Blogs from Fort Lauderdale, Florida, United States, North America - page 6

Today got off to a leisurely start. We slept in and then had a nice breakfast in the hotel. The shuttle to the port did not leave until 12:30, so we had plenty of time to repack the suitcases and explore around the hotel area. The temperature here in Florida is in the mid-80s and slightly overcast, but nothing chilly or rainy like it had been back in St Louis. But then we were off to Port Canaveral and ready to start the cruise. The hotel provided a 12:30 shuttle service to Port Everglades and that got us to the ship by 1:00 with a minimum of effort. The luggage was off-loaded from the bus onto a container for the ship and they were eventually delivered to our cabin – no effort on our part. However, ... read more

La remontée vers Fort Lauderdale en agréable compagnie de Clémence et Roger Malette ne s’est pas déroulée sans émotions. En débutant avec un câble qui commençait à s’enrouler autour de l’hélice et l’intervention d’Yvette et le plongeon de Roger ont évité ce qui aurait pu être beaucoup plus sérieux. Par la suite, un autre ancrage nous a causé des soucis alors qu’un front froid a traversé vers minuit avec des forts vents et une marée agressive contraire à la direction des vents. Résultat, on doit enlever la deuxième ancre et s’assurer pendant un bon moment que l’on ne chassait pas. After a short night, they say boating is only pleasure; during breakfast, we seemed to be drifting and decided on lifting the anchor and moving on, but the anchor didn’t not want to leave its nesting ... read more

Hi All, thanks for joining my blog, i'm looking forward to sharing the next 9 months with you!!! 28 January I departed at around 8pm on Friday from Johannesburg, SA with Delta Airlines to Atlanta, Georgia (17 hour flight!). From Atlanta to Miami only took 1h and 30 min on the connecting flight. 29 January Juan and Brandon picked me up at Miami airport on Saturday morning. They took me through to Fort Lauderdale and showed me the yachts that they work on, they are amazing, both privately owned yachts, it looks like a hotel/house inside. They took me out to FL, we went to Rock Bar, right across from the beach in the main road. What an amazing vibe!!! We had frozen margaritas while listening to spanish music in the background surrounded by palm trees. ... read more

David and I went diving again at Datura at hight tide instead of Low Tide this time to see if the visibility was better today. Since the winds have picked up visibility was still 15 to 20 ft. . We are spoiled comming from Hawaii clear waters. But we didn't care we continued the dive looking at little creatures until we ran out of air. The album shows the fish that we saw today and of course Christmas Trees and diferent corals and anemones here and there.... read more

Regent Seven Seas Cruises cordially extends “A FOND FAREWELL TO ALL OUR REGENT SEVEN SEAS VOYAGERS” at the end of this World Cruise 2010 “A Global Voyage across the Seas” on behalf of the Officers, Staff and Crew aboard Seven Seas Voyager, who hail from 32 different nationalities worldwide. We look forward to sailing with you again in the near future. THE CREWMEMBERS' SALUTE (in alphabetical order): AUSTRIAN - Pfurti, Bis bald / BALINESE - Sampai Jumpa! / BELGIAN (Flemish) - Tot Ziens! BRAZILIAN - Adeus! / BULGARIAN - Dovijdane / CROATIAN - Dovibenja / CZECH-SLOVAKIAN - Nashledanou! / DANISH - Farvel! / ENGLISH - So long, farewell, see you again soon! / FILIPINO - Paalam! / FRENCH - Au Revoir / FRENCH CANADIAN - Au Revoir et a bientot, merci (goodbye, see you again & ... read more