Category Archives: Grand Cruises

Killing Time – At Sea – 11/25/2011

There’s nothing like a few uneventful sea days to get you caught up on your sleep. That sounds terrible doesn’t it? But it’s true. Sea days are draining, they’re either draining because they’re crazy and hectic, or they’re draining because … Continue reading

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Another Day In Paradise – Pago Pago – [11/23/2011]

 The first thing you notice about Pago Pago (formally known as Pango Pango, which my Gran used to randomly mention when I was little and which I was sure didn’t actually exist) is that it looks like you think a … Continue reading

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Down to the Numbers – At Sea – 12/03/2011

152 Days 61 ports 47 Sea days 9 overnights 10 major holidays That’s what’s left of this contract. By the time I get home in April, I will have served approximately 308 days aboard (spread rather unevenly between two ships, … Continue reading

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Warm, Wet n’ Wild – Isle De Pins – 11/19/2011

I dreamed I was lying naked on a beach in the South Seas, and the tide was coming up over my toes, and the sun was beating down…and I felt hot and cold at the same time…- The Shadow Well…I … Continue reading

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Grim Grinning Ghosts…Australia style – Sydney – [11/15/2011]

I try to make it a point to go on any ghost tour I can find where-ever I am. That said, I’ve only actually seen two outside of my own hometown (which doesn’t count, for obvious reasons), not because they … Continue reading

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By The Sea – Sydney – [11/15/2011]

Life takes truly bizarre turns sometimes. I never thought I’d see the Sydney Opera House once in my lifetime, let alone twice within a matter of months. And yet tonight, there I was, watching the sunset paint its famous sails … Continue reading

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Don’t Cry Out Loud – At Sea – [11/12/2011]

Baby found that when they pulled that big top down They left behind her dreams among the litter And the different sort of love she thought she’d found There was nothing left but sawdust and some glitter But baby can’t … Continue reading

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Waltzin’ Matilda – Melbourne – [11/12/2011]

“You want to what…?” “Campbell and I are getting bikes today…you coming?” Half asleep, I muttered something back to Wildish about “yeah sure, meet you at the gangway after drill” and fell back asleep…until of course the alarm that marks … Continue reading

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Lest We Forget – At Sea – [11/11/11]

“And who are the lucky? The ones who survived? Or the ones that are no more? And who are the winners? And who are the losers? And what was it all for?” – Spirit Of A Nation, “Sometimes I Dream” … Continue reading

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Dressed In Your Pajamas in the Grand Salon – At Sea – [11/08/2011]

For the record: everything is fine, the fire was apparently small and the teams had it out with a half hour. Everything’s in one piece, everyone is fine. As should be proved by the fact that I’m writing about it … Continue reading

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