Category Archives: Panama Relocation Cruise

Walled In – Panama Canal – [11/26/2019]

This morning when I woke up there was a wall about 6 inches from my window. This is obviously a rather unusual experience! Except if you’ve been in a lock before. I’ve been through the Panama Canal, at this point, … Continue reading

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Drink Up! – Vancouver, Canada – [05/17/2014]

The line I work for is – as most of you know – one of the more conservative in the industry. We don’t cater to the party crowd and we really don’t try to. If this were the old days … Continue reading

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So Close And Yet…. – San Diego, California – [05/13/2014]

Embark day is always crazy, and some are crazier than most. This morning the ship was boarded by USPH (as I’ve said before, you don’t mess with US Public Health), and USCG (and you really don’t mess with US Coast … Continue reading

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Spring Fling – Cabo San Lucas, Mexico – [05/11/2014]

Three words: Spring Break CABO!! ~ Legally Blonde: The Musical Actually, I have IPM today so Cabo isn’t in the cards for me. Instead I can only see it from my office window, teasingly out of reach. Fortunately I’ve been … Continue reading

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Path Between – Panama Canal, Panama – [05/02/2014]

When I walked into the office this morning I saw land, and yet we were still moving. No matter how many times I go through it, the Panama Canal still remains a fascinating feat of human engineering. It never really … Continue reading

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Typeset – Cartagena, Colombia – [05/02/2014]

It’s really so odd to look around the library during a port day and find it completely empty. Y’see, during the GWV the library is busy (well busy-ish) even on port days because there are a great many guests who … Continue reading

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Sunny & Seventy-Five – Half Moon Cay, Bahamas – [04-29-2014]

I’ve always said the same thing about half moon cay: it’s the only port of call that I will instantly make an exception to my “I’m really not a beach baby” state of mind. This port is our own little … Continue reading

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26 Miles – Avalon, Santa Catalina, California – [05/17/2013]

26 miles across the sea, Santa Catalina is a’waiting for me… It’s very wonderfully surreal to find yourself actually in the town that features in one of the songs you’ve somehow been humming to yourself since you were a kid. … Continue reading

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Whispers – San Diego, California – [05/16/2013]

“You know what a ship is don’t you? It’s not a hull and some rope and some sails that’s what a ship needs what a ship is…is…freedom” More than laughter, more than companionship, more than almost anything else…it turned out … Continue reading

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Thanks for all the Fish! – Cabo San Lucas, Mexico – [05/14/2013]

The last recorded dolphin message was misinterpreted as an attempt to do a triple backward somersault through a hoop while whistling the Star – Spangled Banner… ~ Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy Six days before the end of my contract, … Continue reading

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