Date: April 30
Location: Disembarkation Day – Ft. Lauderdale, USA
Next Port: None
Report: Last night we could see lights from the Bahamas, so we knew we were close.
Larry awoke at 4:45 to see the Pilot Boat pulling away from the ship…and then the entrance of Ft. Lauderdale in the distance. We pulled into our berth at about 5:30.
Since departing from here on January 9, the Seven Seas Voyager has sailed a total distance of 34,147 nautical miles (39,296 statute miles) -- visiting 48 ports in 26 countries! We thank Capt. Dag and his sailing crew for their wonderful seamanship that enabled us to safely complete this remarkable journey.
We were off the boat by 9:10 or so, retrieved our luggage, separated the six bags that IPS would ship to our home and climbed into a town car with our checked luggage for the short airport ride to the airport. The check-in through security was a snap and we were at our gate before 10:00.
Our 11:30 flight was on time and American Airlines had us back in warm sunny Chicago 10 minutes early at 1:30 CDT.
It was a terrific trip…one that we would love do again some time in the future.
Larry has to fly to Colorado Springs on Thursday and will be involved in getting caught up with home activities prior to that. However, next week we plan to file one more journal report on our overall experience and photos of the Voyager.
Karen and Larry
Photos of our cruise are available at the following web site:
picasaweb.google.com/larryworldcruise
1 comment:
Karen and Larry,
We didn't realize we could send you a hello until looking at your World Cruise Diary again today, Memorial Day weekend. We sailed with you from Hong Kong to Sorrento. I think we toured with you only the day we went to Taromina and Mt Etna. We have so enjoyed reading your diaries since we arrived home. You wrote of the cruise as we did to our friends and relatives. We enjoyed every day very, very much.
I'll send along my email address and if you wish to say hello, I will send back a photo so you'll know who has written to you. Lee is a tall grey-haired guy with a beard, and I am a tall blonde and always wear my longer hair pulled back with a barette. We live in Los Angeles.
Again thanks for placing your thoughts and travels on a blog.
Warmest regards,
Rosemary Barnhart rbarnhart1@aol.com
Leon Condon lcondon523@aol.com
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