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A Comprehensive list of Cruises & Land Trips We've Done

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# Cruise line & Ship Ports of Call Date
1 Royal Caribbean Sovereign of the Seas Miami - San Juan, Puerto Rico - St Thomas (& St John), Virgin Island - Bahamas - Labadee, Haiti (diverted & didn't dock) - Miami - 7 nights Nov 19 1994
2 Royal Caribbean Rhapsody of the Seas Puerto Rico - Phillipsburg, St Maarten - Curacao - Aruba - St Thomas (& St John), Virgin Island - Puerto Rico - 7 nights Nov 7 1998
3 Clipper Ship Cairns, Australia - Great Barrier Reef - Cairns, Australia - 2 nights May 2000
4 Renaissance R7 Istanbul, Turkey - Kusadasi (Ephesus), Turkey - Athens, Greece - Malta - Naples (Pompei), Italy - Rome, Italy - Livorno (Lucca & Pisa), Italy - Barcelona (Sitges), Spain Apr 2001
5 Celebrity Summit Vancouver, Canada - Juneau - Ketchican - Skagway - Valdez - Seward - 7 nights Jun 21 2002
6 Celebrity Infinity San Diego - Cabo San Lucas, Mexico - Acupulco, Mexico - Costa Rica - Panama Canal zone - Aruba - Ft Lauderdale - 14 nights Dec 20 2004
7 Viking River Cruise - Vienna, Austria - Melk Germany - Wachau Valley, Germany - Passau, Germany - Regensburg, Germany - Nuremburg, Germany - Bamberg, Germany - Wurtzburg, Germany - Wertheim, Germany - Mainz, Germany - Rudesheim, Germany - Cologne, Germany - Romantic Rhine - Amsterdam, Holland May 13 2006
8 Norwegian Pride of America Hawaii --- Honolulu, Oahu - Maui (Lanai)  - Kona, Hawaii - Kauai - 7 nights (Cruise Buddies 1st Cruise together) Jul 29 2006
9 Celebrity Infinity Buenos Aires, Argentina - Montevideo, Uruguay - Puerto Madryn, Chile - Cape Horn - Beagle Channel Fjords - Ushuaia, Argentina - Punta Arenas, Chile -Chilean Channel Fjords - Puerto Montt, Chile - Valpariso (Santiago), Chile -14 nights Dec 17 2006
10 Celebrity Constellation Dover, England - LeHavre (Paris), France - Falmouth, England - Dublin, Ireland - Cobh (Cork), Ireland - Across Atlantic Ocean - St John, New Foundland - Halifax, Nova Scotia - Liberty Port, New Jersey - 12 nights Sep 15-27, 2007
11 Grand Circle Cruise Anuket Egypt - Nile River (Aswan, Edfu, Esna, Kom Ombo, Luxor) - 7 nights
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Dec 2007
12 Royal Caribbean Brilliance of the Seas Barcelona, Spain - Livorno (Florence), Italy - Naples (Isle of Capri, Sorrento, Pompei), Italy - Venice, Italy - Dubrovnik, Croatia - Cittevechio (Rome), Italy - Villafrance, France - Barcelona, Spain - 10 nights  (Cruise Buddies 2nd Cruise together) July 16 2008
13 Celebrity Solstice Ft Lauderdale - Puerto Rico - St Maarten - 7 nights Dec 14 2008
14 Self Tour 30 day road trip - driving around & staying in B&B's in England, Wales, & Scotland.  Finished with an International Round dance in Scotland.  Click here for travelogue Apr/May 2009
15 Star Flyer Clipper Ship French Polynesia - Tahiti, Moorea, Raitea, Ta'haa, (Huahine), Bora Bora - 7 nights  Click here for Travelogue Sep 20 - 27, 2009
16 Royal Caribbean Voyager of the Seas Galveston, TX - Cozumel, Mexico - Georgetown, Grand Cayman - Montego Bay, Jamaica - Galveston, TX - 7 nights Dec 20 - 27, 2009
17 Diamond Princess Bangkok, Thailand - Singapore - Phu Mi, Vietnam - Nha Trang, Vietnam - Hong Kong - Okinawa, Japan - Shanghai, China - Beijing, China 
- Continued with land tour of China - Bejing to Xian to Guilin to Shanghai
Click for Travelogue!!
Apr 13 - May 30, 2010
18 Star Princess Copenhagen, Denmark - Stockholm, Sweden - Helsinki, Finland - St Petersburg, Russia - Tallinn, Estonia - Gydania, Poland - Olso, Norway - Copenhagen, Denmark - 9 nights  (Cruise Buddies 3rd Cruise together)
 Click for Travelogue!!
Jul 31 - Aug 8, 2010
19 Royal Caribbean Vision of the Seas Copenhagen, Denmark - Alesund, Norway - Arctic Ocean - Honningsvag (North Cape), Norway - Tromso, Norway - Geiranger, Norway - Olden, Norway - Bergen, Norway - Copenhagen, Denmark Aug 10 - 22, 2010
20 Crown Princess Ft Lauderdale - Princess Cays, Bahamas - Grand Turk -  Ft Lauderdale Dec 18 - 23, 2010
21 Crown Princess Ft. Lauderdale - Princess Cays, Bahamas - Grand Cayman, Grand Cayman - Roatan Island, Honduras - Cozumel, Mexico - Ft. Lauderdale Dec 23 - 30, 2010
22 NCL's Pearl Seattle - Inside Passage - Juneau - Skagway - Glacier Bay - Ketchican - Victoria - Seattle 
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May 22 - 29, 2011
23 GCT River Cruise Kiev, Moscow - Uglich - Goritsy - Kizhi Island - Petrozavodsk - Svir Stroi - St Petersburg
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Sep 4 - 23, 2011
24 Island Princess Ft. Lauderdale - Aruba - Cartegena - Panama - Limon - Ocho Rios - Ft. Lauderdale Click for Travelogue!! Dec 19 - 29, 2011
25 Holland America Maasdam Boston - Bar Harbor - Halifax - Sydney - Charlottetown - Quebec City - Montreal ( Cruise Buddies 4th Cruise together)  Click for Travelogue!! Jun 30 - Jul 8, 2012
26 Uniworld River Cruise Lisbon - Porta - Bitetos - Pinhao - Vega de Terron - Salamanca, Spain - Regua - Porta (Stuck in port in Porta, actual: Porta - Entre os Rios - Bitetos - Entre os Rios - Porta)  Click for Travelogue!! Apr 4 - Apr 14, 2013
27 Celebrity Equinox Ft Lauderdale - Aruba - Curacao - Grenada - Barbados - St Lucia - Antiqua - St Maarten - Haiti - Ft Lauderdale Click for Travelogue!! Dec 14 - 28, 2013
28 Holland America Ms Noordam Venice, Katakolon, Nafplion, Athens, Mykonos, Kusadasi, Rhodes, Santorini, Naples, Rome (Cruise Buddies 5th cruise together)  Click for Travelogue!! Jul 23 - Aug 4, 2014
29 OAT's Ultimate Africa Trip Johannesburg, SA; Chobe NP, Botswana; Okavanga Delta, Botswana; Kafue NP, Zambia; Hwange NP, Zimbabwe; Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe; Cape Town, SA; Johannesburg, SA  Click for Travelogue!! Dec 12, 2014 - Jan 2, 2015
30 Uniworld River Princess Budapest, Hungary; Vukovar, Croatia; Belgrade, Serbia; Donji Milanovac, Serbia; Vidin, Bulgaria; Rousse, Bulgaria; Giurgia, Bulgaria; Bucharest, Romania click for travelogue April 8 - 20, 2015
31 OAT's Cruise on Tip Top III & Land Tour Lima, Cuzco, Machu Pichu, Quito, Galapagos
click here to read the travelogue
Dec 11 - 27, 2015
32 RCL's Splendour of the Seas Dubai, UAE; Salalah, Oman; Ashdad (Jerusalem-Bethlehem), Israel;  Haifa (Sea of Galilee), Israel; Santorini, Greece; Piraeus, Greece; Venice, Italy  Click here to read the travelogue April 4 - 20, 2016
33 HAL Zuiderdam Copenhagen, Denmark; Bergen, Norway; Alesund, Norway; Isafjaford, Iceland; Reykjavik, Iceland; Runavik, Faroe Island, Denmark; Lerwick, Shetland Island, Scotland; Copenhagen, Denmark (London afterwards!)
(Cruise Buddies 6th Cruise together) Click here to read the travelogue
Jul 16 - 28, 2016
34 OAT's Cruise & Land Tour Iguazu Falls, Buenos Aires, Patagonia, Chilean Fjords, Santiago, Easter Islands  Click here to read the travelogue Dec 13, 2016 -

Jan 4, 2017

35 HAL Koningsdam Fort Lauderdale, FL; Ponta Delgada, Azores; Malaga, Spain; Alicante, Spain; Citivecchia, Italy Apr 2 - 15, 2017
36 Carnival Valor Mini Cruise - Galveston; Cozumel; Progreso; Galveston Oct 16 - 21, 2017
37 Viking Ocean Cruise - Viking Sea San Juan, Puerto Rico; Bridgetown, Barbados; *Iles de Salut, French Guyana; Macapa, Brazil; Santarem, Brazil; Parintins, Brazil; Manaus, Brazil; Amazon; Belem, Brazil; Scarborough, Tobago; Castries, St Lucia; St John's, Antigua; St Thomas, US Virgin Islands; San Juan, Puerto Rico (* didn't get to stop - cruised on by) Dec 16, 2017 - Jan 6, 2018
38 OAT's South African Safari Johannesburg, SA; Kruger NP, SA; Hwange NP, Zimbabwe; Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe; Impalila Island, Namibia; Chobe NP, Botswana  - Just posted the the Trip Report! Apr 25, 2018 - May 12, 2018
39 OAT's Safari Serengeti & Kenyan Pre-Trip Nairobi, Kenya; Maasai Mara, Kenya; Arusha, Tanzania; Tarangire NP, Tanzania; Ngorongoro Highlands, Tanzania; Oldupai Gorge, Tanzania; Serengeti, Tanzania; Arusha, Tanzania  Trip Report May 13 - 28, 2018
40 OAT's Cuba Revealed Miami, FL; Camaguey, Cuba; Santa Clara, Cuba; Remedios, Cuba; Mantanzas, Cuba; Havana, Cuba; Miami, FL  Read the Travelogue! Dec 8 - 20, 2018
41 Celebrity Constellation Singapore (2 nights); Phuket, Thailand; Colombo, Sri Lanka; Cochin, India; Goa, India; Mumbai, India; Muscat, Oman; Dubai, UAE; Abu Dhabi, UAE (2 nights)  Here's the Trip Report!! 29 Mar - 19 Apr, 2019
42 Stan's Alaskan Gypsy Cruise Marina Del Rey (1 night), Avalon (Santa Catalina - 4 nights), Marina Del Rey (2 nights) 24 Apr - 1 May, 2019
43 Carnival Freedom Mahogany Bay, Roatan, Honduras; Belize City, Belize; Cozumel, Mexico Jun 2 - 9, 2019
44 Carnival Freedom Costa Maya, Mexico; Belize City, Belize; Cozumel, Mexico (yep we're crazy - but decided to join the family on this cruise!!!!) Jun 16 - 22, 2019
45 OAT's Antarctica's White Wildernes w/Argentina's Patagonia Pre & Iguassu Falls Post IBuenos Aires, Argentina; Bariloche, Argentina; Ushuaia, Argentina; Cruise across the Drake Passage to the Shetland Islands & the Antarctic Pennisula; Iguassu Falls - both Brazilian & Argentinian side!  Flyer  Here's the link to my Blog about it!  https://traveleverywherewithpamela.blogspot.com/  Here's the Trip Report!!! Dec 12, 2019 - Jan 3, 2020
  OAT's Turkey's Magical Hideaways w/Azerbaijan pre & Northwest Turkey post Istanbul, Cappadocia, Antalya, 4-night Turquoise Coast private gulet cruise, Ephesus  Entire trip - along with surrounding plans to Madrid, Spain; Tenerife, Spain; Cham, Germany; & Azerbaijan; was canceled due to Corona Virus!!!!  Awful!! Apr 26 - May 18, 2020
  HAL Amsterdam to Venice  CANX due to Corona Virus Aug 22 - Sep 8, 2020
  National Geographic Tour - East Africa Gorilla Trek & Safaris  OAT Rwanda - Kigali, Akagera NP, Volcanoes NP/Uganda/Kenya  Delayed & changed to OAT due to Corona Virus Dec 19 - Jan 3, 2021
Sea Princess Brisbane, Australia; Kawanasausau Strait (scenic cruising); Alotau, Papua New Guinea; Conflict Islands, Papua NG; Kiriwina Island, Papua NG; Kitava, Papua NG; Rabaul, Papua NG; Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands; Sydney, Australia CANX due to Corona Virus 2 - 15, Apr 2021
  Celebrity Eclipse Sydney, Australia; Isle of Pines, New Caledonia; Noumea, New Caledonia; Lifou, New Caledonia; Mystery Island, Vanuatu; Sydney, Australia  Delayed due to Corona Virus and we had to cancel 6 - 17 Apr 2022
  Celebrity Eclipse Sydney, Australia; Bay of Islands, New Zealand; Auckland, New Zealand; Papeete, Tahiti, French Polynesia; Moorea, French Polynesia; Bora Bora, French Polynesia;  Lahaina, Maui, Hawaii; Honolulu, Oahu, Hawaii  Delayed due to Corona Virus and we had to cancel 17 Apr - 4 May, 2022
46 OAT's Ultimate Galapagos Exploration & Ecuador's Amazon Wilds Ecuador:  Quito, Amazon Rain Forest, Coca, 7-night Galapagos Cruise (Isabella, Fernandino, Santiago, Santa Cruz, Baltra)
Finished up the trip report - both as a pdf - click here or on the blog - https://traveleverywherewithpamela.blogspot.com/
13 Dec 2021-
30 Dec 2021
47 Carnival Dream 8 night Eastern Caribbean Cruise:  Galveston - Key West - Freeport, Bahamas - Freeport, Bahamas - Half Moon Cay, Bahamas - Galveston 4 - 12 Jun 2022
48 OAT's Rwanda: Mountain Gorillas Tour w/Tanzania Safari Post Trip & a week at an all inclusive on Zanzibar Rwanda - Kigali, Akagera NP, Volcanoes NP; Tanzania - Serengeti, Zanzibar
Finished a trip report for the Rwanda Gorilla portion read it here!
5 - 22 Dec 2022
49 OAT's Crossroads of the Adriatic w/Albania Pre Trip & Serbia Post Trip Croatia, Montenegro, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Slovenia, Serbia, Albania
Group trip planned for after Cham, Germany, Apr/May 2023 
15 Apr - 12 May, 2023
50 Royal Caribbean - Allure of the Seas
  1. Galveston, TX; Roatan, Honduras; Puerto Coasta Maya, Mexico; Cozumel, Mexico; Galveston, TX
24 Sep - 1 Oct, 2023
51 OAT's Route of the Maya & post Birding trip El Salvador, Guatamala, Honduras, Belize - final week at Black Rock Lodge & Sweet Song Lodge, near San Ignacio 8 Dec 2023 -
1 Jan 2024
52 Zimbabwe Private Safari with Tinashe Privately guided tour - Still in planning stages - Zimbabwe, Botswana - only 10 participants.  Already full!!! 4 - 25 April 2024
53 OAT's Discover Thailand Bangkok, Kanchanaburi, Nakhon Sawan, Sukhothai, Chiang Mai, Chiang Rai;  Pre - Malaysia & Singapore  Post - Cebu, Philippines 6 Dec 2024 - 3 Jan 2025
54 OAT's Mediterranean Navigation Group Cruise after Cham 2025 - Malta, Sicily, Tunisia, Algieria, Morocco, Gibraltar, Spain -Contact Pamela for more info - Click for the flyer 1 -23 May 2025
55 OAT's Ancient Kingdoms Bangkok, Thailand; Laos; Cambodia; Vietnam- Pre - Golden Triangle, Post - Northern Vietnam 28 Nov 2025 -
31 Dec, 2026

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