I'm Off to See the Wizard

The wonderful wizard of Alaska!! Yeah I can't wait to be back in Alaska. Sounds strange to say that because it's gonna be 5 long months of hard work but it's gonna be a nice change - at least Read more

Skydiving in Honolulu

Well, this is definitely something worth writing about. I jumped out of an airplane. The airplane was 14,750 feet in the air. The free fall was 60 seconds. It was amazing. I had never thought about sky diving before Read more

Next Contract - Panama Canal and Alaska

With also a few other places thrown in such as Tahiti, Bora Bora, Hawaii and Christmas Island!! If you're interested please see below my itinerary for this next contract on the ms Statendam. I'll be joining it during dry dock Read more

Back in the USA

Well it's been a very long time since I've been back in the US for any proper amount of time. After leaving Alaska on the Volendam last year, which I'm not sure if it even counts as being in Read more

I am Alive!!

It's been a long time since I've written, but I promise I am still alive. Currently I'm in Cagliari, Sardinia, Italy. It's an island somewhere in the Med. Life is good but I'm so ready for my contract to Read more

Norway and Baltic and Med Oh My!

Well I've been incredibly busy and the internet has been awful, but I've finally had the chance to upload photos to my site. You can head on over to the photo gallery and see photos that I've taken since Read more

Europe - The New Frontier

I am about to start exploring Europe, and it's going to be an amazing whirlwind tour with a splattering of many countries. I was fortunate enough to be able to visit England and Ireland while I was on my Read more

Stonehenge, Windsor Castle and Oxford Oh My!

Two days ago Niamh and I took an all day tour to visit Stonehenge, Windsor Castle and Oxford. It was a fantastic trip and we both enjoyed ourselves immensely. The sky wasn't blue but at least it wasn't raining, Read more

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I’m Off to See the Wizard

The wonderful wizard of Alaska!! Yeah I can’t wait to be back in Alaska. Sounds strange to say that because it’s gonna be 5 long months of hard work but it’s gonna be a nice change – at least for the beginning. By the end of the 5 months I’m gonna be so ready for a break but for now I can confidently say I’m ready for some cold weather and some fast paced cruising.

The King crab and clam chowder are not among the least of the things I’m looking forward to. But also Niamh and Casey will come cruise with me. My parents and Aunt Tamah and possibly my grandma as well will be cruising. It’s gonna be a lot fun.

Today I’m in Puerto Vallarta, the last time I’ll be in Mexico. It’s nice and hot today. It feels so strange that it could be so hot here and yet where I’ll be in a week will be completely different. Actually after having worked on cruise ships for so long it feels like no where in the world is far from anywhere else. I have been on the same ship in Alaska, the Caribbean and Europe. And it doesn’t really take long to get from one place to the other. The whole world is so accessible it’s crazy.

Alright, time to get back to work and finish off this last cruise before the real work begins!

Posted on April 28, 2013 in Statendam 2013 Leave a comment

Skydiving in Honolulu

Well, this is definitely something worth writing about. I jumped out of an airplane. The airplane was 14,750 feet in the air. The free fall was 60 seconds. It was amazing. I had never thought about sky diving before and was never something I really wanted to do. A couple of people I work with on the ship really wanted to do it though and invited me. I am so glad I went with them. It was a truly amazing experience.

When we arrived at the air strip the people working there immediately wanted us to decide which package we were going to purchase. So we had to choose between 14,000 or 8,000 drop. We also had to choose if we wanted photos or video. Just the drop from 14,000 was $149. Photos and video would have brought it up to $309. I opted for just the drop but my friends got an added photo option of $68 and I happened to be in a couple of their photos. So you can see those here.

Anyways they really pressured us to decide fast and then soon as we had decided they were strapping us up and we boarded the plane and took off in a matter of minutes. It was so fast. Then it took about 10-15 minutes to get up to height and bang I was jumping out of a plane! I was quite nervous on the ride up as everything happened so fast I didn’t know what to expect. Soon as I jumped though it was very peaceful and not very scary. The earth didn’t come hurtling toward me because I was so far up. I could see a lot, it was beautiful. Especially to do it in Hawaii. The parachute opened before I expected it to, but I guess time goes pretty quick when you’re hurtling towards the earth. After the parachute opened I saw a whale breach. Amazing to see that from way up in the sky. The guy who was strapped to me coached me on what to do for landing. We landed smack on our butts but didn’t hurt.

So for these photos, I didn’t get the photo package but I appear in some of Lucille’s photos, so there is proof I jumped!

Definitely gonna do that again someday!!

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Posted on February 10, 2013 in Statendam 2013 1 Comment

Next Contract – Panama Canal and Alaska

With also a few other places thrown in such as Tahiti, Bora Bora, Hawaii and Christmas Island!! If you’re interested please see below my itinerary for this next contract on the ms Statendam. I’ll be joining it during dry dock in the Bahamas. It’ll give me a few days to get used to the new ship and get everything sorted before any guests get on the ship for the first cruise.

1/14/13 Mon Freeport, Bahamas
1/15/13 Tue Freeport, Bahamas
1/16/13 Wed Freeport, Bahamas
1/17/13 Thu Freeport, Bahamas
1/18/13 Fri FORT LAUDERDALE, FLORIDA
1/19/13 Sat At Sea
1/20/13 Sun At Sea
1/21/13 Mon Oranjestad, Aruba
1/22/13 Tue At Sea
1/23/13 Wed Transit the Panama Canal
1/24/13 Thu Scenic cruising Golfo Dulce
1/25/13 Fri Puerto Caldera (Puntarenas)
1/26/13 Sat At Sea
1/27/13 Sun Huatulco, Mexico
1/28/13 Mon Acapulco, Guerrero
1/29/13 Tue At Sea
1/30/13 Wed Cabo San Lucas, Mexico
1/31/13 Thu At Sea
2/1/13 Fri SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA
2/2/13 Sat At Sea
2/3/13 Sun At Sea
2/4/13 Mon At Sea
2/5/13 Tue At Sea
2/6/13 Wed Lahaina, Maui
2/7/13 Thu Honolulu, Oahu
2/8/13 Fri Honolulu, Oahu
2/9/13 Sat Hilo, Hawaii
2/10/13 Sun At Sea
2/12/13 Tue Cross International Dateline
2/13/13 Wed Kiritimati (Christmas Island)
2/14/13 Thu At Sea
2/15/13 Fri Bora Bora, French Polynesia
2/16/13 Sat Bora Bora, French Polynesia
2/17/13 Sun Raiatea, Society Islands
2/18/13 Mon Papeete, Tahiti, French Polynesia
2/19/13 Tue Papeete, Tahiti, French Polynesia
2/20/13 Wed Avatoru, Rangiroa
2/21/13 Thu At Sea
2/22/13 Fri Taiohae, Nuku Hiva
2/23/13 Sat At Sea
2/24/13 Sun Crossing the Equator
2/25/13 Mon At Sea
2/26/13 Tue At Sea
2/27/13 Wed At Sea
2/28/13 Thu At Sea
3/1/13 Fri SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA
3/2/13 Sat At Sea
3/3/13 Sun At Sea
3/4/13 Mon Puerto Vallarta, Mexico
3/5/13 Tue At Sea
3/6/13 Wed Huatulco, Mexico
3/7/13 Thu Puerto Chiapas, Mexico
3/8/13 Fri Puerto Quetzal, Guatemala
3/9/13 Sat At Sea
3/10/13 Sun Fuerte Amador, Panama
3/11/13 Mon Fuerte Amador, Panama
3/12/13 Tue Cartagena, Colombia
3/13/13 Wed At Sea
3/14/13 Thu At Sea
3/15/13 Fri FORT LAUDERDALE, FLORIDA
3/16/13 Sat At Sea
3/17/13 Sun At Sea
3/18/13 Mon Oranjestad, Aruba
3/19/13 Tue At Sea
3/20/13 Wed Transit the Panama Canal
3/21/13 Thu Scenic cruising Golfo Dulce
3/22/13 Fri Puerto Caldera (Puntarenas)
3/23/13 Sat At Sea
3/24/13 Sun Huatulco, Mexico
3/25/13 Mon Acapulco, Guerrero
3/26/13 Tue At Sea
3/27/13 Wed Cabo San Lucas, Mexico
3/28/13 Thu At Sea
3/29/13 Fri SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA
3/30/13 Sat At Sea
3/31/13 Sun At Sea
4/1/13 Mon Puerto Vallarta, Mexico
4/2/13 Tue At Sea
4/3/13 Wed Huatulco, Mexico
4/4/13 Thu Puerto Chiapas, Mexico
4/5/13 Fri Puerto Quetzal, Guatemala
4/6/13 Sat At Sea
4/7/13 Sun Fuerte Amador, Panama
4/8/13 Mon Fuerte Amador, Panama
4/9/13 Tue Cartagena, Colombia
4/10/13 Wed At Sea
4/11/13 Thu At Sea
4/12/13 Fri FORT LAUDERDALE, FLORIDA
4/13/13 Sat At Sea
4/14/13 Sun At Sea
4/15/13 Mon Kralendijk, Bonaire
4/16/13 Tue Willemstad, Curaçao
4/17/13 Wed Oranjestad, Aruba
4/18/13 Thu At Sea
4/19/13 Fri Transit the Panama Canal
4/20/13 Sat At Sea
4/21/13 Sun Puerto Caldera (Puntarenas)
4/22/13 Mon Corinto, Nicaragua
4/23/13 Tue Puerto Quetzal, Guatemala
4/24/13 Wed Puerto Chiapas, Mexico
4/25/13 Thu Huatulco, Mexico
4/26/13 Fri At Sea
4/27/13 Sat Manzanillo, Mexico
4/28/13 Sun Puerto Vallarta, Mexico
4/29/13 Mon At Sea
4/30/13 Tue At Sea
5/1/13 Wed San Diego, California
5/2/13 Thu At Sea
5/3/13 Fri At Sea
5/4/13 Sat Victoria, British Columbia
5/5/13 Sun VANCOUVER, CANADA
5/6/13 Mon Cruising the Inside Passage
5/7/13 Tue Juneau, Alaska
5/8/13 Wed Skagway, Alaska
5/9/13 Thu Glacier Bay Scenic Cruising
5/10/13 Fri Ketchikan, Alaska
5/11/13 Sat Cruising the Inside Passage
5/12/13 Sun VANCOUVER, CANADA
5/13/13 Mon Cruising the Inside Passage
5/14/13 Tue Juneau, Alaska
5/15/13 Wed Skagway, Alaska
5/16/13 Thu Glacier Bay Scenic Cruising
5/17/13 Fri Ketchikan, Alaska
5/18/13 Sat Cruising the Inside Passage
5/19/13 Sun VANCOUVER, CANADA
5/20/13 Mon Cruising the Inside Passage
5/21/13 Tue Ketchikan, Alaska
5/22/13 Wed Juneau, Alaska
5/23/13 Thu Skagway, Alaska
5/24/13 Fri Glacier Bay Scenic Cruising
5/25/13 Sat At Sea (Gulf of Alaska)
5/26/13 Sun SEWARD (ANCHORAGE), ALASKA
5/27/13 Mon At Sea (Gulf of Alaska)
5/28/13 Tue Glacier Bay Scenic Cruising
5/29/13 Wed Haines, Alaska
5/30/13 Thu Juneau, Alaska
5/31/13 Fri Ketchikan, Alaska
6/1/13 Sat Cruising the Inside Passage
6/2/13 Sun VANCOUVER, CANADA
6/3/13 Mon Cruising the Inside Passage
6/4/13 Tue Ketchikan, Alaska
6/5/13 Wed Juneau, Alaska
6/6/13 Thu Skagway, Alaska
6/7/13 Fri Glacier Bay Scenic Cruising
6/8/13 Sat At Sea (Gulf of Alaska)
6/9/13 Sun SEWARD (ANCHORAGE), ALASKA
6/10/13 Mon At Sea (Gulf of Alaska)
6/11/13 Tue Glacier Bay Scenic Cruising
6/12/13 Wed Haines, Alaska
6/13/13 Thu Juneau, Alaska
6/14/13 Fri Ketchikan, Alaska
6/15/13 Sat Cruising the Inside Passage
6/16/13 Sun VANCOUVER, CANADA
6/17/13 Mon Cruising the Inside Passage
6/18/13 Tue Ketchikan, Alaska
6/19/13 Wed Juneau, Alaska
6/20/13 Thu Skagway, Alaska
6/21/13 Fri Glacier Bay Scenic Cruising
6/22/13 Sat At Sea (Gulf of Alaska)
6/23/13 Sun SEWARD (ANCHORAGE), ALASKA
6/24/13 Mon At Sea (Gulf of Alaska)
6/25/13 Tue Glacier Bay Scenic Cruising
6/26/13 Wed Haines, Alaska
6/27/13 Thu Juneau, Alaska
6/28/13 Fri Ketchikan, Alaska
6/29/13 Sat Cruising the Inside Passage
6/30/13 Sun VANCOUVER, CANADA
7/1/13 Mon Cruising the Inside Passage
7/2/13 Tue Ketchikan, Alaska
7/3/13 Wed Juneau, Alaska
7/4/13 Thu Skagway, Alaska
7/5/13 Fri Glacier Bay Scenic Cruising
7/6/13 Sat At Sea (Gulf of Alaska)
7/7/13 Sun SEWARD (ANCHORAGE), ALASKA
7/8/13 Mon At Sea (Gulf of Alaska)
7/9/13 Tue Glacier Bay Scenic Cruising
7/10/13 Wed Haines, Alaska
7/11/13 Thu Juneau, Alaska
7/12/13 Fri Ketchikan, Alaska
7/13/13 Sat Cruising the Inside Passage
7/14/13 Sun VANCOUVER, CANADA
7/15/13 Mon Cruising the Inside Passage
7/16/13 Tue Ketchikan, Alaska
7/17/13 Wed Juneau, Alaska
7/18/13 Thu Skagway, Alaska
7/19/13 Fri Glacier Bay Scenic Cruising
7/20/13 Sat At Sea (Gulf of Alaska)
7/21/13 Sun SEWARD (ANCHORAGE), ALASKA
7/22/13 Mon At Sea (Gulf of Alaska)
7/23/13 Tue Glacier Bay Scenic Cruising
7/24/13 Wed Haines, Alaska
7/25/13 Thu Juneau, Alaska
7/26/13 Fri Ketchikan, Alaska
7/27/13 Sat Cruising the Inside Passage
7/28/13 Sun VANCOUVER, CANADA
7/29/13 Mon Cruising the Inside Passage
7/30/13 Tue Ketchikan, Alaska
7/31/13 Wed Juneau, Alaska
8/1/13 Thu Skagway, Alaska
8/2/13 Fri Glacier Bay Scenic Cruising
8/3/13 Sat At Sea (Gulf of Alaska)
8/4/13 Sun SEWARD (ANCHORAGE), ALASKA
8/5/13 Mon At Sea (Gulf of Alaska)
8/6/13 Tue Glacier Bay Scenic Cruising
8/7/13 Wed Haines, Alaska
8/8/13 Thu Juneau, Alaska
8/9/13 Fri Ketchikan, Alaska
8/10/13 Sat Cruising the Inside Passage
8/11/13 Sun VANCOUVER, CANADA
8/12/13 Mon Cruising the Inside Passage
8/13/13 Tue Ketchikan, Alaska
8/14/13 Wed Juneau, Alaska
8/15/13 Thu Skagway, Alaska
8/16/13 Fri Glacier Bay Scenic Cruising
8/17/13 Sat At Sea (Gulf of Alaska)
8/18/13 Sun SEWARD (ANCHORAGE), ALASKA
8/19/13 Mon At Sea (Gulf of Alaska)
8/20/13 Tue Glacier Bay Scenic Cruising
8/21/13 Wed Haines, Alaska
8/22/13 Thu Juneau, Alaska
8/23/13 Fri Ketchikan, Alaska
8/24/13 Sat Cruising the Inside Passage
8/25/13 Sun VANCOUVER, CANADA
8/26/13 Mon Cruising the Inside Passage
8/27/13 Tue Ketchikan, Alaska
8/28/13 Wed Juneau, Alaska
8/29/13 Thu Skagway, Alaska
8/30/13 Fri Glacier Bay Scenic Cruising
8/31/13 Sat At Sea (Gulf of Alaska)
9/1/13 Sun SEWARD (ANCHORAGE), ALASKA
9/2/13 Mon At Sea (Gulf of Alaska)
9/3/13 Tue Glacier Bay Scenic Cruising
9/4/13 Wed Haines, Alaska
9/5/13 Thu Juneau, Alaska
9/6/13 Fri Ketchikan, Alaska
9/7/13 Sat Cruising the Inside Passage
9/8/13 Sun VANCOUVER, CANADA
9/9/13 Mon Cruising the Inside Passage
9/10/13 Tue Ketchikan, Alaska
9/11/13 Wed Juneau, Alaska
9/12/13 Thu Skagway, Alaska
9/13/13 Fri Glacier Bay Scenic Cruising
9/14/13 Sat At Sea (Gulf of Alaska)
9/15/13 Sun SEWARD (ANCHORAGE), ALASKA
9/16/13 Mon At Sea (Gulf of Alaska)
9/17/13 Tue Glacier Bay Scenic Cruising
9/18/13 Wed Haines, Alaska
9/19/13 Thu Juneau, Alaska
9/20/13 Fri Ketchikan, Alaska
9/21/13 Sat Cruising the Inside Passage
9/22/13 Sun VANCOUVER, CANADA
9/23/13 Mon Cruising the Inside Passage
9/24/13 Tue Juneau, Alaska
9/25/13 Wed Skagway, Alaska
9/26/13 Thu Glacier Bay Scenic Cruising
9/27/13 Fri Ketchikan, Alaska
9/28/13 Sat Cruising the Inside Passage
9/29/13 Sun VANCOUVER, CANADA
Posted on January 4, 2013 in Cruise Life 3 Comments
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