’t arrive until March. Tee shirts and local carveings were part of the engine of commerce.. I bought a hat from a direct decendant of Fletcher Christian who led the mutiny. The island is well know for it’s honey. The Queen of England is a fan.
This is one of five designated “dark spaces” for star gazing on earth. The power goes off at 10:00 PM making it a great place for star gazing. They currently have around 50 residents. The school has three children in attendance. Two more are coming via the next supply ship. They were happy to see us for another reason. Our ship had supplies of chocolate and wine for them.
If you are interested they are looking for new settlers. Land is free. The island is very lush and pretty. A bit tough to get to. I couldn’t live there but some would enjoy it. Glad we were able to meet these hardy folks
The area on the left third of the pic is the “road” to Adamstown. Know as the, “Hill of difficulty.” I wonder if they have a “Pit of misery?”
Speaking of mutiny we almost had one over the inability of many guests to go to Easter Island. For many, including me, this was one of the main reasons to take the first part of the trip. The seas were very rough at the “port.” It was a tender location so everyone had to come over on the ships small boats.
Sunrise at Easter Island
About one PM I didn’t like our chances based on our number but suddenly it was called and we got in line. That boat was bouncing all over the place but the crew did an exceptional job of getting people on without injury. To be honest many of these people have serious moblity issues so the process was very slow.
Many people did not get off the ship. Hence the potential for a near mutiny. People going in stopped about 4 pm, with many in line. The Captain had to make a difficult decision but the waves were bad and that’s why he gets the big bucks. In addition he had to get people back from the island. He was quite firm when he said, “tendering in the dark is not an option.”
We got on the island and our seven and half hour tour was compressed to about three hours. We got see the things I wanted see. The quarry where the Moai were sculpted. Some of which were in process of being made when work suddenly stopped. The location where 15 have been erected on their platform is amazing. It helped that our guide/driver is a reincarnated Kamikaze pilot.
15 Moai by the Ocean
This incomplete one is still in the quarry. Work just stopped.
More from the quarry.
I have always been fascinated by the “Big Heads” on Easter Island. Why did they put such effort into making them and why did they stop? There are several theories. One was that the island ran out of resources, leading to war and killing most of the residents. Building the Moai supposedly denuded the island of trees since so much wood was required to move them.
The more recent theory is that between slavers from Peru and later missionaries who brought western disases caused the massive drop in population.
We were told about a woman who brought so much luggage she rented an interior cabin to use as a closet. How the other half lives. Another couple brought 300 pounds of baggage and their own mattress.
February 4th. Currently in Arica Chile. We leave tonight for five days at sea to go to Easter Island. Will be quiet as the internet is bad on the ship. Not much better in port.
February 1st and we are docked at Lima. So far we have survived 10 nights on board.
This ship has an interesting cast of characters. We have been told of one who had been “grounded” by the cruise line. This person is not allowed off the ship except for excursions booked through the ship. Apparently this person has been late so many times, and doesn’t seem to care if 1,200 people are impacted, that extra measures have been taken.
The average age on board is 78. Supposedly there are 200 people over 90 on board. This is the one last place where Julie and I are among the youngest people involved. We have been told that about 70% of the ship is doing the entire trip.
There are a few folks our age. Celebrated with a couple from Canada, David and Julie as well, as he counted down to midnight. When his retirement started from banking.
We went to the old section of Panama city. A little run down but starting to be rehabbed. The new city is amazing. All of the sky scrappers. The canal has helped them become a regional finance center. Lot’s of money has flowed here. They want American expats to move here. If you can show you have at least $1,500 a month in pension or social security coming in, they give you all kinds of incentives to move here.
40 years ago it was quite a story when the USA decided to honor the treaty and return the canal to Panama. All of the horrible things that were supposed to happen never did. The canal has been operated as well as before and new locks have been built for the huge ships of today.
Here are a couple of pics from the canal. Millions have been taken so I looked for something a little different. Billions of dollars spent on communications equipment, yet a simple arrow pointing which side to go to. Sorry for the crooked pic. I can’t seem to straighten it.
The other is the guy driving the electric mule. Sneaking in his breakfast.
Spent a couple of days at sea. The ship had it’s first ball, “The Black and Silver night.” Julie caused a “sensation” with her outfit. Unlike the stuffy englanders on the Canard cruise, the American “mature” ladies all loved her outfit.
We did almost a month in Peru five years ago so we are going to hang around Lima. We have another stop in Chile and Feb-3, then it is off to Easter Island. Will be at sea for five straight days so we will be a little quiet for a while.
Piracy is still alive on the high seas. The cost of internet and it really can’t upload much in the way of pictures.
Cheers for now. Will try again in Arica Chile, before we have the long sea trip.
Our first update. We are a little tardy here. The one bad thing about a cruise ship is the internet is expensive and it has problems with loading photos. So text for today.
First two days at sea were accompanied by gale force, 60+, mph winds. Got a bit seasick. After seeing a Chicago weather forecast I can’t complain.
We landed at Santa Marta in Columbia. It felt good to be hot and humid. A small port city. A nice colonial square but mainly it is a working port. Got to look at huge piles of coal.
Next we went to the San Blas Islands of Panama. These are tiny inhabited island were about every square foot of the islands are covered with shacks and that type of structure. Live off of tourism and fishing. With out pics it’s kind of hard to explain. I will add some when we get a better connection.
We have also discovered a new sub culture, World Cruisers. I thought the passengers would mainly be people doing a once in a life time trip.
Wrong, there are people who have taken this trip 10, 15, 20 and 30+ times. A lot of them all know each other. Quite a cast of characters. Wealthy Texas widows and the usual collection of bar flies and drunks. We are in the youngest 10% on board the ship. Quite a number of walkers, scooters and canes on board. Enjoy your mobility while you can!
This big guy, a car carrier, was next to us.
Just finished the Panama Canal journey. Pretty amazing how simply it works. Gravity and 25 horse power pumps. You do think about the 30,000 workers who died during construction. Mainly from Barbados and Jamaica. They were paid the princely sum of 10 cents a day.
it was a lot fun to watch all the ships line up and going up and down the locks. Our ship had 30 inches of clearance on both sides. Will add pics as well.
We have a couple of sea days coming up. When we get to Peru we should have some more luck with WiFi.
Cheers for now.
Our new adventure – around the world..
Day 0: January 22, 2019 Departs 09:00 PM
Fort Lauderdale, Florida, US
Day 1: January 23, 2019
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Day 2: January 24, 2019
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Santa Marta, Colombia
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San Blas Islands, PanamaTRNW
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Fuerte Amador, PanamaONTRNW
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Salaverry (Trujillo), Peru
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Callao (Lima), PeruON
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Arica, Chile
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Papeete, French PolynesiaON
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Papeete, French Polynesia
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Moorea, French PolynesiaTRNW
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Nuku alofa, Tonga
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Auckland, New Zealand
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Wellington, New Zealand
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Darwin, AustraliaVS
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Komodo Island, IndonesiaTRNWSX
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Benoa (Denpasar), Bali, IndonesiaTRNWTC
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Semarang, Java, Indonesia
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Colombo, Sri Lanka
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Cochin, IndiaVX
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Muscat, Oman
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Aqaba (for Petra), JordanONVX
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Naples (Pompeii), Italy
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Barcelona, Spain
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Cadiz (Seville), Spain
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Lisbon, Portugal
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Day 90: April 23, 2019
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Day 91: April 24, 2019 Arrives 07:00 AM Departs 05:00 PM
Cherbourg (Normandy), FranceTC
Day 92: April 25, 2019 Arrives 08:00 AM Departs 05:00 PM
Zeebrugge (Brussels), Belgium
Day 93: April 26, 2019 Arrives 08:00 AM Departs 06:00 PM
Amsterdam, The NetherlandsPC
Day 94: April 27, 2019
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Day 95: April 28, 2019 Arrives 08:00 AM Departs 05:00 PM
Copenhagen, Denmark
Day 96: April 29, 2019
Scenic cruising OslofjordCO
Day 96: April 29, 2019 Arrives 10:00 AM Departs 06:00 PM
Oslo, Norway
Day 97: April 30, 2019
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Day 98: May 01, 2019
Scenic cruising SognefjordCO
Day 98: May 01, 2019 Arrives 08:00 AM Departs 06:00 PM
Flam, NorwayTRNW
Day 99: May 02, 2019
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Day 100: May 03, 2019 Arrives 08:00 AM Departs 06:00 PM
Portree (Isle of Skye), Scotland, United KingdomTRNW
Day 101: May 04, 2019 Arrives 10:00 AM Departs 11:00 PM
Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
Day 102: May 05, 2019 Arrives 10:30 AM Departs 10:00 PM
Dublin, IrelandTC
Day 103: May 06, 2019 Arrives 10:00 AM Departs 11:00 PM
Cobh (Cork), Ireland
Day 104: May 07, 2019 Arrives 08:00 AM Departs 05:00 PM
Bantry, IrelandTRNW
Day 105: May 08, 2019
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Day 106: May 09, 2019
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Day 107: May 10, 2019
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Day 108: May 11, 2019
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Day 109: May 12, 2019
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Day 110: May 13, 2019
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Day 111: May 14, 2019
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Day 112: May 15, 2019
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Day 113: May 16, 2019 Arrives 07:00 AM
Fort Lauderdale, Florida, US