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Cairns
Found Nemo, Great Barrier Reef near Cairns, Australia On my second visit to Australia, we flew up to Cairns to see the Great Barrier Reef. After just a couple days in Sydney, we took the train to the...
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Kuranda Skyrail
Kuranda Skyrail Dangling high above the rainforest of Australia, we looked down on the green canopy of trees, each one an individual mini ecosystem. Plants growing high in the trees gain access to...
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Snorkling the Great Barrier Reef
staghorn and other coral Snorkeling over multicolored corals of many varieties feels somewhat like looking down on a living fireworks display. The Great Barrier Reef certainly lives up to the name...
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Diving on the Great Barrier Reef
Coral and Fish I love snorkeling, and did a lot of it on our Great Barrier Reef cruise on the Reef Encounter. At one stop though, I tried something different. The beginner’s scuba lesson they offered...
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Leavenworth Washington – Bavaria in America
Leavenworth WA Many cruises leave from Seattle to Alaska during the summer. Anyone who has a little extra time to spend in the area will find that Seattle has a lot to see. With time to venture a bit...
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Diving and Snorkeling, Anilao, Philippines
Philippines My son Chris recently took a trip to the Philippines with his wife, Liza, who is from there. He was kind enough to share the story of his trip in a guest blog. He sent photos from both...
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Cave Tubing in Belize
Cave Tubing in Belize This is no cruise ship tour. And I mean that in a good way. We really wanted to try the cave tubing in Belize. Riding an inner tube down a river through a cave sounded like...
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Back to Back Cruises
Sunrise at the Port of Miami Early in the morning on the last day of the western Caribbean cruise the Carnival Liberty glided slowly down the narrow channel into the Port of Miami under the rising sun....
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Cruising with Kids
Fun With Towel Animals Taking the family vacation on a cruise ship eliminates many of the issues of a road trip. No more bored kids tired of sitting in the car whining “Are we there yet?” Kids on...
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The Family Cruise
Westerdam in Juneau For years my husband and I have tried to talk my parents into taking a cruise with us. They always said no. Finally my younger sister said I should just give it up as they would...
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Visiting Glacier Gardens in Juneau, Alaska
Tender to the Westerdam shares the harbor with a float plane in Juneau Juneau has quite an array of things to do. With Mendenhall Glacier as the tourist’s top choice, and Mount Roberts tram...
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Bars on the Carnival Breeze Cruise Ship
Carnival Breeze in Malaga, Spain The Atrium Bar has a bandstand on top I don’t get much first-hand experience in cruise ship bars (or any other bars for that matter) since I don’t drink. The fact is...
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When a Vacation Goes to Hell
Pearl at Grand Cayman The Not So Random Bus Tour on Grand Cayman Island Ever since our last visit to Grand Cayman, we decided the next time we went there we’d take the local island tour. On our last...
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Five Days at Sea
the sea is all there is to see For ages I wanted to take a transatlantic cruise, I love cruises, but they just never seem to have enough sea days. Besides having a longer cruise, crossing the ocean...
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Turning Tragedy into Triumph – Making the Most of Getting Left Behind on a...
Things To Do When Left Behind by Your Cruise Ship When your ship leaves port you want to be on it Touring Australia from Port to Port Your cruise ship is already a hundred feet away from the port on an...
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Playa Mia Beach Park
Palancar snorkel boat Cozumel Mexico Following our excellent snorkel adventure in Cozumel, the Palancar docked at Playa Mia Beach Park. They had tables reserved in a large roofed restaurant area for...
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Norwegian Pearl At The Dock
Pearl docked in Cozumel with Freedom of the Seas Most of the time when returning to a docked ship from a port stop, passengers just walk up the gangway and get on board. Sometimes they have to pass...
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Carnival Breeze – Things to do and Best Kept Secrets
Carnival Breeze An Interview with John Heald John Beath interviews Carnival’s number one cruise director, John Heald. John Heald – the man in the suit During the transatlantic crossing on the Carnival...
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The Awesome Cruise Ship Cabin
MSC Divina One day while surfing through Sky Auction.com, my husband came across an 11 day Caribbean cruise on the MSC Divina up for bid. We didn’t know much about MSC, though we had seen the Poseia...
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Hato Caves, Curacao
MSC Divina in Willemstad, Curacao Outside of the Divina, of MSC Cruises, we boarded a bus for our excursion to Hato Caves. Along the way the tour guide gave us a lesson in the history of Curacao (our...
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