Monday, November 24, 2008
Shakespeare At Sea 2 - The Movie
Here's the 10-day cruise in a 5-minute movie. I had to delete the footage that showed me repelling a Caribbean pirate attack as I saved the ship, crew, and passengers from certain death, but the movie is already twice a long as I'd planned. Also, to keep the movie a reasonable length, I had to cut all the nude beach scenes and the shots of the UFO that hovered over our ship for three days. But I kept all the good stuff.
Saturday, November 22, 2008
Atlantis Submarine Tour - The Movie
I've posted a short movie (2:17) of the Atlantis Submarine Tour we took in Barbados. I hope to add a few more short movies of the cruise this week.
Sunday, November 16, 2008
So Here We Are
After the farewell cocktail in the Crow's Nest, I ran to our room grabbed my GPS and laptop, then went back to the Crow's Nest where there are huge tilted windows, ideal for picking up a GPS signal. I launched my RouteBuddy software, then plugged the GPS into the laptop for a full screen map of our position in the Bahamas area. Unfortunately, I didn't download a detailed map of the Bahamas before I left home, but the screen shot below shows our exact location at 7:45 PM Sunday night.
The red circle is our location.
Detail of our location. It would look more interesting if we weren't in the middle of an ocean.
The red circle is our location.
Detail of our location. It would look more interesting if we weren't in the middle of an ocean.
Half Moon Cay, Bahamas
About 8 AM we arrived at Half Moon Cay in the Bahamas. This is a private island owned by Holland America Cruise Lines. Here, you can take a launch from the ship to the island and have the beach all to yourself. All two thousand of you.
The beach is beautiful. Beautiful turquoise water. Beautiful fine, white sand. Robin stayed on the ship while I checked it out. It was so pretty that I decided to go back to the ship and convince Robin to come ashore. By the time I got back to the ship, the sun was so blazing hot that I decided to stay on the ship myself. However, as usual, I documented the day with some photographic evidence.
At 5 PM we're meeting pals Duane and Margie (from Ashland, OR) at the Ocean Bar (a piano bar on Deck 3), then we have a farewell cocktail party in the Crow's Nest bar on Deck 10. Finally, we have reservations at the Pinnacle Grill at 8:30 with Theresa, principal of InSight Cruises (organizers of this and other themed cruises, including MacMania Cruises).
Boarding the launch that will take me to the private paradise of Half Moon Cay. I wonder where all these other people are going?
A veiw of the cruise ship as I approach the private paradise beach. Hey, this isn't so bad. I wonder where everyone else went?
Oops. And this is with half the ship still heading this way.
I'm back on the ship, and most of the sunbathers are on the beach.
The beach is beautiful. Beautiful turquoise water. Beautiful fine, white sand. Robin stayed on the ship while I checked it out. It was so pretty that I decided to go back to the ship and convince Robin to come ashore. By the time I got back to the ship, the sun was so blazing hot that I decided to stay on the ship myself. However, as usual, I documented the day with some photographic evidence.
At 5 PM we're meeting pals Duane and Margie (from Ashland, OR) at the Ocean Bar (a piano bar on Deck 3), then we have a farewell cocktail party in the Crow's Nest bar on Deck 10. Finally, we have reservations at the Pinnacle Grill at 8:30 with Theresa, principal of InSight Cruises (organizers of this and other themed cruises, including MacMania Cruises).
Boarding the launch that will take me to the private paradise of Half Moon Cay. I wonder where all these other people are going?
A veiw of the cruise ship as I approach the private paradise beach. Hey, this isn't so bad. I wonder where everyone else went?
Oops. And this is with half the ship still heading this way.
I'm back on the ship, and most of the sunbathers are on the beach.
Saturday, November 15, 2008
Shades of Macbeth and Hamlet
When I walked out to Deck 3 to take some photos, I turned abound to go back inside and saw a ghostly apparition staring back at me from the sea. It was fantastical hideous and fearsome, but I was able to snap a quick photo before I ran back inside to safety. Creepy.
Ghost at sea.
Ghost at sea.
Leaving Tortola - Headed For Bahamas
We left Tortola at 5 PM, sailed all night, will sail all day today (Saturday) and arrive in Half Moon Cay tomorrow (our last stop before sailing to Ft. Lauderdale Monday morning).
Adios Tortola, as they say in the Mexican Navy.
A Pilot boat escorts us away from Tortola.
Robin gave a presentation this morning about Shakespeare's references to death, and the Elizabethan's ideas about death. It was a fascinating and illuminating session.
Robin leads a discussion about death in the Shakespeare plays.
Unfortunately, I missed part of it because I had to go to Deck 10 and shoot a few baskets on the outdoor basketball court, but I made it back in plenty of time to hear Hamlet's take on death (To be or not to be), and other notable quotes.
The ship's outdoor basketball court. It was blazing hot, which might explain why I was the only one there.
Adios Tortola, as they say in the Mexican Navy.
A Pilot boat escorts us away from Tortola.
Robin gave a presentation this morning about Shakespeare's references to death, and the Elizabethan's ideas about death. It was a fascinating and illuminating session.
Robin leads a discussion about death in the Shakespeare plays.
Unfortunately, I missed part of it because I had to go to Deck 10 and shoot a few baskets on the outdoor basketball court, but I made it back in plenty of time to hear Hamlet's take on death (To be or not to be), and other notable quotes.
The ship's outdoor basketball court. It was blazing hot, which might explain why I was the only one there.
Friday, November 14, 2008
More Tortola Photos
After touring the mountainous roads of Tortola, we head down to the other side of the island to visit a beach, the popular Cane Garden Bay.
A closer look at Cane Garden Bay.
An even closer look at Cane Garden Bay. The two young girls in the turquoise bathing suit are actually the same girl. I used Photoshop to merge two photos together. The young girl ran towards the beach between shots.
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