Category Archives: Travel

All Ashore who are Going Ashore – Vancouver – [05/26/2012]

Posted on May 26, 2012 by GypsyShaughnessy

The key to overcoming buyer’s remorse is to take your time, take one room and make it your own….introduce yourself to the house This is also what it feels like walking onto a new ship. This was someone else’s home, … Continue reading →

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Gear up…three greens…

Posted on May 25, 2012 by GypsyShaughnessy

And so it starts again…every time the same, though every time different. But I will admit it’s pretty nice when the company puts you up in an incrediby swank hotel that’s actually in the airport, and actually has a pool… … Continue reading →

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Contained Chaos – Victoria – [0/22/2012]

Posted on May 22, 2012 by GypsyShaughnessy

Welcome…to the last few days. In some ways preparing to return to the ship is just as stressful as leaving it. No matter how organized you think you are there are always a million little things that you’ve forgotten, you … Continue reading →

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Jam-packed – Phuket, Thailand – [03/21/2012]

Posted on March 23, 2012 by GypsyShaughnessy

There comes a point in every contract where you must face the inevitable terror that you would do anything to avoid. The longer the contract, the more terrifying the beast is, and the more you strive to avoid it, to … Continue reading →

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Organized Chaos – Seattle – [09/26/2011]

Posted on September 26, 2011 by GypsyShaughnessy

And then there’s embark day. If debark day is a flurry of activity followed by a strange kind of sadness, embark day is just a flurry of insanity. Up and in the hotel lobby by 6:45am, on the transfer bus … Continue reading →

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I’d Like To Spend A Day or Two – Seattle – [09/25/2011]

Posted on September 25, 2011 by GypsyShaughnessy

It’s strange how quickly you get used to living out of a suitcase. You fly in, you check in, drop your bags, eat dinner on the company’s dime, and curl up in a bed not your own…these days when I … Continue reading →

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Adrift – Vancouver – 09/25/2011

Posted on September 25, 2011 by GypsyShaughnessy

Debarking is always a strange and complicated process. There are always a billion things you have to do, and sometimes you have no real help doing them. When you’ve debarked enough times, you fall into the routine naturally. Go to … Continue reading →

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Circles in Spirals – [Seattle – June 2011]

Posted on June 25, 2011 by GypsyShaughnessy

When you start your first contract you’re so nervous. you’re the girl standing on the dock, clutching her luggage and looking frantically around her for someone to tell you what to do or where to go, you’re the one lost … Continue reading →

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