Category Archives: World Cruises

Salalah, Oman

Posted on September 15, 2015 by patmathews

September 15 We reached the port of Salalah safely, at times we saw Navy ships (couldn’t see their flags) sailing along with us. As we were waiting to go on our excursion, the destination staff set our expectations a bit … Continue reading →

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Cruising the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden

Posted on September 13, 2015 by patmathews

September 13 Today we passed through the narrowest part of the passage between Yemen and Somalia.           Yemen is in the first picture and Somalia in the second two. We saw lots of ships but no suspicious activity. … Continue reading →

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Cruising the Red Sea

Posted on September 12, 2015 by patmathews

September 12 We are in the Red Sea – and last evening we had an announcement from the Captain (Dimitrios Flokos) that we had a medical emergency on board and we would be turning back and  into the port of … Continue reading →

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Aqaba, Jordan (Excursion to Petra)

Posted on September 11, 2015 by patmathews

September 10 Early this morning we arrived at the port of Aqaba on the shores of the Red Sea.  This city is at Jordan’s southernmost tip and is transforming into a luxury vacation destination.  It is known as the second … Continue reading →

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Transit the Suez Canal

Posted on September 8, 2015 by patmathews

September 8 We were at anchor at 11 PM last night awaiting our turn to transit the Suez Canal which started this morning at 4 AM.  We had a lecturer, Hassan Eltaher, in the Horizon Lounge starting at 6 AM … Continue reading →

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Haifa and Jerusalem, Israel

Posted on September 7, 2015 by patmathews

September 6 and 7 We arrived very early on Sunday to the port of Haifa and we had a full day excursion to Jerusalem planned.  As I mentioned in a previous post, ours had been canceled and we added the … Continue reading →

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Limassol, Cyprus

Posted on September 5, 2015 by patmathews

September 5 We arrived in Limassol, the main port of Cyprus, around 12 noon today and left on our excursion to Khirokitia and Nicosia at 12:15.  It is very hot here and reached 100 in Nicosia. First we went to … Continue reading →

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Rhodes, Greece

Posted on September 4, 2015 by patmathews

September 4 We arrived in Rhodes, Greece this morning and went on an excursion to the ancient town of Lindos. Along the way we heard about Colossus, one of the original 7 wonders of the ancient world (5 were Greek … Continue reading →

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Cruising the Mediterranean Sea enroute to Rhodes, Greece

Posted on September 3, 2015 by patmathews

September 3 After some long and hot days of touring, it is nice to relax at sea.  We moved the clocks forward again – 1 hour so now we are 7 hours ahead of PA time at home. What to … Continue reading →

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Valletta, Malta

Posted on September 2, 2015 by patmathews

September 2 As we made our way into the harbor of Valletta this morning, we can see the city walls and some of the ancient stone.  There are 2 other cruise ships here today, both of them are huge. The … Continue reading →

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