Hi, Everyone, I'm just going to throw out a quick blog just to get these pictures up. I am sitting I the airport 1 hour before my flight is about to leave. I was on Grand Turk for Hurricane Hanna. Hurricane Ike was coming towards us at Grand Turk as a Cat 4 which means 135+ mph winds. Ike was a very dangerous storm. A cat 4 hurricane is defined as: "Category 4 hurricanes tend to produce more extensive curtainwall failures, with some complete roof structural failure on small residences. Heavy, irreparable damage and near complete destruction of gas station canopies [View Full Entry]

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Hi Guys, I really haven't listed a blog in a very long time sorry so many things are new. I promise i will start blogging more again. The reason I wanted to post a blog after so long is because I in some thing that is a once in a life time experience(well i hope so ). I'm currently writing from the Turks and Caicos Islands on a Island called Grand Turk. Grand Turk has been in my past blogs, I worked a Dive job here for Blue Water divers, then after I opened a Buisness called Momentum watersports. I'll have [View Full Entry]

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My last port day has arrived. Today we were in Grand Turk. A small island, not a lot there. But still very nice. I'd never expected to come back here again, after having been here last year while on the Legend. But, there I was. Jody and I went on a snorkel / beach tour. We went to Governor's Beach, part of a park, really close to the ship. The water in Grand Turk is extremely salty but it makes the water stunning blue and the sand very white. The beach was lined with - I couldn't get over it - [View Full Entry]

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Hello everyone...my name is Aly and I'm a friend of JP's. I was fortunate enough to have the pleasure of being on the island for JP's last night here on Grand Turk before his (what is turning out to be) a very long journey home. So I shall start from the beginning.....the evening started out quietly as Jon and I tried to get JP's lazy butt to go to the bar but he calmly refused and took a nap. Anyways, we forgave him because he's just that nice of a guy. After a nice nap at good ol' sunnyside he [View Full Entry]

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Well I've completed one of my top things I have to do in my life. This last week we had some amazing people in from all around the USA. They all belonged to organization called Van's Air Force. What all of them have are their own airplanes called RV's. "RV" ? ?? same thing I thought they fly motor homes...ahah. No so RV stands for recreational Vehicle. And this is such a neat thing is the planes they fly are kit planes that most of them built in their garage at home in their spare time. They start building the [View Full Entry]

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We were in Grand Turk today, but only from 7am - 2pm which sucked. After a long night of work, we were also out at the disco late so getting up this morning was difficult. Brooks & I were lying on the beach by 11:00. I promptly fell asleep - until it was time to get back on the ship for lunch and work! It felt a bit like a waste of a port day, but I’ve already seen all of the island, so there wasn’t much to do besides lie on the beach. We were in port with another Carnival [View Full Entry]

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Hey Everyone, It's been a long time since my last blog. Well a lots happened since then. About a month ago my Parents Came out to visit me. Since leaving for Thailand about 2 years ago I've seen the about twice. So This was a great trip and it was nice to see Mom and Dad. They came down for 12 days following a 6 day cruise to the Cayman Islands and Jamaica. This was the First time they were ever in the Caribbean. As a child we travelled quite often to places like Florida, Minnesota, and Banff but never to [View Full Entry]

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Well another Great night in Grand Turk!!! On Saturday night we had a Birthday Party For Tayna, she’s the owner of the Sand Bar in Grand Turk. Which is a great little bar on The beach. The Party was at the Old Prison in the center of town. The Old Prison was converted Into a tourist attraction for island guest and cruise ship visitors. It was operational from the 1800 to early 1900’s. So on Saturday it was a dress up party in Medieval costumes and mystical creatures at it was Private invite only. So Me, JW and Anna- Luceal got [View Full Entry]

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Jan 21st / Jan 22nd ms noordam sunday, jan 21st 2007, 4pm just came back from onshore. first time i had set foot onto tortola, island of the british virgin islands. we had docked at around 12 noon at the wickhams cay cruise dock in road town harbour. i first ate lunch with jhoya (collegue) at the lido restaurant on lido deck (9) and then changed from white day uniform to compfy cotton dress and sandals. i packed my bag with my camera, usb sticks (in case i find an internet cafe), a towel and swimm suits/bikinis, cash and id. next [View Full Entry]

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We’re back on Grand Turk today. Except now I’ve already seen the whole island, so there’s not much to do beside lie on the beach. So I did. All day. Except for the hour spent in Margaritaville with Brooks, Chelsea & Kristina (they’re both production singers). If you’re ever coming to Grand Turk, come for the beach, not for the Margaritaville. The Parrothead Café is better! I took a long walk along the beach on my own just before coming on the ship which was really nice. Peaceful. Pretty. Tonight I went to see the Guster concert. I’d never heard [View Full Entry]

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