Category Archives: Excursions

Barcelona, Spain

Posted on May 25, 2017 by patmathews

May 25, 2017 Today starts a string of 15 days in port – no restful sea days!  It will be a whirlwind of activity, tours, great food and wine and hopefully this fabulous weather will hold out. We had a … Continue reading →

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Gaeta, Italy

Posted on May 24, 2017 by patmathews

May 22, 2017 Last night we had a sailaway party in Alan and Beverly’s suite.  Here are some of the pictures.  Norm brought one of the 2 liter bottles of wine and everyone liked it! There was a beautiful rainbow, … Continue reading →

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Luxor, Egypt

Posted on May 14, 2017 by patmathews

May 12 and 13, 2017 Here we are in Egypt, our first trip here.  We arrived at the port of Safaga (large port but small town of 5000).  It is 143 miles from here to Luxor and takes about 4 … Continue reading →

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Aqaba, Jordan

Posted on May 11, 2017 by patmathews

May 11, 2017 Last night, Graham Denison, our artist, held his last cocktail party and he unveiled his latest painting. the Taj Mahal.  He does all of his painting with a pallet knife and they are amazing. Our Captain Maroje … Continue reading →

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Salalah, Oman

Posted on May 8, 2017 by patmathews

May 6, 2017 Unlike Muscat, Salalah faces the Arabian Sea.  The other side of the city faces the Dhofar Mountains.  It is the capital city of the Dhofar region and the largest port in Oman.  Oman has about 3 million … Continue reading →

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Abu Dhabi, UAE

Posted on May 2, 2017 by patmathews

May 2, 2017 As I mentioned in the previous blog post from Dubai, because of the cleansing of the ship, we were offered a complimentary tour here.  Last time we were here we did the desert safari, so this time … Continue reading →

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Dubai, UAE

Posted on May 2, 2017 by patmathews

May 1, 2017 This was our second visit to glitzy Dubai – it seems the purpose of this place is to get you into malls to spend money!  And there are so many malls.  Sheikh Mohammed is said to be … Continue reading →

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Mumbai, April 27 and 28, 2017

Posted on April 29, 2017 by patmathews

Before our last world cruise, we never thought we wanted to go to India, but then we had an incredible experience and were looking forward to returning this time.  Now that we have visited Cochin, Mangalore and Goa on this … Continue reading →

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Goa, India

Posted on April 27, 2017 by patmathews

April 26, 2017 As I wrote before, on our last visit to India, we missed Goa because we spent several days at the Taj Mahal.  This time, we did a half day tour called highlights of Goa. We were met … Continue reading →

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Mangalore, India

Posted on April 26, 2017 by patmathews

April 25, 2017 Mangalore was one of the most famous ports of south India. It was well known as a major source of pepper.  Today the main exports are coffee, cocoa beans and cashew nuts. We had a tour today – … Continue reading →

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