On Mar 11, 2013, at 3:37 AM, Bob W wrote: > cruises have never appealed to me, even though I learned to walk on the boat > back from Australia. I'd have to learn to sail.
This was my first cruise on a modern-day floating resort. As a 3-year old I accompanied family across the Atlantic to Greece, as a 6-year old I came back across. Both trips dimly remembered. I didn't get sick, the others did. Schadenfreude! We were supposed to be on the SS Excalibur but she sank in the New York harbor (collision) so we went a week earlier than planned on a sister ship. When 11 we traveled on a Moore-McCormack liner from New York to Buenos Aires with stops in the Caribbean and Brazilian coast along the way; I remember the swimming pool and the island stops and being stranded for 12 hours atop Sugarloaf (Rio de Janeiro) when the gondola system broke down. When I was 14 we traveled from New Orleans via the Panama Canal to northern Chile where we disembarked for a train across the Andes to La Paz. This was the best trip! A Grace-Lines freighter with accommodations for up to 52 passenger as an afterthought. I remember standing for hours at the bow on the main deck, watching the birds and porpoises and flying fish. And on the bridge watching cargo being unloaded at ports along the way. Today of course the lawyers would never permit a mere teenaged passenger access to such spots! I had my doubts about this cruise, but the food was good, we were fortunate to have good dining companions, a reasonable selection of beers and wine for a not too exorbitant price, and many quiet spaces to seek refuge from the frenetic activity that many seemed to enjoy. The best part was not living out of a suitcase, getting to (briefly) experience several different ports-of-call without the hassles of travel in between. > >> As promised, here is the second installment from our trip. >> >> http://photos.stanhalpin.com/p708047941 >> > > Very atmospheric again. > > B Thanks Bob. stan -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
