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Sunday, September 2, 2012 We have just arrived in the English Channel and are heading up the Channel for 6 hours to dock at Antwerp, Belgium. There was much excitement as we crossed through the narrowest passage of the English … Continue reading →

Here is another attempt to share the ‘voyage’ by video!

After traveling up the Atlantic Ocean for the first time by freighter, we began to discover the meaning of ‘rolling’. The ocean was relatively calm…only about 8 foot waves (which are virtually nothing for a ship of this size) but … Continue reading →

After about four days of VERY calm seas, we arrived in Savannah, Georgia. This is our first port of entry on our trip. In order to enter a port, a ‘pilot’ arrives by tug and literally ‘leaps’ aboard our moving … Continue reading →

Oops….just noticed that this ‘post’ from our departure may never have ‘published’…. This is my first attempt to try and figure out the posting of a short video clip, so you may possibly catch a glimpse of our departure! Forgive … Continue reading →

Here are pictures from the ‘Bridge’ where all of the navigation for the ship takes place!! Here are some of the instrumentation panels that are utilized! For Biz Paeth….there we were right off your home in Cedar Key!!

Here are the faces of the people that enable millions and millions of cargo to traverse the world to actually make our lives easier. They are everyone from our captain to stevedores to cooks to stewards to officers to the … Continue reading →

There MAY be just a few items that luxury cruise passenger ship folk MAY miss??? Let’s take a look…. The Spa Deck for sun bathing… Work out room…. The ‘pool area’ only filled by request ….at sea…and with salt water! … Continue reading →

Friday, August 10′ 2012….Bud Oxley’s #1 item on his Bucket List came to fruition..we boarded the Rickmer’s Shanghai for a four month trip around the world. We are still in the Port of Houston watching the intriguing ‘dance of the … Continue reading →