Category Archives: Travel

April 02

It Never Rains in California…

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The second half of this contract on the Celebrity Century is all in North America, mainly in the United States. After going to every continent in the world (except Antarctica) on ships over the past few years I have been looking to spending a few months docking out of the US. Unlimited cell phone use […]

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March 14

Central America (a little persistence required)

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I’m beginning this post overlooking a black sand beach and a decent Pacific break in Guatemala. This is the last stop before we head north to Mexico and out of Central America. I have really enjoyed our stops in Panama, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, and Guatemala. Admittedly, I have a greater appetite for hair-raising cab rides, […]

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March 11

Panama Canal

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Yesterday we sailed through the Panama Canal, en route to Los Angeles from Ft Lauderdale. I’ve never seen the canal before and the whole process was pretty interesting. It takes between 20 and 30 hours to pass from one side to the other and there is a lot of traffic inside. There are two lanes […]

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March 07

Spring Break, Coast Guard, and Goodbye Ft Lauderdale

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Several pretty interesting things have been going on onboard lately. We did a three-day Bahamas cruise last week that was pretty much spring break, followed by a full coast guard inspection, and now we’re on our way to Los Angeles via the Panama Canal. The last cruise was quite hilarious. The normal cliental here is […]

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February 13

Sharks, Strange Headlines, and Rock Night

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There is a lot of weird stuff in the Bahamas. The last night of dry dock, a large group from the ship went to a restaurant called Pier 1. This place is right on the water and has a large balcony with outdoor seating. There are a lot of sharks in the water and every […]

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February 12

Sign on madness!

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I suppose I’ve never been the kind of guy to show up to work early. That all changed a few days ago. I was supposed to sign on the Celebrity Century for a 6-month orchestra contract February 10th but got an early start.   I arrived in Freeport, Bahamas February 9th on a tiny plane […]

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January 17

High Line

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The High Line is an elevated park on the west side of Manhattan that has been built from a repurposed rail line. This section of track was built in the 1930’s to lift trains up from the street level to avoid creating dangerous intersections with high-speed trains in what was then the city’s largest industrial […]

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January 17

Aruba recommendations.

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I’ve had the good fortune to have been to Aruba a dozen times or so as a port of call while working on the ships but i’ve only now spent a longer time there. I’ve just come back from a week long stay on the island and have some recommendations for anyone who might be […]

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December 08

Constellation wrap up.

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Tomorrow I will be signing off the Celebrity Constellation after finishing a 4-month contract in the Celebrity Orchestra. This is the 4th ship I’ve been on and it has one of the best itineraries. I joined the ship in Amsterdam on the 1st of August and from there we did Baltic cruises stopping in Germany, […]

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December 02

Africa

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I went to Africa two days ago for the first time. I’ve seen Africa a bunch of times while going through the straits of Gibraltar but never been there before. We went to the Moroccan town of Agadir, which is on the Atlantic coast. The town has a huge beach with nice fine sand. The […]

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