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On the 25th anniversary of  the ExxonMobil Valdez oil spill, we have our own environmental disaster here in the harbor, after a ship crashed into a barge. The port is still closed while the USCG assesses the situation. Nice view from Deck 5 Helicopter Pad. I don't expect us getting out of of here soon--Operation Keep Your Fingers Crossed- is still ongoing. A view of The Port  from The Heliport Update: 3/27/14--We are about to set sail-All cleared and it's very cold-looking forward to some sunshine The Hotel Galvaz Welcome to The Hotel @nyware/Galveston  Such a lovely place Such a lovely face    Plenty of room at the hotel California. Any time of year, you can find it here. Well I was born in the sign of water, and it's there that I feel the best I used to think that spending too much time on a cruise ship was bad so I stopped thinking. Two  songs that inspired me to sail are - Cool Change  ,a top 40 Aussie hit, and The Blues Image's,  Ride Ca...

Galveston · March 2014 Operation Keep Your Fingers Crossed A harbour collision, an oil spill, a closed port, and one ship waiting for permission to leave. See Full Image Show Text Hotel @nyware Galveston Harbour Deck 5 Heliport March 2014 On the twenty-fifth anniversary of the Exxon Valdez oil spill, Galveston had an environmental emergency of its own. Harbour Note 01 Port Closed A ship had collided with a barge, leaving the harbour closed while the United States Coast Guard assessed the situation. From the Deck 5 helicopter pad, the view was excellent. The prospects of leaving were less certain. Operation Keep Your Fingers Crossed was officially underway. A view of the port from the heliport. Waiting out the harbou...

Cozumel · Mexico · Caribbean Field Notes I Am an AmeriCAN, Not an AmeriCAN’T A tourist trap, a Caribbean Los Angeles, a level playing field, and a place where money speaks first and English comes second. See Full Image Enter Cozumel Show Text The Call The Place The Language The Elixir The Call I Am an AmeriCAN, Not an AmeriCAN’T “It is nice to know that I can still pay for things in a currency that no longer exists: the U.S. dollar.” Foreign Land Cozumel Has a Caribbean Los Angeles Vibe Navigator and Freedom of the Seas Passengers debarking into a place built to absorb the energy of tourism. An Endangered Species: The Expat Locals fill the tourism jobs. The playing field is level, and the fantasy of importing yourse...

A Tropical Field Guide · Ports of Call · Coconut Years Around the World in 80 Coconuts Nicaragua. Dominica. Thailand. Barbados. Costa Rica. Madeira. Jamaica. Honduras. At every port, the ritual was the same: find a coconut, open it, drink slowly, and let the island explain itself. Coconut Quest Island Time Port Ritual Travel Archive Experience Over Claims See Full Image Show Story I called it the cure. The real medicine was movement. The coconut was never just a drink. It was a small ceremony performed at the edge of each new place. The old dispatches were enthusiastic—sometimes gloriously overenthusiastic—about coconut water. I treated every green shell like a portable transfusion, a tropical pharmacy and proof that paradise came with a straw. Looking back, the larger truth is simpler. The ritual made me stop. It made me taste the weather, the market, the language and the latitude. ...

A Tropical Field Guide · Ports of Call · Coconut Years Around the World in 80 Coconuts Nicaragua. Dominica. Thailand. Barbados. Costa Rica. Madeira. Jamaica. Honduras. At every port, the ritual was the same: find a coconut, open it, drink slowly, and let the island explain itself. Coconut Quest Island Time Port Ritual Travel Archive Experience Over Claims See Full Image Show Story I called it the cure. The real medicine was movement. The coconut was never just a drink. It was a small ceremony performed at the edge of each new place. The old dispatches were enthusiastic—sometimes gloriously overenthusiastic—about coconut water. I treated every green shell like a portable transfusion, a tropical pharmacy and proof that paradise came with a straw. Looking back, the larger truth is simpler. The ritual made me stop. It made me taste the weather, the market, the language and the latitude. ...

Falmouth - Where Maritime Dreams Come Alive FALMOUTH Where Maritime Dreams Come Alive A Harbor of Giants Navigator of the Seas The view from Deck 12 captures the magnificent scale of modern cruise vessels, docked alongside the Freedom of the Seas in Falmouth's impressive harbor. Freedom of the Seas These floating cities represent the pinnacle of maritime engineering, bringing thousands of travelers to experience Jamaica's Caribbean charm. ...