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Does anyone know how to get an EVisa for Kenya? The government website has a glitch that doesn't allow me to continue -- only a back button shows, no place to confirm I would like a code sent to my email to continue.
I have found some commercial sites offering a Kenya EVisa for a fee, which I am willing to pay if the visa is legit. Has anyone used any of these commercial sites? Any advice is appreciated.
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5 hours ago, Heartfelttraveler said:
Where did you/planning to stay in Victoria Falls.
Did you fly Air Link?
We flew AirLink from Maputo to Jo'burg and from Vic Falls to Cape Town. We flew Fast Jet from Jo'burg to Vic Falls.
We went to Hwange by road from Vic Falls and Victoria Falls Guide arranged seats on a charter from Hwange back to Vic Falls to connect with our Air Link flight back to Cape Town. We did this in early March before Fast Jet started service between Hwange and Vic Falls.
In Vic Falls we stayed at Palm River Hotel. It was outside of town but they have a shuttle to town and all of our activities had transfers. It was peaceful to be on the river instead of in town.
The Victoria Falls Guide website has extensive info about accommodation in Vic Falls.
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Our group of six did an awesome private deviation from the HAL 2023 World Cruise to Victoria Falls and the Hwange National Park. We used the website VictoriaFalls-Guide.net, which has extensive information about traveling in Zimbabwe, Zambia and Botswana. Everything you want to know in one place -- accommodations, restaurants, activities, visas, currency, etc. We booked everything except our flights through them and it was seamless. Even if you don't book through them, it is a wonderful resource. And going private was a huge savings over a ship's tour.
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6 minutes ago, Taters said:
They had video of him buying a jug of gasoline about an hour prior to the Two Rivers fire. They had him in custody the next day, I think. Here's an article from ADN: https://www.adn.com/alaska-news/crime-courts/2021/08/27/17-year-old-charged-in-connection-with-series-of-fires-in-two-rivers-area-east-of-fairbanks/
Thanks!!! I hope they throw the book at him.
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17 minutes ago, Taters said:
I actually used to work for Ron and Shirley at the Chatanika Lodge years ago and lived in a cabin nearby. I quit when I was 7 months pregnant back in September, 1989. We love those folks to pieces.
I met my husband working out there. He had a homestead at 53 Mile Steese.
And yes, losing Two Rivers Lodge last week was horrible. At least they've finally caught the arsonist. What a senseless tragedy.
We are near the McKay Creek trailhead. When did they catch the arsonist? Didn't see the news in the Daily Miner downloaded this morning.
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5 hours ago, Taters said:
Well, there is no Quest Diagnostics in Fairbanks, Alaska, or in any part of Alaska. They used to be here, but it looks like they've bailed.
Honestly, HAL needs to recognize that they should set up testing facilities within their terminals like some other cruise lines do, and like they've done in Greece. Luckily for me there is testing 7 days per week at the Fairbanks airport, holidays included. If I didn't have this option I'd have to cancel my upcoming B2B cruises in late November/early December, as we have to get tested on Thanksgiving day. Hopefully they will change their tune soon. It seems a lot of people are cancelling due to lack of testing facilities.
Fairbanks airport is the best. We summer in Chatanika, left for FL last week. There used to be testing at Tampa airport, but they've stopped and turned it over to urgent care facilities. Much harder to get a test here. BTW, so sorry to hear about Two Rivers Lodge.
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38 minutes ago, CruiserBruce said:
What people need to understand is the very rapid tests (which a cruise line would likely be doing at the gangway) are much more expensive, and somewhat less accurate. But people just think "no big deal, the deep pockets cruise line will pick up the cost".
Said it before, will say it again....testing 72 hours out is not as complicated as people think...just takes a little thought or planning. Have tested twice to go to Hawaii, with another, third trip in Covid time, already scheduled for Oct 2, testing if needed. And a similar timeline imagined for our cruise in late February.
Isn't it nice that you can get an appointment for October!! I can't make an appointment until a week prior to the test day -- and that is only if I jump online to make the appointment as soon as it opens up. So it is a bit more complicated for some of us.
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I couldn't agree more! I was so happy when I changed from my Windows phone and could access the CC app.
I have been on ships since August so have had limited Internet during the website change. It has been difficult to figure out the new site given the access limitations. And I have found that the "mobile friendly" site takes much longer to load pages than the app did.
Bottom line: my usage of the CC site has also dropped dramatically and remains minimal. Hopefully when I get back to shore in December I will be able to figure out the work around.
But really I should not have to devise work arounds. The app needs to be restored.
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A few days ago the Prinsendam's Capt and HD held a Q&A where they confirmed that Orlando had told them HAL is looking into the possibility of a small ship to replace the Prinsendam. They would buy a ship or buy a hull and finish it out.Orlando Ashford spent the night on the Prinsendam while in Bordeaux (Sunday/Monday) allegedly seeing what makes small ships special.The word is that a new small ship (1,000 pax) is under consideration; it would have to be a "green" (eco-friendly) ship.
If the details come to fruition, HAL would like to announce on the last Prinsendam sailing.
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Orlando seems to be good at telling people what they want to hear. We visited the Koningsdam while in port together and told an officier what Orlando had said on the Prinsendam. His reply was that Orlando also visited the Koningsdam and said that the company's future was big ship and that HAL would not build any more small ships.
The two statements are not contradictory, just a different emphasis.
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Orlando Ashford spent the night on the Prinsendam while in Bordeaux (Sunday/Monday) allegedly seeing what makes small ships special.
The word is that a new small ship (1,000 pax) is under consideration; it would have to be a "green" (eco-friendly) ship.
If the details come to fruition, HAL would like to announce on the last Prinsendam sailing.
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Come on people. Can't we all just be respectful and utilize the "ignore" function as needed? This has gone on a bit too long.
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I have 341 days on Prinsendam with another 82 for Fall 2018. I have gotten to know the crew and many of the repeat passengers. It feels like the loss of many friends, not just a friend.No, but there is a big difference between the loss of a friend and the loss of an inanimate object. :rolleyes:Sent from my ONEPLUS A5000 using Forums mobile app
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We are cancelling 60 days on the rearranged voyages -- mid-September back to Ft Lauderdale.We canceled our rearranged cruise today.Sent from my ONEPLUS A5000 using Forums mobile app
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If I spoke German I too would sail on her. Time to look at Viking Ocean, whose ships can go to downtown Bordeaux and sail to Kiel Canal.Einzlen?"Odd" collection of ships in this cruise line, in the meaning of no one overall standardized product. A former soviet cruise ship, a clunker like the Alexander von Humbioldt (which we cruised on as the Voyager), and now the singular class ex-Royal Viking Prinsendam.
Eccentric doesn't work either. I should have used the word "unique". If I spoke German, I would probably be one of Phoenix Reisen's happiest customers - small ships and unique world itineraries? Count me in. Gern.
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Her new name is Amera and she is scheduled to start service in August 2019.
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I would too if I were booked on a Kiel Canal sailing. We have bookings for Fall 2019. Waiting to see what changes will be made to those.In our case we will cancel the cruise as the new itinerary drops Hamburg, the Kiel cancel and Mariehamn. Now its just another plain old Baltic cruise.Sent from my ONEPLUS A5000 using Forums mobile app
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I wonder if the Rotterdam is going out of Amsterdam proper or she will go to Ijmuiden.Cont’d : I heard from passengers on the Rotterdam that they refuse to sail out of Amsterdam .I did , on the beautiful Prinsendam ...
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I just got this from a friend. Haven't heard anything from TA yet:Just got a message from our cruise consultant @ HAL that she has been sold. Details to follow as they make the adjustments to everything.I was on the phone with HAL just now asking about a Holiday cruise. *
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The CSR told me that they had just received an internal email message this morning stating that
the Prinsendam will be transferred to Phoenix Reisen on July 01, 2019. No other info.*
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Thought you would want to know.
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We're booked on what would be the last trans Atlantic. The final cruise would be the Amazon cruise. It will be rather sad.Chief,If your cruise turns out to be her final HAL cruise, you will experience the same emotions that many of us felt when we sailed on the Statendam's final HAL voyage. It will be a memorable experience!
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My guess would be that the sale is contingent on the outcome of the 30 year inspection. I don't expect HAL would announce anything until January at the earliest.Do we really expect this to be true? Has this historically been an issue when HAL has sold off a ship?And if this sale is indeed a fact, when might we expect HAL to actually say something about it?
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I was told last year that if the Prinsendam were to be sold, HAL would loose access to 140 ports. Doubt they care.
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. . . .There is no landing which was the question that rafinmd responded to.
Actually I was responding to the question isn't Amsterdam GOING there in the 2020 World, which was posted by we're sailing away. The quote in my reply did NOT reference landing. That was mentioned in a different post.
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Neither does the Prinsendam.Prinsendam goes there too.the question was about landing .
I don't believe the Amsterdam lands at Antarctica.
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That's the plan.Isn't the Amsterdam going there in 2020 World Cruise.?Sent from my ONEPLUS A5000 using Forums mobile app
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We finally got it figured out. The screen where they wanted us to confirm our email appeared to have no way to confirm. Nothing that said click here, only a back button. A return/enter key did nothing. Finally figured out you had to click on the text of the email address. It would have helped if they had told us that.