Category Archives: Asia

Mumbai, Day 2

Posted on May 3, 2023 by patmathews

May 1, 2023 Mumbai is also known as Bombay which was its official name until 1995. It is in the center of the Mumbai Metropolitan Region, the sixth most populous metropolitan area in the world. It is actually made up … Continue reading →

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Mumbai, India – Day 1

Posted on May 1, 2023 by patmathews

April 30, 2023 Before I write about our two days in Mumbai, here are some pictures from the Captain’s cocktail party. We have one during each segment of the world cruise, and we missed the last one because we were … Continue reading →

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Tel Aviv, Israel

Posted on May 28, 2019 by patmathews

May 26 and 27 We were so excited and couldn’t wait until these 2 days.  Why?  We were meeting our son, Mark and our soon to be daughter-in-law, Ramsay, in Tel Aviv. They were there on a trip called Honeymoon … Continue reading →

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Aqaba, Jordan

Posted on May 21, 2019 by patmathews

May 21, 2109 Our day started with the view from our balcony. Although we are in Aqaba, Jordan, the view across the water was Eilat, Israel.  We were amused by the crows at the Terrace Café when we were eating … Continue reading →

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Cruising the Red Sea–The “Whine” Cellar

Posted on May 20, 2019 by patmathews

May 20, 2019 Yesterday I came in second again in the blackjack tournament.  Today I made the finals but did not win. Jose often repeats John’s joke from the last segment.  “What do you call it when Pat is losing … Continue reading →

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Cruising the Red Sea

Posted on May 19, 2019 by patmathews

May 19, 2019 We moved out of the Gulf of Aden and into the Red Sea and our extra Navy Seal security force has now departed the ship and the pirate precautions are over. Here are some pictures of the … Continue reading →

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Salalah, Oman

Posted on May 16, 2019 by patmathews

May 16, 2019 We had dinner with Ray, our cruise director, and Amy, our social hostess and one of the singers.  Joanne and Everett joined us.  Fun evening! Today is our anniversary, and our suite attendants put this on our … Continue reading →

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Dubai, UAE

Posted on May 14, 2019 by patmathews

May 13, 2019 This was our third visit to Dubai and it seems to grow bigger each time we are here.  Here is the view from our ship as we approached the harbor. The tallest building in the world (for … Continue reading →

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Fujairah, UAE

Posted on May 12, 2019 by patmathews

May 12, 2019 Mother’s Day in Fujairah, our first port in the United Arab Emirates.  This is our third time here and we are doing the same thing we did on both of the other visits – taking the shuttle … Continue reading →

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Mumbai, India

Posted on May 10, 2019 by patmathews

May 9, 2019 Incredible India, indeed. So first of all, I should mention that we had movie night last night, and the movie was “Lion”.  We had seen it before but chose to go again and we were so glad … Continue reading →

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