Mariner of The Sea

a cruise on royal caribbeans ship mariner of the sea with buddy and maureen musto. we visited coco key, the ships private island, but didn't get off the ship.next went to st. thomas,v.i. and did some shopping for booze.next to st. marten,dwi.,our favorite ...

... be nice. Same ship different people different ports. Looking forward to going to the radiance Luc is there. He a good friend from the Mariner the guy I went to visit in Montreal last fall. Looking forward to the run I am going to get to see tons. Alaska, ...

The first day at sea started off cloudy.  The boys couldn't go sun themselves - and it was a bit cold. But then God apparently noticed, realized his mistake, and cleared the skies just as Project Runway started.  Heidi was thrilled and even gave ...

... a steep decline we were at Milford Sound. Magnificent.  A beautiful inlet with mile high peaks all around. We boarded our boat, the Milford Mariner. It was odd looking. It had 5 decks, lots of seating and viewing room. We made it to our cabins. Not ...

... descent was fast and furious and deserved a beer at a restaurant as reward.  Just a little point of interest, on the Mariner the night before (and on several other nights) we ordered a complimentary cheese plate to finish off the evening meal in the ...

... was our accommodation for the night.  While on board, we learned about the fiords (valleys formed by ice and filled in by the sea) and then had time to kayak (the hightlight of the trip so far!).  Even though we ignored all the guidebooks that ...

... to report that the diving was spectacular! Some of the best diving I have ever done. The coral was in superb condition and the sea life was bountiful. We did see a couple areas that were damaged by the tsunami, but because the Similan islands are in ...

Sea day and real seas. We were rocked to sleep last night by the sea. This morning the winds are about 45 knots and seas are about 15-20 feet. Not really big but, sufficient to cause everyone to walk around like the proverbial drunken sailor and for huge ...

... and stronger. I completely forgot about the pain in my arm just wanting to get back into dry land. I definitely needed more experience in the sea, and this reaffirmed my idea that me as a human, being of land and not of water, need to regard the ocean a ...

... the most dramatic migrations of marine mammals occurs here as this is the summer destination of the gray whales, which winter in the Sea of Cortés between January and March. The Bering Sea, most scientists believe, stands as an indicator of climate ...

... , florescent and, at times, HUGE fish which hug the coral and it's surroundings combined to create an encapsulating world under the sea. I really enjoyed the dive that came with our trip out to sea and even when faced with a 2 foot reef shark I was in ...

... a big ocean, and dolphins are relatively small creatures, so as Marjorie Dawes would say, "it's not easy, is it". Though the sea was calm and visibility was good, but we were struggling. Eventually, around one of the scattered offshore islands we finally ...

... the Sound in all its glory. The mist whispered around the tops of the mountains. The boat sailed all the way up to the sea, and then back down, heading into Crooked Arm, one of the three inlets in the Sound. The wind blew, HARD. The mist became rain ...

... this was for the feng shui of the area, since a dragon said to live in the hill needed to be able to get to the sea without being impeded by the building. That is how superstitious the Chinese are! Finally, we arrived at the Stanley Market, a favorite ...

The sea was rocky today.  I think it knew that it was Friday the 13th.  After global studies I had my physics for mariner's midterm.  It wasn't too tough but I got all the true/ false questions to be false so I guess I will see if that was ...

... from 98% pure white silica sand, and is amazing to look at and to feel. It was such a beautiful bay with stunning sand formations in the sea/inlet. We first walked up to a good vantage point to snap some pics, and then it was down to play in the sand. It ...