Our last day on the NCL Escape was a day at sea, but more importantly it was Halloween. Being on a cruise for a holiday is always fun, but it is especially […]
A Last Minute Cruise – Part 5
Africa Cruise – Nosy Be, Madagascar
Nosy Be is an island off the northwest coast of Madagascar. It is one of 253 small islands that surround the main island of Madagascar. and is considered the tourism capitol of […]
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Africa Cruise – Reunion Island
We finished the first of our back-to-back cruises in Mauritius. The second cruise would make stops at Reunion Island, 2 ports in Madagascar, and 3 ports in South Africa. Since we were […]
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Christmas Cruise – Reunion Island
Our guide for the day was David, who spoke excellent English and our driver was Thomas. Reunion Island is a French territory so it is considered part of the European Union. It’s […]
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Christmas Cruise – New Year’s Eve Celebration at Sea
We had spent two days in the island nation of Seychelles. We left Port Victoria just after the sun set on the last night of 2024. Preparations for the celebration had been […]
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Christmas Cruise – Seychelles
After 4 days at sea, we had two days in Seychelles, (pronounced Sa Shells). The country comprises 115 islands, 42 are granite and 73 are coral creating a protective outer ring. The […]
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Christmas Cruise – Celebrating Christmas on a cruise ship
We have celebrated all sorts of holidays on cruise ships, but never Christmas or New Years Day, so we were very excited to experience it. The ship’s staff did a great job […]
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Christmas Cruise – Dubai by Day
It was Christmas Eve, and we decided to do a day tour and an evening tour. We had a great view of Dubai from our cruise ship. Dubai has 3.6 million citizens, […]
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Christmas Cruise – Abu Dhabi by Night
We had enjoyed our day tour of the Grand Mosque and set out on a night bus tour with Sylvia who was from Croatia. It was a driving tour, with occasional quick […]
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Christmas Cruise – Embarkation…Qatar
As a family, we get together on even years for Thanksgiving and odd years for Christmas. With December 2024, not being our year, we decided to go on a Christmas cruise. After […]
