2022-12-17 San Juan, Puerto Rico

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Puerto Rico

12 17 22 to 12 20 22 San Juan, Puerto Rico to Fort Lauderdale Florida

12 17 22 to 12 20 22 San Juan, Puerto Rico to Fort Lauderdale Florida1

12 17 22 to 12 20 22 San Juan, Puerto Rico

Wednesday, December 14 at sea

Lecture: Sink the Bismarck

Lecture: West Africa Yesterday and Today

Lam viec moi co tien la nguyen tac cua Phi Chau. 1956 Mali tro nen independence. Mali

Khung bo gia tang o West va Esat Africa ly do la khi hau, chanh quyen tham nhung, Terrorist tu country nay qua country khac. Ve Nigaria su khac biet giua Bac va Nam. 21M dan o Bac . Nam noi co nhieu oil va giau co. Su khac biet su giau co mien Nam va ngheo o Bac. Nigaria phan biet giua Muslim va Catholic. Mien Nam la catholic mien Bac da so Muslim. Nam 2009 nguoi cam dau quan khung bo la Molammed bi bat ve khung bo. Nam sau group khac bi bat. Group nay lien he voi Al Qaida. Children bi bat coc. Dan ba bi bat lam no le sex slave. Con Mali 15M dan. Border kho kiem xoat. Cac nuoc lan can khong on dinh. Mien Bac cac nuoc nay la sa mac Sahara tao ra khung bo. Al Qaida dung khung bo va bat coc. Nam 2012 TuaegFighter help by Al Qaida. Al Qaida chiem mien Bac Mali. Mali yeu cau Phap giup. Phap installed 350 troops in Mali. US cung lien he bao ve cac quoc gia nay ve khung bo . 2,400 France troop in Mali. Chanh quyen Mali cung khong vua long voi quan doi co mat.



Thursday, December 15 at sea

Hom nay toi duoc moi tham du buoi le trao tang huy chuong cho nhung nguoi di Holland tren 100 ngay hay Bronze, hay Silver tren 300 ngay, hay gold tren 500 ngay, tren 700 hay Platinum , 1,400 days hay President club, 2,000 days va ba Silvia nguoi ma toi biet di tren 2,000 days.

Sau do chung toi duoc dua vao restaurant de an va uong ruou mien phi.

Luc bay gio thuyen truong loan bao la du thuyen tro lai de biet tin ve mot chiec thuyen gi dang bi chim. Thuyen truong muon tro lai de lien lac voi tram kiem soat de biet tin. Sau do thuyen truong bao ca co mot yatch bi chim va 5 nguoi tren yatch boi tren bien va da duoc cuu va thuyen tiep tuc di.



Friday, December 16 at sea

Du thuyen tiep tuc di den San Juan va den Port of San Huan luc 8am 12-17-22.

Hom nay du thuyen di qua vung dac biet nhat cua the gioi do la du thuyen di qua vung bien sau nhat the gioi va hien tai luc 10:50am 12-16-22 du thuyen di qua vung bien co do sau la 7,000m hay 7km hay 7 cay so. Vung nay cach San Juan 293.3nm.18 do 59’25” M 60 do 58’97” W. Va du thuyen chay voi van toc la 15.5 Knots. 10:59am Sau 7,030m cach San Juan291.2nm. 11:05am sau 7,060m, cach SanJuan 289.7nm. 11:12am sau 7,080m cach San Juan 288.1 nm. 11:36am sau 7070m cach San Juan 282.1 nm. 11;43am sau 6,900m, cach San Juan 280.3nm. 11:565am sau 6640m cach San Juan 276.8nm, 12:28pm sau 6,410m, cach san Juan 268.3nm. 12:44pm sau 6,260m cach San Juan 264.2nm, 2:28pm sau 6,140m, cach San Juan 238.6nm, 3:48pm sau 6,530m cach SJ 218.9nm…va do sau giam dan cho den dao San Juan.

Lecture: Shipwrecks and Time by Mike West.

Shipwreck is remains of a ship that has wrcked, which are found eithr beached on land or sunhen to the bottom of a body of water.

1) Antikythera Computer. Discovered in 1901. Wrecked dated to 60BC. Location in Antikythera Island

2) The Wreck of Mary Rose; Built in 1512, found 1971. Sailed for Hendry VIII, carrack type ship. Sank in 1545 in the Solent in battle VS. French. Raised 1982. 140ft long, 40 ft beam. Crew of up to 800. They found 26,000 items, several hundred skeletons. Only 1/3 of the ship was recovered. One of the most complex and costly marine archaeological projects ever.

3) Solent wrecked in island of Wight

4) Vasa disaster in 1628: connissioned personally by King of Sweden. On first voyage caught a gust wind heeled ship until gon ports were underwater. Ship flooded and sank in 20 mins with loss of 30 lives. Bad design.

5) Scilly Naval Disater of 1707. England lost 4 large ships and 1,800 officers and sailors

6) Geo. Anson Voyage in HMS Centurrion: Departed England Sept 1740. Rounded Cape Horn, Mar. 1741. Hit storm for 58 days. No sun for 2 mos. Steered N for Juan Femandez Island.

7) The Wreck of HMS Birkenhead 1845: troop transport with 643 people aboard. 193 survived

8) Empress of Ireland: May, 1914 in St. Lawrence River 2 years after Titanic. Worst peacetime maritime disaster in Canadian History. Collided with Norwegian Collier storstard. Depart Quebec City May 18, 1914 for six days voyage to Liverpool. Was her 96^th voyage. Captain Henry Kendall of Empress was his first vayage as captain. Empress hit Storstad.and sank in 14 mins. Loss of 1,012 lives of 1,477 on board. Only 4 of 138 children abroad survived. An entired salvation Armay Band of 170 perished. It lies in 130 ft of water and was rediscovered in 1964

9) Tragedy of Honda: in Sept. 1923 at Piont of Honda, Ca near Santa Barbara. Worst peacetime loss of ships in history of US Navy.

10) Great Pacific typhone of 1944( Typhoone Cobra: Admiral Halse3y sailed fleety right into theye of the storm. USS Spence: 317 dead, 23 rescued. USS Monaghan 256 dead, 6 rescued, USS Hull 202 dead, 62 rescued. Total 775 men dead, 27 ships damage. 146 aircraft destroyed.

11) USS Indianapolis sunk by Japanese submarine on July 30, 1945 after delivering Little Boy atomic bom parts to Tinian. Strucked by 2 torpedoes on stargoard side at 0:15 am and sunk in 12 mins. Crew of 1,196 , 300 died on board and went down with the ship. 317 rescued. 579 died by exposure and shark

12) Andrea Doria and Stockhohm in July, 1956 off Nantucket, MA. 51 dead and Linda Morgan

13) Costa Concordia: jan. 2012 had girl friend on the bridge at the time.34 dead.



Saturday, December 17 San Juan, Puerto Rico

To see near wide=70km, height=150km : 1)Old San Juan, oldest city of US. Unesco. 2) Fuerte San Felipe del Morro, Unesco, Fort, 1539. 3) Castillo San Cristobal, Spain largest Fort in New world 4) San Juan Catheral, Oldest 1540

To see far: 10am take ferry to Bacardi then 12pm hire taxi to El Yunque, 3pm. Go back San Juan to see near old town at 3pm, 4pm to see Fuerte San felipe , 5pm to see Cristobal , 6pm to see Catheral 1) El Yunque National forest, only tropical Forest in America, 66km, 1hr 2) Casa Bacardi by ferry 3) Jardin Botanica

Puerto Rico is a Caribbean island and unincorporated territory of the United States. Co khoang 3.2 trieu dan. Co 500 year history, lau doi hon nuoc My. U.S. took over Puerto Rico sau chien tranh voi Spain nam 1898. Nguoi dan Puerto Rico co quyen di lai My de dang nhung khong duoc quyen bau Tong Thong My.

Co cua Puerto Rico giong nhu co cua Cuba nhung mau khac nhau. 3 strikes mau do thay vi mau xanh nhu xanh dam cua Cuba. Hinh tam giac mau xanh duong thay vi mau do cua Cuba. Tai sao? Tai vi nam 1895 2 nuoc doc lap tu Spain.

Thu do la San Juan noi tieng Spanish. Cach Miami khoang 1,000 miles. Tat ca dan o Puerto Rico la US citizen tu nam 1917 va co the di lai Us tu do.

Columbus kham pha ra dao nay va dat ten dao la Saint Juan Bautista in honor of Saint John Baptist. Den khi My thang Spain dua den Treaty of Paris nam 1898 ten duoc doi thnah Puerto Rico.

Igneri tribe den dao nay dau tien vao 120 den 400 AD tu South America. Tu the ky 7^th den 11^th co nguoi Taino o day. Den khi Columbus kham pha dao nay nam 1493 co 30,000 den 60,000 nguoi Taino Amiridian o day. Den the ky 16 thi Spain chiem dao nay.

Nam 1890 Tong Truong ngoai giao My de nghi mua Cuba va Puerto Rico voi gia 160 trieu tu Spain va Spain tu choi. Roi chien tranh xay ra giua Spain va My nam 1894. US coi Puerto Rico co gia tri ve Navy va Cuba coi gia tri ve sugar cane. Vao ngay 25-7-1898 trong chien tranh giua My va Spain My do bo Puerto Rico va Spain tu bo Puerto Rico cung voi Philippines va Guam trong Treaty of Paris. Spain tu bo thong tri Cuba nhung khong giao cho My. Roi thi My chiem Puerto Rico tu 1898 den nay.

Du thuyen den San Juan luc 8am va se roi noi day luc 11pm. Welcomce back to America. Khi du thuyen den port San Juan thi co du thuyen khac dang o day. Do la du thuyen Celebrity. Toi xuong thuyen luc 8:30am va du dinh di 2 noi xa do la El Yunki National Park va Casa barcadi o xa va sau do ve lai San Juan de xem 2 Unesco gan va Catheral. Tuy nhien vi troi chuyen mua nen so vao National park khong duoc nen khi shuttle dau tai Plaza Colon toi di bo lai San Juan National Historic Site, Unesco dau tien gan do la Castillo San Cristobal.

San Juan la dia the quan trong cach Europe 4,000 miles va cach America 2,000 miles to West va 500miles to the South. Puerto Rico la dao lon dau tien ma Europe gap khi den My Chau. Vi the Puerto Rico la cua di vao The Gioi moi ma Au Chau co the dau tau, chua vu khi de vao the gioi moi My Chau. Vi the ma Spain chiem Puerto Rico dau tien va chien dau 400 nam de giu no.

Day la trung tam cua Castillo San Cristobal, main plaza hay la Plaza de Armas. Xay xong nam 1797 noi day ngay xya hang ngay la doi song quan doi cua Spaninish Fortress cua hon 100 nam. Co formal event, the vaulted room around the plaza. Khi WW II bat dau quan doi My hien dien tai day rat nhieu trong nhung nam cuoi cung cua 1930s My bat dau banh truong o Puerto Rica. Den 1943 co 55,000 quan My tai day. Roi thi nhu la mot phan cua Fort Brooke, San Cristobal la trung tam cua lien lac, phong khong va don vi ung ho tac chien.

Khi My tham gia WW II Puerto Rico tro thnah dia diem quan trong o Tay Ban Cau. San Cristobal doi thanh Fort Brooks de bao ve Dong Caribbean va Trung Tam Atlantic Ocean. Quan nhan da so la quan nhan duoc sanh ra tai Puerto Rico thanh lap sung cannon tai San Cristobal va El Morro.

Trong thoi 1836- 1898 After giao tranh voi My thang 4,5,6 quan doi o day dau hang My vao 10-1898

Khi chien tranh voi My nam 1898 San Cristobal cannon khong ban mot vien dan nao trong 100 nam nhung khi quan doi My tan cong, cannon o day ban USS Yale ma voiding y dong cua San Juan Harbor. 2 ngay say war ship cua My den harbor va khong co bao hieu quan doi My ban vao thanh pho. Quan doi My va Spain ban nhau trong 3 gio.

Voi Noi chien xay ra o que nha va van de o Cuba Spain bo quen bao ve Puerto Rico het 1800s. Do dam cuoc chien giua American va Spain, Tay Ban Nha muon cung co lai San Juan cuoi nhung nam 1890s. Nhieu nam cua 1800s viec xay Walls quanh city lam dan nghi nhu la o trong tu. Tu dan so 8,000 nam 1803 San Juan dan so tang len 27,000 trong 1890s. chanh quyen dia Phuong yeu cau pha bo mot phan Walls nam 1897 va cho phep dan cu phat trien.

Lau dau voi su tan cong nam 1500s va 1600s Anh lap duoc Puerto Rico va dot thanh pho nam 1598 va Dutch lam tuong tu nam 1625 mac dau luc bay gio Spain dung nhieu loai vu khi de bao ve.

Sau do toi di den Santa Maria Magdalena De Pazzi Cemetery duoc xay xong nam 1863. Day la cemetery dau tien duoc xay o ngoai walls va xay de ton vinh Maria Magdalena De Pazzi(1566-1607) mot nguoi dan ba Spain ho hao phat trien nha tho sau nay duoc dung de chon ngung nguoi linh tu tran. Trong day co 2,173 ngoi mo, 32 Niches. Trong nay co ngoi mo cua Thi truong dau tien o Puerto Rica la Munez mat nam 1898.

Sau do toi di den El Morro la Unesco thu 2. Trong nay co Castillo San Felipe del Morro xay vao 1539 den 1790. El Morro light house xay nam 1908 va hom nay van con dung.Powder Magazine xay nam 1776-1783, San Antonio Bastion Guardhouse xay nam 1897. Cemetery chapel xay nam 1862.

Spain xay Castillo San Morro la Fort de can giu harbor. Can giu harbor la can giu cua vao cua caribben Sea cua vao cua New World. San Juan la dao dau tien ma thuyen vao tu Au Chau. Quoc gia nao control harbor nay la bao ve cac thuyen be qua lai vi the 400 nam Spain de bao ve dao nay bang cach xay El

Morro. Spain xay El Morro mat gan 250 nam ma noi lau doi nhat la Tower xay nam 1539. Den 1790 El Morro giong nhu ngay nay. Tai sao called El Morro ? Vi King cua Spain la Carlo III tuyen bo nam 1765 San Juan duoc xem la Defense of the first Order. Co 6 tang cua El Morro. Level 1 la water battery bi dong cua vi an ninh. Tang 2 la Original Tower xay nam 1539. Tang 3 la Troop Quarters va Lower Plaza la noi linh o va tang 5 cung the . Xay xong nam 1780 co nhieu hoat dong hang ngay cua quan nhan.. Tang 4 la the main firing battery and view over harbor entrance. Tang 5 la main plaza. Tang 6 la Landward defenses in all directions

Sau do toi di den parquet de Las palomas la noi co rat nhieu bo cau. Tren duong di toi ghe qua nha tho co dam cuoi ben trong. Day la dao thu 4 toi thay dam cuoi cua dan dia Phuong. Ben canh la Walls. Duoc xay vao the ky 18^th. Sau do toi di den noi cho duoi chan doi. Noi day ca ca nhac va ban nhieu do ky niem cua dan dia phuong.

Tu day toi di den Old San Juan roi ra pha di qua ben kia song. Tuy nhien khong co gi dac biet nen toi tro lai ben nay chanel luc 5:30pm va sau do len xe shuttle tro va thuyen. Truoc khi len shuttle tinh co chinh kien canh phao bong no vang mot goc troi.

Sunday, December 18 at sea

Lecture: The graet ships

Uss Constitution ship gom co 44 gun frigate, 450 crew member. Launched nam 1897 o Boston. Khoi hanh tu Boston 8-1812

Great eastern built 1859 dai 692, 32,000 tons

Isambard Brunel xay nam 1857

The Clipper ship c\xany 1860s o US va Scotland

The Liberty ship. The ww2 Dump truck

The German U Boats: 56 chiec at start of war, 1,156 built during WW2. 784 lost in WW 2. Sank 3,000 ships

Us Navy Fleet submarine.:

Monday, December 19 at sea

9am Rock Climbing: WWW.Craigrichard.com. The Heard of courage. He climbed Half Dome, El Capitan, Yosemite National Park, California, USA, Black Canyon Colorado. USA., Rocky Mountain National Park, an amazing guy.

10am Funnels, Flags, Funny Paint

SS Michelangelo, 1965. Carnival, Costa, Cunard, United States Lines, All ships carry US Flags.

Allied/ NATO Signal Flags; Nhung signals duoi day duoc treo tren tau de cho biet ho dang o trong tinh trang nao: ALFA: Ihave divers over the3 site, BRAVO: I am handling dangerous cargo. FOXTROT: I am conducting flight operations. GOLF: I require a pilot. HOTEL: I have a pilot on board. OSCAR: I have man overboard.ROMEO: Replenishment at sea flag. THIRD SUB: CO is not aboard. BRAVO ZULU. WELL DONE. ALPHA DELTA TWO EIGHT. SPLICE THE MAIN BRACE.

WW I British Q-Ship Score Card: 366 fitted out, 61 Sunk in Action, 150 Q-Ship engagements, 14 U-Boats sunk, Not considered worth the effort.

11am Foods of the Americas: Potatoes

1Pm Original story: Captain and Cruise Farewell. Holland la tinh cua Netherlands gom co North va south Holland. Why Holland America lines. South Holland la busy port. Thanh lap nam 1873 voi ten la Nederlandsch Amerikaansche Stoomvaart Maatschppi vas au nay doi thanh Holland America Lijn.

100,000 ships pass through Rotterdam each year so this port is so important. Viec nay da

mang den cho nuoc Netherlands $50 Billion a year for revenue.

6pm Hanukkah celebration And Candle Lighting: Jewish Ceremony: Today is celebration day for Jewish. This day is day 165 days before Christ magical light appeared in sky. I came to participate in the meeting and food is served.



Tuesday, December 20 Fort Lauderdale, FL

Du thuyen den Port Everglades in Fort lauderdale luc 7am. Du khach xep hang xuong rat dong chi co vai nguoi o lai di tiep chuyen ke tiep tren du thuyen nay den Caribbean islands. Toi mua rat nhieu do ky niem ma toi chua bao gio mua nhieu nhu vay. Nhung du khach khac cung the. Toi di mang the theo 2 valices va 1 cai thu 3 trong de chua do ky niem mua mang ve nhung khong du . Nho du thuyen tang 2 tui lon moi nen toi co tui de chua them. Nhu vay toi di mang theo 2 valices ma di ve mang den 4 cai ma moi cai dieu nang triu. Africa la noi co nhieu do ky niem nhat ma da so la handmade vi dan that nghiep dong va ho lam do ky niem bang tay de kiem song. Toi noi voi Thy la dung tra gia vi ho ban kiem tien de nuoi gia dinh. Mot dieu toi muoi tiec nhat trong chuyen di nay la truoc khi di toi dinh cho mot so tien cho cac nguoi ngheo o Phi Chau nhung toi khong lam duoc vi thoi gian den moi nuoc eo hep qua va lai toi e ngai nguy hiem cho tanh mang khi ho biet minh co mang theo nhieu tien trong nguoi. Do do toi chi cho duoc mot so nho. Dieu nay lam toi hoi han khi roi Phi Chau.

Chuyen di nay hay nhat trong tat ca chuyen di ma toi da di vi toi thich di den cac nuoc ngheo. Hon nua Phi Chau co nen van hoa cao nen ho co nhieu vu dieu dan toc rat tuyet voi va nhung bai ca dia phuong rat hay. Toi nghi rang khong co mot dan toc nao co nen van hoa cao nhu o Phi Chau. Mac dau ho ngheo nhung ho co van hoa cao va ngheo vi it hoc, vi chanh phu doc tai, vi thieu nuoc uong nhung tai nguyen thien nhien phong phu nhat the gioi. Neu co dip di tro lai toi se di nua.

Cam on Troi Phat cho toi ve binh yen va cho toi duoc co mot chuyen di tuyet voi nhat.

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