Olsen Posted March 6, 2012 Author Share #61 Posted March 6, 2012 Advertisement (gone after registration) I am so enjoying this thread. 30 years ago I worked for 3 years as a cruiseship photographer including a summer going up and down the Norwegian Fjords, and seeing your lovely photographs bring it all back to me. It is nice to hear that you enjoy this. I have great pleasure of going through the trip once more. My wife and I bought 'all' the photographs of us from the cruise photographer. Even the cruise DVD. - I look like 'a grumpy Godfather', while my wife smiles all the way to the gangway. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Olsen Posted March 6, 2012 Author Share #62 Posted March 6, 2012 Gibraltar's main street on a cold Sunday morning in January. Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/169946-off-on-a-cruise/?do=findComment&comment=1946278'>More sharing options...
Olsen Posted March 6, 2012 Author Share #63 Posted March 6, 2012 Where the British are going, the Irish follow.... Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/169946-off-on-a-cruise/?do=findComment&comment=1946285'>More sharing options...
Olsen Posted March 6, 2012 Author Share #64 Posted March 6, 2012 A bus tour up the cliff, and a short walk around Gibraltar's down town. That's how much we got to see of Gibraltar. Cruising is 'fast food tourism'. What you see here is a French competitor in the cruising business. The funnel of Black Watch with the characteristic Fred Olsen sign can be seen on the other side of the harbour shed. Then a view of the elegant bow of Black Watch with Algeciras in the background. Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/169946-off-on-a-cruise/?do=findComment&comment=1946408'>More sharing options...
J_Thompson Posted March 6, 2012 Share #65 Posted March 6, 2012 Excellent series, Olsen! Am eagerly looking forward to seeing each of your posts. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olsen Posted March 6, 2012 Author Share #66 Posted March 6, 2012 Lunch was waiting onboard. - It was striking how the lavish meals steered our lives during the cruise. It very fast was established this 'never mind next harbour, - what's for lunch'. Not only the meals dominated life onboard. Also the courses in bridge (beginners as well as advanced), coures in computer programs (I missed a course in PS), an amateur theatre group, dance lessons, lectures twice a day in everything from Middle East politics to history. A lecture by a British navy commander on 'The Somalian Pirates' was particularly popular. We would pass the 'Pirate Alley' just a week down the road, going through the Red Sea and crossing the Arabian Sea. Here we look backwards, - after lunch, at the Gibraltar Rock sinking into the sea behind us. Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/169946-off-on-a-cruise/?do=findComment&comment=1946450'>More sharing options...
Olsen Posted March 6, 2012 Author Share #67 Posted March 6, 2012 Advertisement (gone after registration) Next harbour was the Spanish colony on the African side of the Gibraltar Strait: Ceuta. When I was here back in 72' it was a military base for the for the Spanish equivalent to the French Legion Etrangere; The Spanish Foreign Legion, El Tercio. The city was dominated by barracks and men in uniform whistling after the girls coming with the ferry from mainland Spain. Now it is a tourist destination, an important harbour for bunkering and the southernmost border of Europe. A 6 meter high fence, tripple fences, really, is put up to stop the flood of imigrants from south of Sahara. Here we wait for the pilot to come onboard and get tug help. Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/169946-off-on-a-cruise/?do=findComment&comment=1946469'>More sharing options...
Broadside Posted March 7, 2012 Share #68 Posted March 7, 2012 Wow thats spooky. The other ship with you in Gibraltar, the Princess Danae, was the first ship I worked on in 1979! Two week cruises round the West Indies out of New Orleans. We were the first non-communist cruiseship to visit Cuba. I'm amazed she's still afloat - a beautiful ship. Looking forward to warmer ports. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olsen Posted March 7, 2012 Author Share #69 Posted March 7, 2012 Fred Olsen's Black Watch is also an old lady. Built in 1972 but refitted several times. Among other cut in two, equipped with larger engines and enlarged, to get room for more cabins. Princess Danae was supposed to leave the day before we arrived. But she had been cleaned after an outbreak of the norovirus, and was delayed. - This is very common in the cruise business. Black Watch had an outbreak on the cruise just before the we got on. Going on board in Southampton was delayed because of the cleaning process. We had no break out of the norovirus on our cruise. But we cleaned hands with disinfectant liquid several times a day. But after going through a sand storm in the Suez Canal we all started to cough. By the time we got to Singapore 'we all' had got what we called 'the Black Watch cough'. - Some blamed the air conditioning. Which was very cold indoor when we got down to hot waters. If some of the passengers brings along a contagious virus, like a bad cold, it spreads very easily on a cruise ship. Which I am sure you know. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olsen Posted March 7, 2012 Author Share #70 Posted March 7, 2012 We took a bus trip to Tetouan, Morocco. I have been here before on a motorbike tour in 1972. There were great changes. To the better. I remember the traditional and characteristic Medina as full of people, old and young. It is on the World's Heritage List of UNESCO. Now it as close to empty, just kept alive to show to the tourists, was my impression. While the modern part of Tetouan looked run down back in 72', it now looked shiny. New housing had been built. Neat and modern. The long beach, from the Morocco - Ceuta border to the Tetouan harbour, was desolate back then. A Saudi investor had turned it into a mini Costa del Sol. Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/169946-off-on-a-cruise/?do=findComment&comment=1947194'>More sharing options...
Olsen Posted March 7, 2012 Author Share #71 Posted March 7, 2012 Typical for many Moroccans, this guide could speak French, Spanish, English, German - and quite a few words 'Scandinavian'. I remember that it was far easier to communicate with Moroccans back in 72', generally, due to their knowledge of languages than the people in Spain we met. They only spoke Spanish back then. (Now that is far better, though). The Moroccan guides were knowledgeable, entertaining and charming and with a typical lighthearted style that is typical for Moroccans. It was a pleasure meeting them. - This one wanted to buy my wife 'for ten camels'. 'If we are talking German camels (Mercedeses), Ahmed, we have a deal', I joked. Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/169946-off-on-a-cruise/?do=findComment&comment=1947206'>More sharing options...
Olsen Posted March 7, 2012 Author Share #72 Posted March 7, 2012 A typical scene from the Medina in Tetouan. Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/169946-off-on-a-cruise/?do=findComment&comment=1947219'>More sharing options...
Olsen Posted March 7, 2012 Author Share #73 Posted March 7, 2012 Taking us back to Ceuta - and behind the enormous fence that protect Europe from immigrants took it's time. We were not back in Ceuta before late in the evening. I managed to take this snap shot from the bus of the moat of the Royal Wall, the old fortress that surrounds the inner part of the city. Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/169946-off-on-a-cruise/?do=findComment&comment=1947231'>More sharing options...
Olsen Posted March 7, 2012 Author Share #74 Posted March 7, 2012 We sailed for two days before spotting these islands: The Galite Islands of Tunisia. A rather desolate place in the Mediterranean. We could see a few white houses with binoculars. Freedom fighter during the colonial years, Habib Bourguiba was deported here by the French colonial authorities. He was later Tunisia's first president. Only a few fishermen with their families live here today. Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/169946-off-on-a-cruise/?do=findComment&comment=1947253'>More sharing options...
Olsen Posted March 7, 2012 Author Share #75 Posted March 7, 2012 We had a fresh ride on our way to Malta. On this stretch a lot of ships 'race' for a favourable position at a southgoing convoy through the Suez Canal. One ship can be seen in the horizon. There were two pool systems on board. one on deck 6 and another at deck 7. All with heated seawater. Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/169946-off-on-a-cruise/?do=findComment&comment=1947264'>More sharing options...
Olsen Posted March 7, 2012 Author Share #76 Posted March 7, 2012 Early morning of the 18th of January 2012 we entered the Valetta harbour, Malta. I had never been there before. I found it very beautiful. But it was cold in January. Despite this we saw several birds that we regard as migrating birds in Scandinavia. But the old part of the city was magic. Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/169946-off-on-a-cruise/?do=findComment&comment=1947356'>More sharing options...
Olsen Posted March 7, 2012 Author Share #77 Posted March 7, 2012 We Norwegians love wooden boats.... Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/169946-off-on-a-cruise/?do=findComment&comment=1947359'>More sharing options...
Olsen Posted March 7, 2012 Author Share #78 Posted March 7, 2012 More from one of the two harbours of Valetta. Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/169946-off-on-a-cruise/?do=findComment&comment=1947412'>More sharing options...
Olsen Posted March 7, 2012 Author Share #79 Posted March 7, 2012 We had a sightseeing bus ride around the island. This is one of the sights to see. Can you see the climbers...? Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/169946-off-on-a-cruise/?do=findComment&comment=1947413'>More sharing options...
Olsen Posted March 7, 2012 Author Share #80 Posted March 7, 2012 Here they are..! Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/169946-off-on-a-cruise/?do=findComment&comment=1947423'>More sharing options...
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