Category Archives: Historical Sites

“Freedom is Not Free” – Honolulu/Pearl Harbor – [11/29/2011]

“December 7th, 1941 – a day that will live in infamy…” They say she still weeps for her lost crew…and until you are standing above what’s left of her deck, looking at that shining rainbow of oil on the glistening … Continue reading

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Ladder to Heaven – Xingang/The Great Wall of China – [10/15/2011]

“The Emperor’s Great Wall, the longest graveyard in the world” – White Jade Tiger There are some things that neither photographs nor words can do any level of justice to. Petra was one of those, the Great Wall is another. … Continue reading

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A Girl Went Back to Napoli – (Naples/Pompeii 04/13/2011

The last time I was scheduled to stop in Naples the water was too rough and the port itself closed long before we could get there. That was this past fall – I didn’t expect to get another chance so … Continue reading

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Somehow I Found My Way – Petra, 04/03/2011

I don’t know where to start. I never thought I would be writing this entry, I never thought I’d see this port. The Rose City has been the crowning jewel on my list of “things I will somehow see before … Continue reading

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Along the Nile – Luxor 04/03/2011

The Valley of the Kings is a good distance away from where we actually port, so in order to get there, 45 crew members (all very tired from the theme party the night before) piled into a bus, clutching packed … Continue reading

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