MORE THOUGHTS ON THE CRUISE AND CRUISE SHIP
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Dec 31, 2007
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Monday, July 30, 2007
BUT BEFORE WE WENT ON THE CRUISE,
I GOT QUITE EXCITED ABOUT THE CONCEPT OF GOING ON A CRUISE (I HAD NEVER BEEN ON A CRUISE BEFORE)
I LOOKED AT A 42 DAY CRUISE FROM ROME TO HONG KONG, AND THEN A 114 DAY AROUND THE WORLD CRUISE.
EVERYONE TOLD ME THAT IT WOULD BE A GOOD IDEA
TO GO ON MY FIRST CRUISE FIRST,
BEFORE BOOKING A SECOND CRUISE.
WHICH IS GOOD ADVICE.
OUR TWO WEEK CRUISE WAS WONDERFUL.
90% OF CRUISES ARE EITHER 1 OR 2 WEEKS.
THERE IS AT LEAST 3 REASONS FOR THIS.
NO.#1 REASON - MOST PEOPLE CAN ONLY GET
ONE OR TWO WEEKS HOLIDAYS AT A TIME
NO.#2 REASON - THE COST OF A CRUISE PROBABLY
RESTRICTS MANY PEOPLE TO 1 OR 2 WEEK
CRUISES
NO. #3 REASON - AFTER 1 OR 2 WEEKS OF DOING
NOTHING (WHICH IS OR CAN BE NICE) MOST
PEOPLE WILL START GETTING BORED WITH
DOING NOTHING
THE FIRST 2 REASONS DO NOT APPLY TO ME,
TO RESTRICT THE LENGTH OF THE CRUISE THAT I DO GO ON.
HOWEVER, THE 3rd REASON MIGHT APPLY - I HAVE NOT REACHED THAT STAGE ON A CRUISE - BUT I DO LIKE TO BE DOING THINGS.
OUR EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN CRUISE OF TWO WEEKS WAS GOOD BECAUSE THERE IS LOTS TO DO IN THE EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN - THERE WAS ONLY TWO SEA DAYS (DAYS THAT WE WERE NOT IN PORT) DURING OUR CRUISE - THE SHIP TRAVELED AT NIGHT AND DOCKED IN PORT MOST DAYS.
BUT A 42 DAY CRUISE FROM ROME TO HONG KONG WOULD HAVE A LOT OF SEA DAYS - AND AN AROUND THE WORLD CRUISE OF 114 DAYS WOULD HAVE A REALLY, REALLY LOT OF SEA DAYS.
I DO KNOW SOME ONE THAT TOOK A CRUISE FROM VANCOUVER TO AUSTRALIA AND BACK TO VANCOUVER - I FORGET HOW MANY DAYS THEIR CRUISE TOOK - BUT THEY DID MENTION THAT IT DID START TO BE A DRAG AND A BORE ON THE WAY BACK - STOPPING AT THE SAME PORTS THAT THEY HAD SEEN BEFORE ON THEIR WAY THERE.
ANYWAY, I CAN SEE THAT TOO MANY SEA DAYS COULD BECOME A DRAG AND A BORE AND EVEN GOING FROM PORT TO PORT MIGHT GET TO BE A DRAG AFTER A WHILE - SO IF I/WE DO BOOK ANY MORE CRUISES IT WILL NEVER BE MORE THAN TWICE AS LONG AS THE PREVIOUS CRUISE - SO RIGHT NOW THAT WOULD MEAN THE MAXIMUM CRUISE THAT WE WOULD BOOK RIGHT NOW WOULD BE FOR 28 DAYS
- HOWEVER, WE HAVE NO PLANS ON BOOKING
ANOTHER CRUISE RIGHT NOW.
THIS WILL PROBABLY BE MY LAST TRAVELBLOG ON THIS TRAVELOGUE - PLAN TO DO A LITTLE CAMPING BUT NOTHING TO TALK ABOUT.
NO TRAVEL PLANS FOR BEFORE XMAS.
NO TRAVEL PLANS UNTIL 2008 - AND, THERE IS NO PLAN - JUST THAT WE PROBABLY WILL BE DOING SOME TRAVELLING IN 2008.
ALL THE BEST TO EVERYONE
AND BE GOOD TO YOURSELVES
DAVID AND LISE.
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