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PANAMA CANAL DAY
IT’S ALL HERE … Everything You Need to Know It’s 4:30 a.m. – When I am on the bridge giving commentary as we make a passage through the Canal this is when and how the day begins. You’ll get inside...
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From the VOLENDAM at Sea
Going back through some old posts to free up some space, I stumbled on this blog I posted in March 2008 when I was actually working on Holland America’s VOLENDAM. Holland America reuses the names of...
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Panama saves whales and protects world trade
Did you know that Panama is one of the only places in the world blessed with Humpback whale migrations from both the Southern and Northern hemispheres? During the Southern hemisphere Humpback whale...
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The Flip Side of Paradise, Part II
Can the Panama Canal expansion help Panama’s poor? NPR reports Panama’s Canal Divides A Country Into Haves And Have-Nots by Tim Padgett, WLRN Miami, National Public Radio Jorge Quijano has one of the...
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Shorts, Pink Sand and Million Dollar Homes
I’ve been spending a lot of time lately on Bermuda, working on a lecture called “Shorts, Pink Sand, and Million Dollar Homes.” It’s been a number of years since I’ve been back to Bermuda. Silverseas...
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If you’ve ever …
If you’ve ever been on a cruise ship and watched someone being air-lifted off the ship you know it is a tricky operation … but this is awesome! Good reason to always have medical evacuation insurance...
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Refloating COSTA CONCORDIA
The best technical explanation of the process I’ve found is on a Website GCaptain.com. This is a fascinating process whether you are a ship buff or not. It is estimated that the whole CONCORDIA...
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Caution with ATMs
I’m actually visiting my daughter in Seattle where I have a new tech guy to assist me, so things should go a lot faster. I really appreciate your emails and comments on my posts. Since often folks...
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Happy 100th Canal de Panama!
We live in a throw-away society. How long does your toaster work? How long do you keep any electronic device? Use it … works a while then quits, and you throw it away. Yet here is this engineering...
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The Panama Canal Still Returns Benefit to The US
Yes, the US returned the Canal Zone and the Panama Canal to the people of Panama. And the US is till the number one customer of the Panama Canal And, yes, according to the terms of the second...
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And these folks are serious competitors …
There’s a lot of talk about the much-hyped Nicaragua Canal which is supposed to start construction by the end of this year. And Egypt, which seems to have trouble getting its country together, has...
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Celebrity Status
Well, we’ll see what that means. It’s been almost a year and a half since I’ve been at sea. I needed some time off to deal with my brother’s situation, and things in Panama, but the sea gets in your...
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From the VOLENDAM at Sea
Going back through some old posts to free up some space, I stumbled on this blog I posted in March 2008 when I was actually working on Holland America’s VOLENDAM. Holland America reuses the names of...
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At Last! Frank Gehry’s Biomuseo Opening Today
When Frank Gehry’s new Panama Biomuseum was under construction, and nothing more than still girders sticking up into the sky, I was working a Canal cruise. The Biomuseum is located on Amador Peninsula...
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Along The Way of St James
In the movie THE WAY, Martin Sheen plays Tom, an irascible American doctor who comes to France to deal with the tragic loss of his son (played by Emilio Estevez). Rather than return home, Tom decides...
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Things Change
If there were a mantra for living in Panama it would be “things change!” In fact, if there were a mantra for life it would be “THINGS CHANGE!” Living in Panama I’ve learned that you always have to be...
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Back At Sea
It’s been over a year since I’ve been back on Princess and I’m happy to be back, this time on ISLAND PRINCESS again as Port Lecturer. I had a little over a month to get ready and no, it’s not just...
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Along The Pacific
Between the time we left San Pedro [Los Angeles] and begin our transit of the Panama Canal, ISLAND PRINCESS called at three ports, leaving a lot of sea days in between which are great for me because I...
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My Day in The Panama Canal
In what may be a classic case of over-reaction, Carnival Corp following the Costa tragedy has now decided that nobody is allowed on the bridge of its ships except the bridge team and the pilots. You...
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Happy Thanksgiving
Well, we don’t have Thanksgiving in Panama, officially that is. But since I’m on the ISLAND PRINCESS with lots of folks from the USA, I will have Thanksgiving today right on schedule! We left Ft....
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