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Juneau and Icy Strait Point

Tuesday, 10 May This was our day in Juneau, the state capital of Alaska. About 7am the cruise director made an announcement (broadcast in...

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May 25, 20227 min read

Boarding the Bliss, at sea, Sitka

Yes, the construction crews start at 7:30 even on Saturdays. But I just rolled over and caught another half hour before beginning my...

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May 25, 202211 min read

Two days in Seattle before the cruise

Thursday, 5 May With a three-hour time difference, I was awake before daybreak, but rolled over to only be awakened when the building...

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May 24, 20228 min read

Preparations and Off to Seattle

Somewhat impulsive, at least for me, I’d booked an Alaskan cruise less than two weeks before I set off to the Pacific Northwest. There...

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May 24, 20225 min read

Cathedral in North Seattle

Returning to Seattle after 6 years, further research had discovered a cathedral in the Northgate section of Seattle that I hadn't visited...

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May 6, 20222 min read

Basseterre, St Kitts and Nevis - last port of call on the cruise

Saturday found the Epic in the Basseterre harbor in St Kitts. The excursion I’d booked had a later start, so, while I didn’t journal at...

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Mar 17, 20226 min read

Castries and Soufriere, St Lucia - Day 6

Our port on Friday was Castries, St Lucia and I had booked a ship’s excursion to Soufriere and Diamond Falls. Their description: After...

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Mar 16, 20226 min read

Morning in Bridgetown, Barbados

Resolving to “beg for forgiveness, rather than ask for permission”, after breakfast of oatmeal and a banana at the Garden Café I walked...

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Mar 15, 20226 min read

St John's, Antigua port call

Day 4 began, once I cleared my cabin, back at Tastings where I again had oatmeal. We were already in port in St John’s, Antigua. (The...

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Mar 14, 20224 min read

Charlotte Amalie, St Thomas

The Monday morning call at just before 8am announced we were 15 minutes from docking in Charlotte Amalie, St Thomas. I got up and...

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Mar 12, 20226 min read

West and East Puerto Rico trips to see cathedrals

Thursday morning I was up early and out of the flat by 7:40, with the Garmin directing me towards Ponce to the south on the route to...

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Mar 9, 20228 min read

Heading to Puerto Rico and a day in Old San Juan

After two years of what felt like I was trapped in Florida due to the Covid-19 pandemic, as I was recovering from my various medical...

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Mar 8, 202211 min read

Villahermosa for a day, and the trip home

Thursday would be my last full day for this trip. My plan was to spend it walking and exploring Villahermosa, the largest and capital...

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Mar 6, 20228 min read

Getting to Tuxtla Gutiérrez and exploring the Capital of Chiapas

First day of 12-day trip in Chiapas and Tabasco, spent in Tuxtla Gutierrez and visiting two cathedrals.

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Feb 28, 20227 min read

Eastern Caribbean Cathedrals

The last post reported on my visits to the seven cathedrals on Puerto Rico that I hadn't seen during my 1999 trip to the commonwealth...

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Feb 8, 20229 min read

Easter and Ripon Minster

While working on the second volume of Cathedrals to the Glory of God, and the British cathedrals I'd photographed, I came across this...

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Apr 4, 20211 min read