Category Archives: Grand Cruises

Eventide – St Lucia, Caribbean – [04/27/2013]

And so here we are, in the eventide of the season. Our last port of call is behind us and now there is nothing left to do except steam steadily homeward. Well, homeward for most of us. I can’t honestly … Continue reading

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Once A Year Day – At Sea – [04/26/2013]

The Pajama Game is the game we’re in And we’re proud to be in the Pajama Game Once a season we turn the upstairs bar on the flagship into a giant slumber party, complete with beds (that are often times … Continue reading

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Can I Roller-Skate? – At Sea – [04/23/2013]

You said you could roller skate! I didn’t know I couldn’t! Way back in February my boss asked me to put together a list of the top five vocal charts in my repertoire and pass it on to him at … Continue reading

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Riding the Tail-Wind – At Sea – [04/20/2013]

At the beginning of the World Cruise it seems like it’s never going to end. Those 115 days stretch in front of you like some kind of vast highway lazily making its way towards some far off unreachable horizon. You … Continue reading

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Mud Brown and Slow Motion – Belem, Brazil – [04/23/2013]

Belem looks much as I remember it, although I don’t recall there being any high-rises here before; odd really, they must have been there. That said, it’s an hour shuttle ride from the shore-side ‘village’ into the city proper, and … Continue reading

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Now the Carnival Is Over – At Sea – [04/19/2013]

It wasn’t until I was starting to tear down decorations that I really clued in that tonight’s Grand Carnival Ball was the last Grand Ball I’ll be attending for nearly a year. You see, I’m not doing the Grand Asia … Continue reading

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Cancelled – Georgetown, Ascension Islands/At Sea – [04/17/2013]

Of all the unexpected things that can happen on a voyage, almost the worst as far as impact on the guests is a cancelled call.  The stripes do not cancel a call lightly, for one thing it’s likely massive of … Continue reading

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Speechless – Georgetown, Ascension Islands – [04/17/2013]

“Sometimes there are no words. No clever quote to sum up what has happened that day. Sometimes the day just…ends” ~ Criminal Minds I do not understand the world. I have seen much of it, experienced perhaps more of it … Continue reading

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The Tale of the 600 Steps – Jamestown, St Helena – [04/16/2013]

It breaks your heart going up, and your neck going down. This is what they say about St. Helena’s “Jacob’s Ladder”, an aged stone stairway hewed into the rock of the amphitheater that surrounds the colourful little chocolate-box town of … Continue reading

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On The Home Stretch – Jamestown, St Helena, Ascension Islands – [04/15/2013]

The race is long, and in the end it is better to race within oneself and finish behind the others than to race too hard and crash ~ The Art of Racing in the Rain This last month it’s been … Continue reading

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