Regent Seven Seas Cruise Director, Jamie Logan's Blog
Here is the final segment of this Jamie's Journey to Mumbai. What an interesting couple days it was. The public laundry is an incredible place to see if you can make your way inside. I see all those people working in the chemicals for as much as 16 hours a day and think "What a life!" Stay tuned for this surprise ending... It is amazing what can happen even in a city of 20 million people. The … [Read more...]
Well, here we go with part 2 of these two adventurous days we spent in Bombay! In this segment you'll meet Raj who will play an important role in our surprise ending in part 3. Then we head to Dhobi Gate, the largest public laundry in Asia, where you will meet Samil, a laundry stall owner who will give us a fascinating tour that the tourist do not get to see. This is an amazing travel adventure. … [Read more...]
V Cruisers, As summer begins to wane many of you may be looking ahead to this winter and are considering your travel options. This winter when Regent Seven Seas Cruises Seven Seas Voyager travels down to New Zealand and back from the Mediterranean it will make two calls to Incredible India. You can check out a couple itinerary options. … [Read more...]
Day 103 of 145. India and Sri Lanka, among others, are great places to visit but as I remind my guests these are not the "usual" destinations for tourists, they are the destinations for travelers. Tourists visit places that get millions of visitors and everyday the same travel scenarios get repeated over and over again, normally, right down to the well rehearsed and delivered … [Read more...]
Day 102 of 145. September 11th 2001 we were on Seven Seas Voyager Navigator in Casablanca, Morocco when the news of the attack came through. We had rust returned from the Arab market and the entire day was eerie for me from start to finish. This time we are in Fujairah, United Arab Emirates when the news came through just before 7:00am. I had been awake since 6:00am and turned on the news … [Read more...]
Day 94 of 145 It is hard to believe that it was 25 years ago since Dana and I last made call at Madras (now Chennai) on the Royal Viking Sky’s1985 World Cruise. Madras is a big city and not a clean city which has a few sites to see in within the metropolis but to really enjoy all it has to offer you have to get out and away from it. One of the more popular sites is the Church of … [Read more...]
Day 91 of 145 Greetings from the Indian Ocean! We just enjoyed my two most anticipated sea days of the World Cruise. I have learned over the years that when we round the corner of the Strait of Malacca and enter the Indian Ocean the two days it takes to sail across to the next port are the best and this year it did not disappoint us! The days were about as calm as our little Spider … [Read more...]
Day 86 of 145 Today there was a slight change in our itinerary. It seems that Phuket, Thailand’s local taxi union was tired of all the tour buses dipping their hand into their rice bowls so they formed a blockade the other day in the port which kept the passengers of another cruise ship (Silversea) from going out on their tours. When our company got word of it we decided to sail … [Read more...]
Couldn’t make the time to get out today. Still much to do. Many went on a day safaris which I heard was very good. As for me, I had to mind the store again. Hey, but in just two days we’ll be in one of my favorite spots – Cape Town! … [Read more...]
It’s great to be back on the continent of Africa. It’s an amazing place one that I wish everyone can could see, but I realize I am one of the very lucky ones. The actual port of Richards Bay (where we dock) is on its’ best day not exactly Las Vegas, and today it was made much worse due to the storm we passed though. There were big puddles and shoe soles quickly became black from the coal … [Read more...]
To all my Vcruisers, what can I say? I have been very busy as we head toward the end of this extraordinary segment of our world cruise. The time had come to do all the planning and preparation for this final segment. First things first and I just haven’t had the time to blog, but thanks for staying with me. I look at a world cruise much like I do a symphony. You begin with a grand start and … [Read more...]
This predominantly French Island is just 120 miles away from Mauritius yet, very different in every way. Sailing into the island, from my forward window it looked exactly like sailing in to Papeete, Tahiti - with mountains gradually rising up from the sea with a lush green countryside. But this island, I believe is even far more dramatic than that! To really see the island one would have to get … [Read more...]
I have wanted to get to Mauritius for some time now. I have always heard very good comments about it and being as remote as it is that made me want to get there even more. The main city of Port Louis (pronounced like “Louie”) was established and given its’ name after the French King Louis XV. However, the name of the island was given by the Dutch who arrived here before the French and … [Read more...]
Each day at sea we have at least two lecturers which take place a 10:00am and 11:00am. On occasion we have one in the afternoon but when we do attendance is never great. I consider this the mainstay of my daily activity program, especially on voyages such as this. Each year we get the chance to hear some tremendously interesting speakers. Some of these personalities also have celebrity … [Read more...]
This morning we sailed at 4:00am and anchored off the island which was 25 miles away. By 8:00am we were at anchor ready to take our guests ashore using our ship’s tenders. The locals speak a type of Creole language and the island is pronounced “Prey-lyn”. All but about 100 went out on tour this morning and the feedback was great! With most out and about I was able to give my wife some … [Read more...]
Today was Good Friday and as a result the town was very quiet. Those who went on the first shuttle bus in to town did see a large group caring a crucifix through town and found the town’s procession most interesting. Still most went out on tour, either in the morning or, in the afternoon and seemed to have had a pretty good time – especially those who went swimming at the beach. After lunch … [Read more...]
Alright, my readers are probably getting tired of hearing this, but I am certainly not sick of saying it…. Today was a phenomenal day! Ok, Ok, so, several of our most recent days the sea has been flat, the days sunny and very warm. Today, the sea was THE flattest yet and the day the best. It was a truly amazing day at sea. Enough said about the weather as I have other things to talk … [Read more...]
The small, crowded circular island of Male is the gateway to some of the finest beach resorts in the world. Many of our guests took special resort boats – 26 foot twin 200 horse powered boats – out to spend the day. Many others took our tours out to the beaches. No matter what our guests did or which resort they went to the response was pretty much the same - that it was truly a fantastic … [Read more...]
My apologies, this post is out of order... Once again, we were all truly blessed and treated to a magnificent day (Flat sea and clear skies!) as we continue to cross the Indian Ocean. Today, is even more special because we are crossing back into the Southern Hemisphere. This is the third crossing of this World Cruise with, of course. one more to go when we will be off the coast of Africa and … [Read more...]
Three days at sea to get across a good portion of the Indian Ocean as we make our way to Male, Maldives. These days are, of course, very busy for me but are some of my favorite cruise days of all. Crossing the Indian Ocean, as we are now, along with the five days at sea before reaching the Marquesas Islands, while cruising the South Pacific are my favorite days at sea. Here, at times you can … [Read more...]
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