Cruising on out of here.

[Triggersmob]

Ahh, there you go again Steve......abandoning your fellow knights and knightesses in the heat of summer. Go ahead, have fun with cool sea breezes, sunny skies, a large amount of ship's credit and free cool drinks. I guess we're in another world trying to collect coins by trading, bidding, and outright purchasing while you and your wife have a merry old time. We'll try to forget your action, but this is the last time.

Says he, who I first met when he cruised into Fremantle. LOL
Hopefully we will have great time, but I'm expecting it to be hot and sticky.
One downside is that East Timor uses USD for it's currency, so I'm not expecting
to find too many, if any, new coins.

Call in here on the way home Steve

We will be flying home from Singapore to Perth, so I'm not expecting to be any where near your place AJ.

Lucky ducks!  You've worked hard so time to look forward to a nice break. :angel:

You're right there Nancy. My wife and I spent many years without a holiday, so we are making up for lost time now.

[ausjack]

Gee that's a shame and if it wasn't so far I'd come up Oh well I'll have to try and make it to Perth one day :winkextra:

[duggee27]

down the hooghly river - murishdabad* to kolkata

well
its not up there for its good looks but the service and food was first class
only 12 cabins/24 ppl but we had only 14 ppl making a small but eclectic mix of poms and aussies
due to the low levels of water we ran aground 3 times !! luckily the last time a tug boat was nearby to haul us off.
on one of the groundings they jettisoned some water (thank heavens it was not the beer!)

* murishdabad- the old old capital of india, where the british east india co. took over and beat the french and changed the course of history in india

[ausjack]

Cool, sounds like your having fun duggee :good: Lucky they didn't make you jump overboard and swim with a rope in ya teeth, or did they :shock:

[trout]

You lucky stiff Duggee, that looks super relaxing.
I can just imagine you sitting up on the top deck sipping on an icy cold beer watching the sights of India slowly slipping by.
What a great choice for an overseas holiday , it most certainly beats a trip to Bali with all the crowded bars and beaches :good:

[robbiegal]

my son spent a couple of weeks in Timor-Leste the year before last and had a great
he went on a photography trip

the abject poverty was a shock to him but he really enjoyed the trip and wants to go back again

my other son went to Vietnam this year and I reckon that he and the g'friend are still in culture shock

I think the young ones can really be affected by the poverty (well, the ones who experience compassion)

[duggee27]

for 4 people after 3 weeks of up to leh in kashmir in himalaya, down to and all-round rajasthan, delhi(pop. same as oz!!) taj mahal , 2 x tiger reserves, varanasi... by internal flights , o/night train, and mostly by traveller van(8 -10 seater)incurring some longish days as roads are crap with obstacles such as cows, dogs and all types of vehicles travelling on the wrong side of the road...mind you there are no rules!! they leave their luck in the hands of the many gods they have.. was a bit stressful at times..certainly enjoyed that beer at days end

getting on the boat for 5 nights was awesome as we could relax more and with some side trips topped off a hectic and in your face at times experience

trout , you got that right , top deck was the place to have a coldie and watch india go by.



job creating exists, still lots of manual labour. thats got to be 40-50 kg of sand on his head. sand off to the brickworks- a major contributor to pollution as there is so many of them. the clay sent off to be figurines, bricks etc.



poverty is everywhere but they get on with life, no welfare here just their beliefs and seem happy to communicate even with a language barrier


markets in delhi, very very busy, noisy and smelly

and for the bikers .. still making them in india and have a great sound



the men do the selling and flower arranging ... women do the hard yakka of picking and packaging


and so ends my tiny "slide show" but standby for a glossy coffee table album (over 2000 photos to cull) !! :yahoo::angel:

[ausjack]

Nice pic's duggee :good:

[robbiegal]

jeppers
there's cattle on that dingee!!!! far out

fascinating trip by the look of it

[keldaw]

down the hooghly river - murishdabad* to kolkata

well
its not up there for its good looks but the service and food was first class
only 12 cabins/24 ppl but we had only 14 ppl making a small but eclectic mix of poms and aussies
due to the low levels of water we ran aground 3 times !! luckily the last time a tug boat was nearby to haul us off.
on one of the groundings they jettisoned some water (thank heavens it was not the beer!)

* murishdabad- the old old capital of india, where the british east india co. took over and beat the french and changed the course of history in india

DUGGEE

this is a reply I got from my India friend in Brisbane when I sent him a pic of the boat you went on .   ,, kel ,,






To:


  kel kinsey ;
 

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Fri 3/25/2016 12:43 PM


Looks good Kel,

Murishdabad was part of India when the British were in India.I don't think it is on the Hoogly river but connected by way of tributaries which flows into the Hoogly, the latter then flowing thru Kolkotta(was Calcutta!).

I dare say the food would have been sumptuous to say the least and entertainment top class but bawdy! They would have had a Anglo-Indian or Goan dance band who really know how to jazz it up.Worth a trip I reckon?!! Running aground is common place!!

Will see if I can find any of those coins for you?the kangaroo spewing on the others back?!

Trust you are both well and enjoying the slightly cooler weather?

God bless,

Glenn

[Triggersmob]

I think Goldy should be getting excited about now.
Around South America cruise starts soon.
Have a great time mate. I am jealous.

[Goldseeker]

Yes, excited isn't the word.   I am calm and not looking forward to the flight from Melbourne to Sydney on Wednesday morning.   I just don't like flying.

We are off for 84 days come Wednesday morning on the Sea Princess.   One can track the cruise by going through Google and looking for the Current Position Of Sea Princess.

We return on the 05 Apr so it will be a long absence for me from the forum.

Take care all of you whilst I am away and I will try my best to post in the forum whilst away if I can pick it up at sea.

So till 05 Apr 17, have fun people.

[Pedro]

Hope you have a wonderful time on the trip Goldie.

Pedro

[JeffH]

Sorry everyone else. All sold out! Sydney To Valparaiso Crossing. And, obviously, more if they don't get back until 05 April!

Did you get the premium drinks package at no extra cost? Recent mailings we have had offered that for cruises exceeding seven days.

[Triggersmob]

If you want to follow Goldy's trip, you can follow the ship here....
http://www.cruisin.me/cruise-ship-tracker/princess-cruises/sea-princess.php

This is the webcam for Sea Princess too... http://www.princess.com/bridgecams/