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Just one of the cannon emplacements

July 8th 2014
08/07/14 Gibraltar: During the night Dawn Princess continued to steam in West-South-Westerly course towards Gibraltar. This morning we manoeuvred and berthed inside of the breakwaters of Gibraltar. Gibraltar is a British Overseas Territory located on the southern end of the Iberian Peninsula at the entrance of the Mediterranean. It has as area of 6.0 Sq Km’s and a northern border with the Provi ... read more

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Strategically important, Gibraltar was ceded to Great Britain by Spain in the 1713 Treaty of Utrecht; the British garrison was formally declared a colony in 1830. In referendums held in 1967 and 2002, Gibraltarians ignored Spanish pressure and voted ... ... read more

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Welcome to Jim & Colleen's travel blog for 2014, on Tuesday the 20th of May we depart on a 102 night cruise visiting many and varied exotic and not so exotic ports. We depart from Brisbane and return to Sydney on the 31st of August. One of the highlights of this trip will be meeting up with an old Navy mate in Mumbai. From there we head out to Agra for a visit to the Taj Mahal, which will be very exciting. It is a four day trip where we catch planes, trains, rickshaws, and get to spend much time with the locals. After visiting the Taj, we then pick up the ship in Duba... full info

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