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Category Archives: Grand Asia/Australia 2011
Mid-way – Singapore/At Sea – [10/29-30/2011]
There are many things you experience on ships that you wouldn’t on land. The only real comparison is show business, as it’s a very similar mind-set. One of those things is the sensation that sweeps over everyone approximately mid-way through … Continue reading
Black, Gold & Breathless – At Sea – [10/29/2011]
“Well then women in London must have learned not to breathe!” – Pirates of the Caribbean. They say that beauty is pain. ‘Tis true. Never was it more true than when one has a black & gold formal Captain’s Ball, … Continue reading
Suicide Is Painless…. – Nha Trang, Vietnam – 10/27/2011
“This one goes out to a couple of guys on their way to Nha Trang…” ~ Good Morning Vietnam No matter how many times I come to a Vietnamese port in the course of my shipboard career, I don’t think … Continue reading
In Black And White – At Sea – [10/23/2011]
“Look at that name in black and white; I must be doing something right.” – Legally Blonde, the Musical I’ve been with the company just long enough now that I can start making requests as to where I ship out … Continue reading
To All Who Come To This Happy Place…- Hong Kong/Disneyland – 10/24/2011
“You’re gonna love this place Larry. It really brings out the kid in you” – WDW Commercial circa 1990 Those of you who know me well know how much of a Disneyland person I am, those of you who know … Continue reading
Jade Dragons and Pearl Towers – Shanghai – [10/18-19/2011]
If you were to take Disneyland’s original Tomorrowland combine it with The Jetson’s and scale it up to slightly larger than life – you might have a product that resembles Shanghai’s skyline. In all honesty, the only skyline I’ve seen … Continue reading
Maybe Tomorrow….[10/21/2011]
“ They say they built the train tracks over the alps between Vienna and Venice before there was a train that could make the trip, they built it anyway… they knew that one day the train would come…any arbitrary turning … Continue reading
Things you only hear on ships….
I assure you, this was a real conversation: Is that cookies and cream ice cream? Uh-huh… Heh…there must be someone in the morgue… Come again? When there’s loads of fresh flowers and good ice cream flavors out it usually means … Continue reading
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
Sandpaper and Sopranos – Dalian, China – [10/14/2011]
I warn you in advance, this is going to sound cynical, but this isn’t meant as a rant. I try and make these pages honest, and give at least some honest impression about the many places I get to see. … Continue reading