The ms Zuiderdam docked in Willemstad, Curacao and I disembarked the cruise ship with no official excursion plans. I planned to meet my friend. Ichieron and I worked together in Mexico City and now I was visiting his native island. He told me he’d be waiting by the ship; he was. After a morning beer […]
A Personal Island Tour takes me to Daaibooi Beach, Curacao
by Craig Zabransky on January 3, 2013 in Beach, Cruise Travel
Passage through the Panama Canal in Photos
by Craig Zabransky on May 4, 2012 in Cruise Travel, Destination, Photo
Passage through the Panama Canal is on most maritime travelers’ bucket lists. And now after a recent cruise through the Caribbean I can check it off mine. The canal itself is impressive, very impressive. It is a modern marvel approaching 100 years operation still with its original locks. “Panamex” compliant cruise ships (a max of […]
Sunset Sunday – The Panama Canal Sunset in Colón
by Craig Zabransky on April 29, 2012 in Cruise Travel, Sunset Sunday
Colón, the port city named for the Cristobal Colon, or as many know him, Christopher Columbus rests on the Caribbean side of the Panama Canal. The slow, sleepy, port itself doesn’t offer much insight into the explorer who enlightened Europe on a “new world,” but it does serve as the gateway to his very dream […]
Sunset Sunday – A Balcony Sunset at Sea
by Craig Zabransky on April 22, 2012 in Cruise Travel, Sunset Sunday
The balcony. A must when selecting a cruise for a vacation. Why? There are many reasons, but my favorite – the sunset. On my most recent cruise, the ten day Panama Canal Sunfarer, I only watched the sunset on land once. It was the sunset on Eagle Beach in Aruba. So for nine nights I […]
Sunset Sunday – Sunset on Eagle Beach in Aruba
by Craig Zabransky on April 15, 2012 in Beach, Cruise Travel, Sunset Sunday
We docked in Oranjestad at 1pm. The itinerary allowed for ten hours ashore with a planned 11pm departure. Aruba marked the only day on the ten day adventure at sea with the Holland America ms Zuiderdam I’d be on land to watch a sunset. Friends told me the island of Aruba offered plenty of wonderful […]
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