Very interesting article “10 things cruise lines won’t tell you Navigating a sea of potential sickness, danger and debt” Some of the comments from the readers: “I avoided cruises for years as some friends of ours, American and Canadian cruise ship employees told us they refer to their passengers as the Newlywed, the Overfed, and…
I mentioned yesterday about the Antarctica Celebrity Cruise and today is about Quark Expeditions that I came across some time ago. The North Pole cruise seems interesting. Day 1 Helsinki, Finland Day 2 Embarkation Day in Murmansk Day 3-7 Northbound in the Arctic Ocean Day 8 90° North Day 9 Southbound in the Arctic Ocean…
And Antarctica drew my attention: Exotic 14-night cruises on Celebrity Infinity depart from Buenos Aires, with visits to Ushuaia and Puerto Madryn, Argentina; Cape Horn, Chile; Schollart Channel and Dalhan Bay, Paradise Bay, Gerlache Strait, and Elephant Island, Antarctica; Port Stanley, Falkland Islands, and Montevideo, Uruguay. I have always wanted to go to Antarctica, I…
I have accidentally come across this project and I am already excited about it. BlueSeed (the name of the business) aims to become the first sea based co-working (and co-living) space for tech-entrepreneurs who want to be close to Silicon Valley but they don’t have a working visa. The ship will anchored half an hour (12…
I went there on a Sunday and the street was blocked because of a food festival. I would have liked to go while the stores were open, maybe I could have seen a celebrity, someone famous. On Rodeo Drive, there is a small square – a mini-mall, for the lack of a better term; it…
Esmeralda is the Chilean Navy’s training ship and she also acts as a goodwill ambassador for her country. But Esmeralda has a troubled past, during Augusto Pinochet’s regime she was used as a place to jail and torture political prisoners, and now her arrival is often met with protests. I usually enjoy visiting ships, especially when…