Coming shortly our next expedition – following in the steps of John Franklin who went in search of the Northwest Passage in 1845. Two years later the expedition had not returned. Searches took more than a decade to establish that all crew members were dead and the ships lost. In 2014 and 2016 the remains …
Today we return home. After a late breakfast we waited in the hotel lobby for our limo transfer to the airport! Our flight was scheduled for 16:35 p.m. and we were there early enough to see the Boeing 747-400 series arrive from London. There are only a few of these aeroplanes still used by major …
At 7:00 a.m. we awoke to a beautiful sunrise through the curtains, which was actually reflected by the windows of a nearby tower block. After breakfast we met the Hop-on Hop-off Tour Bus at the Convention Centre. We drove direct to Highway 101 to Hollywood. We saw the first 4 level highway intersection and …
We arrived in Los Angeles before sunrise and had to have an early breakfast in preparation for disembarkation. All passengers were divided into groups determined initially by those who had aeroplanes to catch or those that had independent transfer arrangements. We had to meet our car for transfer to the hotel at 09:30 a.m. …
At daybreak this morning we were still working our way northwestwards off the coast of Baja California. By mid-afternoon we still had some 260 miles to go to reach Los Angeles. This morning we took the opportunity to watch a cookery demonstration by the Executive Chef Antonio Constantino assisted by the Maitre d’Hotel Giuseppe Castino. …
Shortly after sunrise at 07:30 a.m. we were offshore from the Mexican port of Puerto Vallarta and the mouth of the Sea of Cortez which is separated from the Pacific Ocean by the long peninsular of Baja California. The sea is the mouth of the Colorado River that has carved its way across the southwest …
Today is another day at sea so we thought that we would take this opportunity to show you around the Coral Princess. At the start of the tour which lasted an hour, we are off Mexico and have had a rain shower during lunch. The ship is owned by Princess Cruises …
Today we are at sea and in the early morning, just before dawn, the ship was battling through some strong winds and big waves. We were experiencing another storm and we were informed by the Captain that the winds of 60mph would ease along with the swell and spray that was hitting the 15th deck. …
At 05:45 a.m. we arrived at Puerto Quetzal, Guatemala. Smoke and a smell of burning was carried into the ship by the air-conditioning. This was the start of today’s sugar cane harvest. The dead leaves and scrub at the base of all of the plants, thousands of them in total, is set alight to clear …
Today we have been at sea on our journey to Guatemala. We have been very busy doing nothing! We have seen no ships at all but watched the sun from first light until 5:00 p.m. do its apparent journey from east to west around the ship. A highlight of this morning was the blowing onto …