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  1. We were on tour in Bangkok once that included a lunch. We love Thai food and were expecting a wonderful experience. What did we get? All American style buffet food with one Thai soup available - which was very good, btw. Very disappointing.........
  2. Yes, please let us know which person you are in the pix I posted. Inquiring minds want to know!
  3. We were happy to be there instead of way out there. We'd been to Edinburgh so many times in the past, it was nice not to have to worry about transportation into town. Had we not gone to St Andrews, we'd have just gone to Leith and had lunch at a place we've enjoyed a couple of times. I don't think I've ever seen New Haven on a HAL itinerary.
  4. Yes, we have the Seabourn orange waterproof jacket that goes over the black jackets, two in fact. Wow, it has been a long time since we were there. As I recall, the Bird Nest was under construction when we were there so it has been a long time.
  5. Although I don't have a lot of info about New Haven, we did have it as a port for Edinburgh last summer on the Island Princess. We went to St Andrews and DH decided I needed to see the course that he had the opportunity to play several times. It is a tender port and is fairly close to Leith where the Royal Yacht is available for touring. Here are a few pictures of the port area. A lighthouse near the tender dock The view of the town from the lighthouse walkway A few shops near the tender dock. Sorry, that is all we saw of New Haven, but most everyone went off to Edinburgh or elsewhere, I believe. We did get to drive over the Firth of Forth bridge near Queensferry where most ships dock on our way to St Andrews.
  6. Nice to see you getting some use from your Seabourn Antarctic jackets! Love the picture of the Great Wall. It's been a long time time since our visit there. Looks pretty empty.
  7. Perhaps only those of us of a "certain age" would quickly get the alligator.............😊
  8. No jackets on Iceland/Greenland Quest cruise. Yes, there are some zodiac shore excursions offered, but it is not an expedition cruise. Did it in 2022.
  9. Actually unrelated to post, but wanted to ask you a ? since you were on a previous cruise, same itinerary. Did you also have to tender in Ushuaia? Seems like this time they did and it was a bit of a snafu. Thanks
  10. Great street patch job!!! Love Alesund and the lovely water reflections it can provide on a nice day. We have been there several times and enjoy it each time.
  11. Just want to add a couple more pix from Paaimut, also from the Seabourn Quest, but in 2022. We also enjoy the small, less visited ports. The first is of some carvings in a stone embankment. And the second is just reflections along the walkway into the village.
  12. Just finished this book recently. It had been recommended to us last year when we were in Antarctica and since we are following multiple voyages in that part of the world decided it was time to give it a read.
  13. Now on the new Seabourn expedition ships, each cabin has a pair of Swarovski binocs for use during the voyage. Of course, they are also more than happy to sell them to you!
  14. We were lucky enough to eat there once also. I believe it was on our way to Machu Picchu. We did not have all the stops prior to this though! Interesting setting for sure.
  15. As for the app, it's really not similar to the Princess app, but almost identical in function and look (with the exception of color schemese) to the Holland America app.
  16. The blue jackets are crew. They all have an opportunity to go on the zodiac tours and landings at some point if they wish. One of our waiters in the DR got to go twice in Jan/Feb 2023 and was so excited. He did stand in line for several hours to await the opportunity both times. They go only after everyone else. Too bad you were unable to land at Salisbury Plain. The first time there, we could not but were able to land nearby at a spot that was not as populated, but a wonderful way to spend Christmas Day! I'll post a picture of that area as well as one or two from Salisbury Plain where we were able to land on our last trip. South Georgia is amazing! From near Salisbury Plain........ Salisbury Plain with a couple hundred thousand...... It was a bit muddy!
  17. We were in 747 last Jan/Feb on the Quest and loved it. We had no noise from above, however, we were in Antarctica and South Georgia, so activity there may have been more limited than at other times. We loved the location and would happily book it again.
  18. The Polar Plunge is done right off the tender/zodiac platform and each participant is tethered. They are doing this also on the Venture and Pursuit which are in Antarctica currently. I saw a photo last week of one participant who donned a onesie type of penguin outfit for the event! And yes, we like the Quest. We've only done the three small ones, haven't ventured onto the newer, larger ones yet.
  19. Interesting that the Polar Plunge was done in the pool. The two times we were on the Quest (holidays 2019/20 and January 2023), it was a true Polar Plunge and there were more participants than I would have imagined. And, btw, we were on the Zaandam in that photo you posted!! Can you tell, we love Antarctica? We mailed post cards from the Chilean base you showed yesterday on January 1, 2020. The postcard arrived in the states in October!!
  20. Since you had less than desirable weather today, I thought I'd share a photo or two taken from the Zaandam on December 29, 2015. We were fortunate to get good views of the Albatross Monument. I've been enjoying your trip along with you.
  21. Too bad but well deserved. His stories about the Falkland war were fascinating!
  22. Sure is. Although we did it some years ago with Patrick Watts, we were running right along side the HAL excursion.
  23. We certainly need a sad face for your post shark b8! 😪 So sorry that you are missing the experiences that you were so looking forward to. Hope that you and the Mrs are much better soon. Bummer......
  24. I know there will be many photos of Sydney today so I'll not duplicate any of those - I think anyway. We've been there several times, but this is one of my favorite pictures taken from the Taronga Zoo.
  25. Hopefully, there will be no twerking poolside to accompany the thong! 🙈
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