A to Z of Cruising in Photos

[bee-ess]

Hot Air balloon over Luxor, Egypt

[bee-ess]

17 minutes ago, Izzywiz said:

Absolutely stunning H photographs and such creativity from everyone. My DH is a passionate bird photographer and I got my wander lust from my Dad who backpacked all over Europe before the war and read me countless stories about exotic places so cruising and pre/post cruise tours are the perfect answer.

I'll start my Hs with birds....

 

Black-Headed Heron Gambia.

  Boat-Billed Heron Costa Rica

 Fascinated Tiger-Heron Costa Rica

Yellow-billed Hornbill South Africa

We were lucky to find a bird sanctuary near Montego Bay, Jamaica, where our MSC ship docked and were delighted to have the opportunity to feed the hummingbirds.....an unforgettable experience...

 

 

 White-tailed Sabrewing Hummingbird

Black-throated Mango Hummingbird

I'm not sure what this one is called

 

 

Great Bird Photos - Love the Hummingbirds

 

Compared to yours this is my poor attempt at a Hummingbird

Edited September 20, 2020 by bee-ess

[Izzywiz]

some more H creatures...

 

 

The 2 pictures below were taken at the Husky experience in Tromso...

 

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We did a pre-cruise land tour in South Africa and Botswana

 

 

Hippos 

Hyena

 

Herd of elephants

[P&O SUE]

Dried hibiscus hubby brought from Madeira’s market. It was lovely but very sweet!

[Izzywiz]

A few more Hs...

Cape Horn, South Atlantic. 

 

 

 

Ho-on-Hop-off bus, Quebec,.

The hand statue, Montivideo, Uruguay

Horse and carriage, Mdina, Malta and Manilla, Philippines

[Izzywiz]

My last Hs....promise!

Hostess tray, Boudicca but no Biscuits...boo.

Hostess tray, Celebrity infinity. It was much more sparse but at least we got a kettle...

Halloween cakes, Celebrity Infinity

seen in a Norwegian Supermarket....2 H words on the packet but not sure what the product was!

Hats....

Tobago

Palamos, Spain

Jeju Island, South Korea

[Gettingwarmer]

Hibiscus

[bee-ess]

Honolulu - Waikiki Beach

 

 

[ann141]

1 hour ago, Izzywiz said:

Absolutely stunning H photographs and such creativity from everyone. My DH is a passionate bird photographer and I got my wander lust from my Dad who backpacked all over Europe before the war and read me countless stories about exotic places so cruising and pre/post cruise tours are the perfect answer.

I'll start my Hs with birds....

 

Black-Headed Heron Gambia.

  Boat-Billed Heron Costa Rica

 Fascinated Tiger-Heron Costa Rica

Yellow-billed Hornbill South Africa

We were lucky to find a bird sanctuary near Montego Bay, Jamaica, where our MSC ship docked and were delighted to have the opportunity to feed the hummingbirds.....an unforgettable experience...

 

 

 White-tailed Sabrewing Hummingbird

Black-throated Mango Hummingbird

I'm not sure what this one is called

 

Wow! Amazing photos

[Adawn47]

3 hours ago, bee-ess said:

Queen Hatshepsut's Temple near Luxor 

 

Both you and Izzy seem to have seen every country in the world. Some wonderful photos.

Avril

[Elderflower]

Horse & carriage in Seville

 

[Elderflower]

Horta, Azores

 

[Elderflower]

Hammocks & hats in Guatemala

 

[bee-ess]

11 minutes ago, Adawn47 said:

Both you and Izzy seem to have seen every country in the world. Some wonderful photos.

Avril

 

I wish I had, would love to go to Oz, NZ, South Africa, South America although we are only in our 60's both of us still being able to fly helps. We still cruise quite a lot from Southampton but feel that lots of days are lost going from Southampton and it only takes you so far as my wife can only get 2 weeks off work at a time which is restricting.

[Elderflower]

Headless man in Cartagena, Spain

 

[Elderflower]

Hard to believe this is a sand sculpture in Puntarenas, Costa Rica.

 

[Adawn47]

1 hour ago, Izzywiz said:

My last Hs....promise!

Hostess tray, Boudicca but no Biscuits...boo.

Hostess tray, Celebrity infinity. It was much more sparse but at least we got a kettle...

Halloween cakes, Celebrity Infinity

seen in a Norwegian Supermarket....2 H words on the packet but not sure what the product was!

Hats....

Tobago

Palamos, Spain

Jeju Island, South Korea

 The packet is oatmeal porridge. Thank you Mr Google😉 I hate not knowing🤓

Avril

[Adawn47]

12 minutes ago, bee-ess said:

 

I wish I had, would love to go to Oz, NZ, South Africa, South America although we are only in our 60's both of us still being able to fly helps. We still cruise quite a lot from Southampton but feel that lots of days are lost going from Southampton and it only takes you so far as my wife can only get 2 weeks off work at a time which is restricting.

Every country we visited was always in the east. Never once travelled towards the west. In way were lucky to be retired, but as we can't fly now we cruise, so are restricted to countries closer. I'm so glad we took advantage of our healthier years and saw and experienced as much as we have. Scrolling through these photos is bringing back lovely memories of the places we've seen.

Avril

[Elderflower]

Hedges in a Mumbai park

 

[grapau27]

2 hours ago, Izzywiz said:

Absolutely stunning H photographs and such creativity from everyone. My DH is a passionate bird photographer and I got my wander lust from my Dad who backpacked all over Europe before the war and read me countless stories about exotic places so cruising and pre/post cruise tours are the perfect answer.

I'll start my Hs with birds....

 

Black-Headed Heron Gambia.

  Boat-Billed Heron Costa Rica

 Fascinated Tiger-Heron Costa Rica

Yellow-billed Hornbill South Africa

We were lucky to find a bird sanctuary near Montego Bay, Jamaica, where our MSC ship docked and were delighted to have the opportunity to feed the hummingbirds.....an unforgettable experience...

 

 

 White-tailed Sabrewing Hummingbird

Black-throated Mango Hummingbird

I'm not sure what this one is called

 

Love the photos.

Graham

[Bobcat1884]

Harder to believe this is the last supper on Gran Canaria.

[Saltybutnice13]

Harry's Bar in Venice

and

......no comment in Katakolon, Greece

 

[zap99]

19 hours ago, Izzywiz said:

Hi Avril, Royal Caribbean was very generous by game prize standards. Each time I answered a question I got a progressively more 'expensive' prize so it went from a key ring, via pen, Highlighter pen, notepad, tote bag, baseball cap, insulated mug and the 'million $' prize was a choice of a bottle of good quality champagne (no good to me because I don’t like alcohol) or a meal for 2 in one of the speciality restaurants. 

We take part in quite a lot of quizzes and some game shows and I really like the 'points mean prizes' concept that P&O, Fred Olsen, Celebrity and Oceania use rather than the trinket prizes given by some cruise lines. Our team came 2nd in an 18 day progressive trivia and lost by one point. Princess didn’t even give us a key ring for our efforts so we were a bit disappointed to say the least.

Loving this thread....

Isabel

Winning the quiz on Royal got us a key ring. That's 3 now for the Christmas tree. Winning the quiz on Brittany ferries got us a handfull of pens/highlighters, some note pads,key rings and entry into the draw for a free return Crossing. 🤔

[AndyMichelle]

1 hour ago, zap99 said:

Winning the quiz on Royal got us a key ring. That's 3 now for the Christmas tree. Winning the quiz on Brittany ferries got us a handfull of pens/highlighters, some note pads,key rings and entry into the draw for a free return Crossing. 🤔

Did you win Zapp or did you just raid the stationary cupboard??? 😊

Andy 

[P&O SUE]

1 hour ago, Bobcat1884 said:

Harder to believe this is the last supper on Gran Canaria.

Amazing!