Category: World Cruise
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UWC Day 017 – Fortaleza, Brazil – A Weird Day
Weird day. Possibly one of the sketchiest excursions I’ve ever been on, but some stunning views and beach time. Little odd and offputting start to Brazil and South America. We roll with the punches. Late Start (All Around) Reconfirmed my lifelong assumption that I’m not a morning person by (accidentally?) turning off my alarm and…
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UWC Day 016 – Cruising – Christmas on the Serenade
Fun day of activities and celebrations on the Serenade for Christmas. Super anticipated by many onboard, but we passed the equator as well today on day 16 of the ultimate world cruise. Passing the Equator Unpopular opinion, but I wasn’t super interested in when we passed the equator. It’s cool, but my sleep was more…
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UWC Day 015 – Cruising – Football and Festivities on the Open Ocean
Cruising day at sea with holiday festivities and sports!! Late Start Woke up and was surprised to find it was already 2 PM. I ended up sleeping almost 12 hours, which is semi crazy. Pretty nice outside from the camera feed, with some clouds and sun as we sailed out and about on the way…
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UWC Day 014 – Being Flexible and Going with the Flow
We were supposed to go to French Guiana and to Devil’s Island, site of a penal colony shown in Papillon. I slept kinda funky all night, as my knee was bothering me all night while sleeping (which doesn’t bode well). Door Update Wasn’t sure if anyone would care about photos these days, as everyone is…
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UWC Day 013 – Cruising – Relaxing and Learning Day
Super chill day, slept a lot (or seemed like a lot, since we lost another hour going forward a timezone as well). Mostly took care of some errands, paid bills, finished up some work I’ve been working on some side projects for the blog as I learn and transform the front end. Sharing Meetup Wasn’t…
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UWC Day 012 – Grenada – Disaster and Beauty in the Mountains
Had a tour booked with ToursByLocals that was originally going to hike to the summit of one of the mountain peaks but the trail was washed out by rain, so we pivoted to a whole host of different activities instead per recommendation of my local guide Roger. Morning Lap Started the day with an obligatory…
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UWC Day 011 – Barbados – Driving through Paradise
Woke up bright and early to get off the ship by 9AM for a private tour. I’m not gonna lie…I was pretty tired and briefly considered just bailing on the day as there were reports of a storm anyway coming today, but boy am I glad I didn’t! Wasn’t terribly windy this morning as evidenced…
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UWC Day 010 – Cruising Day and Catching up on sleep
Short-ish post, because it was a short-ish day. Apparently running on fumes from the last couple days of excitement and lack of sleep catches up with you. I slept in to no alarm, and found myself waking up at 1 PM. Even though it was already late, I still felt groggy most of the rest…
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UWC Day 009 – Bonaire – Beauty in Nature
Was most excited about Bonaire in the three island ABC chain, partly because I had found a photography tour with a Casper Douma a freelance conservation photographer for the World Wildlife Foundation (WWF). We had plans to go all around the island, and it was a nice change of pace to not have to plan…
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UWC Day 008 – Curaçao – Finding Peace in the Small Things
Biggest island in the ABC chain of islands (Aruba, Bonaire and Curaçao), I was told by multiple people on the ship, as well as on Aruba that Curaçao had “nothing to see or do” and to wait for Bonaire. I’m glad I didn’t listen to them and did my own thing instead! Changing Plans Changed…
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