Category Archives: May

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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Cruising the Arabian Sea

Posted on May 11, 2019 by patmathews

May 11, 2019 Yesterday was the first of two sea days between leaving Mumbai, India and our arrival to the first of 3 ports in the United Arab Emirates, Fujairah. Our cruise director, Ray, had been getting us excited about … 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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Mormugao, Goa, India

Posted on May 8, 2019 by patmathews

May 8, 2019 Ray, our cruise director, is getting everyone prepared for the big Indian deck party on May 10. Tonight at the show he appeared in his new outfit that he said he bought in Mangalore for the US … Continue reading →

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Mangalore, India

Posted on May 7, 2019 by patmathews

May 7, 2019 It is day 2 of 4 days in Incredible India.  Today we explored Mangalore with Tom and Alice and our guide, Savan and our driver whose name was too long to remember! No matter where you go … Continue reading →

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Cochin, India

Posted on May 6, 2019 by patmathews

May 6, 2019 The last two nights were the Oceania Club returning guest cocktail parties.  As Diamond members we get invited to both, and they need two because they still have over 450 returning guests!  Pretty amazing.  Here are a … Continue reading →

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Day 3, Yangon, Myanmar

Posted on May 4, 2019 by patmathews

We didn’t go out the third day in Myanmar, but there are a few things to mention about this country that I didn’t include in my previous posts. First of all, it is largely a cash economy here.  There used … Continue reading →

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