The view or two from my "office"

[Port Power]

Fort-de-France, Martinique.

 

[Port Power]

Basseterre (St Kitts), St Kitts and Nevis.



I chose the shore excursion on the sugar cane rail. It went mainly along the coast, with gorgeous views. As on every other island, they made the “best” rum! These two dancers entertained us along the way. Later on in the cruise we had a whole amateur troupe come aboard the ship to entertain us in the theatre. It was lovely watching the two smallest kids learning the ropes of performing.

 

[Daver6]

Hanging out in Nemo's office, Raja Ampat

 

[Port Power]

Road Town, British Virgin Islands.



This “Caribbean” cruise was more interesting than the standard cruises out of Florida, notwithstanding the beautiful islands and scenery, With the variety of independent, Commonwealth and French islands, cars were driving on the left side of the road one day and on the right hand side the next. We had to take care crossing roads. . Mostly Silver Ray was the only ship in port, although the Ritz-Carlton ship dropped anchor near us in Soufriere. In two of the bigger ports there was one ofThe Virgin ships, a huge Costa ship, and one of the Oceania ships. Made us appreciate the smaller ship and fewer guests so much more!

 

[Port Power]

The first cruise segment ended in Fort Lauderdale. I took a tour to the Everglades while the ship prepared for new guests. The airboat ride is always a bit of fun, particularly watching the beautiful blue herons flying about (not photographed).

 

[drron]

In my real office for a change.

 

[VPS]

The first cruise segment ended in Fort Lauderdale. I took a tour to the Everglades while the ship prepared for new guests. The airboat ride is always a bit of fun, particularly watching the beautiful blue herons flying about (not photographed).

View attachment 502351

View attachment 502352

Which cruise are you on?

 

[Port Power]

Which cruise are you on?

This first one on Silver Ray was 14-days from San Juan to Fort Lauderdale. The next leg was 14-days from Fort Lauderdale to Lisbon via Bermuda and Funchal. Except that there was a severe low pressure system and the captain decided to head pretty much straight north after two days in Bermuda before turning right towards Portugal well north of Funchal. We had a bonus stop to visit Porto instead, which was wonderful.

Because of the woeful WiFi on the ship, photos on this thread did not open, plus I could only rarely add photos to my own posts. I'm back home in Perth now. Fortunately, I booked classic reward flights through Qantas, so my home bound flights were on KLM, then MH from KUL. No flight worries for me.

 

[jase05]

View attachment 501937View attachment 501938
Longest cable car in the world - Sun World Phu Quoc

Went over there last year for a look.
Had few beers and a wander but wasn’t really our cup of tea but loved the cable car

 

[Daver6]

Back for dinner at the Marina Star restaurant office in Sorong. I feel a lot older without the company of @JohnM. I hope he manages a better wine tonight than the rest me he had here

 

[RooFlyer]

So I booked a hotel through Qantas Hotels in Las Palmas on the Canary Islands. A month ago they cancelled, apparently the whole hotel being closed for some reason so they kindly rebooked me to this place.

Santa Catalina. A Royal Hideaway Hotel. The place has 3 restaurants. Two have Michelin something-or-others

Sniff. Should be adequate.

 

[Port Power]

So I booked a hotel through Qantas Hotels in Las Palmas on the Canary Islands. A month ago they cancelled, apparently the whole hotel being closed for some reason so they kindly rebooked me to this place.

Santa Catalina. A Royal Hideaway Hotel. The place has 3 restaurants. Two have Michelin something-or-others

Sniff. Should be adequate.

View attachment 502425

View attachment 502426

I know you’ll suffer through bravely.

 

[RooFlyer]

I know you’ll suffer through bravely.

Thank you. Yes, bearing up, under the circumstances.

I’ve discovered a new liquid love ( a Spanish gin, from Galicia )