We’re aboard the Norwegian Dawn in our home port of (not so sunny, today anyway) Tampa, Florida. We’re sailing to Central America via the Western Caribbean. On this journey we’ll add two new countries to our tally: Honduras (#87) and Belize (#88). I’ll blog along the way, but I may not update posts daily, preferring […]
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Back home…
Posted in Dawn on Nov 30th, 2010
We returned home on Sunday without incident from what was a very relaxing and ultimately (perhaps even surprisingly so) enjoyable Caribbean trip. I have to post some final reflections on the trip and (ideally) something of a more formal ‘cruise review.’ I’ve already updated the “Been There!” page and stats to reflect the added countries. […]
Cruise Day #8 & 9 — At Sea
Posted in Dawn on Nov 27th, 2010
Well, I wrote a relatively lengthy post for Day #8 (yesterday), which the WordPress iPad/iPhone app summarily ate. It’s a free app… so I can’t bitch too much, but it really is largely a piece of crap that’s probably worth less than what I paid for it (nothing). It’s actually the second time that my […]
Our day began under mostly cloudy skies, which quickly cleared to brilliant blue punctuated by the occasional, floating puffy cotton ball. Unlike prior mornings, we all had breakfast in the Garden Cafe. And, then we passed the morning enjoying the sights of nearby Nevis and the sail into our port of call, St. Kitts. We […]
I’ve often read that the life of old-time mariners was dominated by routines… a repetitive series of watches: scrubbing the decks, navigational observations, consumption of (often equally repetitive) meals and drink, etc. While perhaps boring, I understand that crews were less happy when the routine was interrupted (unless, of course, the disruption involved clearing the […]