Blogs from Indian, Oceans and Seas - page 3

Fremantle - Singapore - Kuala Lumpur - Penang - Phuket - INDIA: Cochin - Mumbai - Goa - MALDIVES - SEYCHELLES Days 1-6 : 3rd May 2011: Leaving Fremantle we sailed out of the harbour past the Maritime Museum, people on South Mole and the lighthouse into the sunset on yet another adventure. We have travelled to many countries and to Asia several times but on this journey we were going to new places - India and South Africa - a little unsure of what lay ahead we were all very excited. Vera and I are cousins - in - law and we travel every year to somewhere with friends and or family. This year we travelled with Vera's sister and her husband and his brother and wife (from Holland) so one very happy bunch of ... read more

Romantica, April 14 - 2011 Dear Friends, On board of the Costa Romantica the cruisedirector, Francesco Raccomandato, and chief Gianfranco Arrabito and his super annimation team are creating party time every night and day. It's great and the motivation of everybody of the entertainment team is super!!!!! More to come on ou Costa Sailorsblog. Be happy and smile everyday. From the Red Sea with love Jacqueline and Adriaan aka Monkey and Bear ... read more

Dear Friends, Costa Romantica, April 12 2011 Another day on sea. Today we are crossing th Equator, so there will be a great party on board with the super animation team of the Romantica, also King Neptune will visit the Costa Romantica and don't forget the Costa Romantica Dancers. Some more information about Neptune and the Equator you find below. Thanks to Wikipedia. Enjoy the pictures!!!!. It was great fun!!!!!! See you next time on our Costa Sailorsblog. From the Indian Ocean with love Jacqueline and Adriaan aka Monkey and Bear The Story of Neptunus = Thanks to Wikipedia. Etymology The etymology of Neptunus is unclear and disputed. The ancient grammarian Varro derived the name from nuptus i.e. covering (opertio), with a more or less explicit allusion to the nuptiae, marriage of Heaven and Earth. Among ... read more

Dear friends, Reunion, April 5 2011 The Volcanos Adventure of Reunion. This morning we arrived at 06.30 at the Port of Reunion. Our volcano adventure starts early today: 7.45. First a very beautiful trip by coach to the mountains of Reunion. This route is called the panoramic route of the Tamarins. We pass St-Pierre and Le Tampon before we arrive at the Plaine des Cafres, a region of the isle which is rich in culture and in pasture land. From there, we took the route of the volcano of Bourg Murrat (at a altitude of 1.600 metres) until we reach the Pas de Bellecombe, at a altitude of 2.300 metres. The most surprising point of view is offered by the Plaine des Sables, covering a wide area of black and red scoria. This area looks like ... read more

Saturday April2nd, 2011 Indian Ocean- North of Madagascar Latitude 8 degrees 55 minutes’ south- Longitude 51 degrees 4 minutes’ east Yesterday at 7am we were the first ones off the ship in Victoria the capital of the Seychelles Islands. It is advertised as the smallest capital city in the world. With only 22 thousand inhabitants it was not overly crowded, but I think everyone with a car was in town. We walked into downtown and found the Tourist Information Office. We told the nice girl working there that we wanted to rent a car. She called someone and he said he had one car left. We agreed to a price of 54 Euros for the day and he brought the car to us. The car looked great and we were soon on our way. Once out ... read more