Norwegian Dawn at Manhattan Cruise Terminal. Launched in 2002, 92,250 gt. Operated by Norwegian Cruise Line. IMO: 9195169. MMSI: 311307000. P1170603
For our cruise to Bermuda, Susan and I booked Norwegian Dawn sailing from New York City. This would be our first cruise on Norwegian Cruise Line. We selected this cruise because it allowed three days in Bermuda rather than two days typical of other c Read on...
All around Cusco solidarity in the face of a global pandemic continues. In Cusco at least, this really is bringing people together, fighting against enemy.
The rains have finally arrived! I woke up to a rainy morning in Urubamba, the kind of rainy morning that makes me hum the lyrics Im only happy when it rains by Garbage. Being born in Seattle is not the only thing that makes me love rain, the h Read on...
Today was the day we traveled to the end of the world, not quite literally. We are going to Finisterre, which means the end of the world in Spanish. Back in the old days, about 500 years ago or so, the western coast of Spain was the most western spot in the known world. Columbus hadnt found North and South America yet. The lighthouse, and town on this peninsula was named Finisterre, or Fisteria in Read on...
Today we have a very long drive. We can see where we are headed but theres quite a bit of water between us and it! There is a car ferry - very expensive and as it turns out I cant get tickets anywaynot because there is no space but because they need three days notice!
I had a chat with a guy in the kitchen last night (if you can call three kettles on a 6 inch worktop and two cold water sinks a ki Read on...
Back to normality today and a 7am alarm. I forgot to mention yesterday how crazy things were on our holiday day in that we didnt even set an alarm! Imagine being on holiday and not setting an alarm.crazy right?
Today we set off to meet at a metro station where some really good progress had been made on the area outside. Someone waving an orange flag directed us to the office again but there was n Read on...
The big day had finally arrived. After postponing our ride numerous times due to the pandemic we were finally ready to depart. A late change of plan had us leaving around lunchtime from Fairfield rather than 8am from Docklands and I was feeling excited about starting the journey on my bike from my front door, no flying or driving anywhere, straight into it.
I remember stating on one of our previo Read on...
Monday morning we were on the road again . We had plotted a route through the Marrakai Road which as luck would have it, cut off a big section of sealed mainroad - just to our liking. Marrakai Road was a red dirt road still with quite a few puddle & stream crossings. Even though they are into the start of the dry season there is still a lot of wet patches on the road. Takes a few months for all th Read on...
We left around 9 the next morning to head back towards Windhoek. I was a bit relieved to go home and sad to leave this beautiful place. The scenery was nice, though noticeably less nice than the previous days...
Our first order of business was to take the Covid test. Again, I was nervous. Was like the 5th in line in our group at the local clinic - ready to get it over but afraid to go first. It w Read on...
Again the weather gods have shone down on us as we pack up and prepare to head away from Fox Glacier for places further south.
We hadnt used a lot of petrol after the last fill in Hokitika so the Fox Glacier price for petrol at NPD at $2.45 per litre didnt bite into the credit card too much. And with the petrol station being privately owned there were no Gold Card discount.
As with most days of Read on...
We have long looked forward to the Athens portion of this trip as we would have the opportunity meet up with Daves sister Susan and her husband Jeff. We knew this would be a special travel treat. Susan and Jeff have worked hard over the years, plus they raised and home schooled six children. They intended to go to Greece on their anniversary many years ago. Life events kept postponing the trip—b Read on...