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Pictorial Directory of Mesa Dancers (as of
Mar 2022)
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At ICBDA #43 in Orlando, FL on Saturday,
13 Jul 2019, we were the honored recipients of the organization's Golden
Torch Award.
Thank you Thank You THANK YOU!!
That's all 7 Continents! We've actually DANCED on all 7
Continents! Yippee!
Here's a neat article about our adventures written by Janet Williams -
ICBDA
Newsletter, Spring 2020
As an on the side - as of 26 Oct 2020, we've parked our RV overnight in 116 Walmarts in 31 states!! What a statistic!!
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Continent |
Country |
States/Provinces |
Time Visited |
Purpose |
Comments |
North America |
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USA |
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all 50 states |
Misc from 1986 until present |
RV Road trips, dances, vacations, you name it! Check out my National Parks page for some of the reasons why!!! |
We've actually been in 49 states in the RV (missing Hawaii - of course!) |
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Canada |
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Yukon |
Jun 1998, May 2011 |
Driving out of Alaska, NCL Pearl |
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British Columbia |
Jun 1998, Jun 2002, May 2011 |
Driving out of Alaska, Celebrity Summit, NCL Pearl, Day trip with Kurys & Woodhouse |
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Alberta |
Jun 1998 |
Driving out of Alaska |
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Ontario |
Jun/Jul 2000, Jul 2012, May 2013, Jul 2017 |
Round Dance, Round Dance, Road Trip, Holland America Maasdam Cruise, T&D Convention & vacation, Went to Thunder Bay from Grand Portage with Krivans |
Boston to Montreal Cruise - May 2013 great visit with Blacks before & Pretty's after T&D near Toronto |
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Quebec |
Jun/Jul 2000, Jul 2012 |
RV Road Trip, Holland America Massdam Cruise |
Boston to Montreal Cruise |
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Newfoundland |
Sep 2007 |
Celebrity Constellation |
Transatlantic Cruise |
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Nova Scotia |
Sep 2007, Jul 2012 |
Celebrity Constellation, Holland American Maasdam Cruise |
Transatlantic Cruise & Boston to Montreal Cruise |
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New Brunswick |
Sep 2007 |
Celebrity Constellation |
Transatlantic Cruise & Boston to Montreal Cruise |
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Prince Edward Island | Jul 2012 | Holland American Maasdam Cruise | Boston to Montreal Cruise | |||
Central America |
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3 | Belize | Belize City, Lamania |
Jun 6, 2019 Jun 19, 2019 |
Carnival Freedom Carnival Freedom |
Boat to the ruins & climbed the Big Temple Scuba |
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4 |
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Columbia |
Cartagena |
Dec 2011 |
Island Princess |
Canoe in Mangroves, Old City tour |
5 |
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Costa Rica |
Punta arenas, Limon |
Dec 2004 Dec 2011
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Celebrity Infinity Island Princess |
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6 | Honduras | Roatan, Mahogany Bay |
Dec 2010 Jun 2019 |
Crown Princess Carnival Freedom |
Snorkel Western Island Tours by Locals |
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7 |
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Mexico |
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Cabo San Lucas |
Dec 2004 |
Celebrity Infinity |
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Acupulco | Dec 2004 | Celebrity Infinity | ||||
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Cancun |
about 1995 |
Round Dance Festival |
w/Easterday's & Blackford's |
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Costa Maya |
Jun 2019 | Carnival Freedom | Just in the port terminal | |
Cozumel |
Dec 2009
Oct 2017 Jun 7, 2019 Jun 20, 2019 |
RCL Voyager of the Seas
Carnival Valor Carnival Freedom |
Snorkel & Punta del Sur Eco Park Taxi tour of town Snuba Scuba in NP |
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Progreso | Oct 2017 | Carnival Valor | open air bus tour | |||
Quintana Roo (Cancun, Tulum, Cozumel) | Dec 2012 | Excellence Riviera Cancun | All inclusive Resort with several scuba dives & excursions | |||
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Panama |
Panama City, Colon | Dec 2004, Dec 2011 |
Celebrity Infinity, Island Princess |
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South America |
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9 |
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Argentina |
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Dec 2007 |
Celebrity Summit Cruise |
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Patagonia | Dec 2016 | OAT Wilderness Adventure | ||||
Patagonia/Buenos Aires | Dec 2019 | OAT White Antarctica | 5 night Pre trip | |||
10 | Brazil |
Igauzu Falls, Santerem, Paratins, Manaus, Belem Iguassu Falls |
Dec 2016, Dec 2017 Dec 2019 |
OAT WIlderness Adventure (click to read the travelogue), Viking Sea OAT White Antarctica |
7 days on the Amazon with Viking Sea Day visit |
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Amazon | Dec 2017 | Viking Ocean Cruise | ||||
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Chile |
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Dec 2007, Dec 2016 |
Celebrity Summit Cruise, OAT Wilderness Adventure |
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Cape Horn | Dec 2007/ Dec 2016 actually set foot on island | Celebrity Summit Cruise/OAT Wilderness Adventure | ||||
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Easter Island
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Dec 2016 |
OAT Wilderness Adventure |
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Ecuador | Quito, Galapagos (Eastern Islands) | Dec 2015 | OAT Tour |
4 nights in the Galapagos |
Quito, Coca, Galapagos (Isabella, Fernandino, Santiago, Baltra, Las Cruces | Dec 2021 | OAT Tour | 4 nights in Coca & 7 nights in Galapagos | |||
13 | Peru | Lima, Cusco, Sacred Valley, Machu Picchu | Dec 2015 | OAT Tour | 6 dancer couples & we round danced in the Sacred Valley! | |
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Uruguay |
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Dec 2007 |
Celebrity Summit Cruise |
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Europe |
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Austria |
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May 1994, April/May 2006 |
Road Trip, Road Trip |
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16 | Bulgaria | Apr 2015 | Eastern Explorer Uniworld Cruise - River Princess | Continued on Danube - Hungary, Croatia, Serbia, Bulgaria, Romania | ||
17 |
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Croatia |
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July 2008, Apr 2015 |
RCL Brilliance of the Seas; Eastern
Explorer, Uniworld Cruise - River Princess
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Cont on Danube - Hungary, Croatia, Serbia, Bulgaria, Romania
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Czech Republic |
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April/May 2006 |
Round Dance & Road Trip |
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19 | Denmark | August 2010 | Copenhagen-inbetween Star Princess Baltic cruise and the RCL Vision of the Seas Norwegian cruise | |||
20 |
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England |
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Sep 2007, Apr/May 2009 |
Celebrity Constellation, Road Trip - Read Travelogue |
Both also visited England while in the Air Force |
21 | Estonia | August 2010 | Star Princess Baltic Cruise - Tallinm | |||
22 |
Faroe Islands (sometimes counted as a separate country! I did!) |
Runavik | July 2016 | Holland American Cruise - Zuiderdam | Share Denmark Royalty | |
23 | Finland | August 2010 | Star Princess Baltic Cruise - Helsinki | |||
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France |
Paris |
Sep 2007, Jul 2008 |
Celebrity Constellation, RCL Brilliance of the Seas |
Daytrip to Paris (Sep 2007) |
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Germany |
Top to Bottom! |
May 1994, May 2006, Apr 2009, Apr 2011, Apr 2017 |
Dance & Road Trip, Dance & Viking River Cruise, Dance & Road Trip |
Both there in the Air Force too |
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Greece |
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Apr 2001, Jul 2014, Apr 2016 |
Renaissance Cruise,
HAL MS Noordam - Katakolon, Nafplion, Athens, Rhodes, Santorini,
Mykonos |
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27 | Hungary | Budapest | Apr 2015 | Uniworld Cruise - River Princess | Continued on Danube - Croatia, Serbia, Bulgaria, Romania | |
28 | Iceland | Reykjavik | Jul 2016 | Holland America Zuiderdam | ||
Isafjador | Jul 2016 | Holland America Zuiderdam | ||||
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Ireland |
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Sep 2007 |
Celebrity Transatlantic Cruise |
Dublin & Cork |
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Italy |
Venice, Rome, Florence, Piza |
Apr 2001, July 2008, Jul /Aug 2014, Apr 2016 |
Renaissance R7, RCL Brilliance of the Seas, HAL MS Noordam (Venice before Naples enroute & Rome after) |
Both there in the Air Force too & Pam was there with her parents as a teenager |
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Lichtenstein |
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May 1994 |
Road Trip |
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Malta |
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Apr 2001 |
Renaissance R7 |
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33 | Monaco | Jul 2008 | RCL Brilliance of the Seas | Enjoyed the casino! | ||
34 |
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The Netherlands |
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May 2006 |
Viking River Cruise & Visit Friends |
Cruise ended in Amsterdam & then visit with Rotscheid's |
35 | Norway | August 2010 | Star Princess Baltic Cruise - Osla & RCL Vision of the Seas - Alesund, Tromso, Geiranger, Honningsvag & North Cape, Bergen, Olden | |||
Jul 2016 | Holland America Cruise - Zuiderdam: Bergen, Alesund | |||||
36 | Poland | August 2010 | Star Princess Baltic Cruise - Gydnia & Gdansk | |||
37 | Portugal |
Lisbon, Porta;
San Miguel,Azores |
April 2013,
April 2017 |
Uniworld Land & Duoro River with 2 Dance Couples! HAL Konningsdam TransAtlantic Cruise | ||
38 | Romania | Bucharest, Transylvania | April 2015 | Eastern Explorer - Uniworld Cruise - River Princess | Continued on Danube - Hungary, Croatia, Serbia, Bulgaria, Romania | |
39 | Russia | Aug 2010, Sep 2011 |
Star Princess Baltic Cruise - St Petersburg GCT River Cruise - Moscow & misc others to St Pete's |
Cruise with 4 dance couples with Pre travel to Ukrania | ||
Sep 2011 | River cruise from Moscow to St Petersburg on GCT | |||||
**** | San Marino | Pam in 1972 | road trip with family | |||
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Scotland |
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May 2009 |
Road Trip |
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Shetland Islands | July 2016 | Holland American Cruise - Zuiderdame | ||||
41 | Serbia | Belgrade | Apr 2015 | Eastern Explorer - Uniworld Cruise - River Princess | Continued on Danube - Hungary, Croatia, Serbia, Bulgaria, Romania | |
42 |
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Slovakia |
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April/May 2006 |
Round Dance & Road Trip |
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Spain |
Barcelona, Malaga, Alicante |
April 2001, July 2008, Apr 2017 |
Renaissance R7, RCL Brilliance , HAL Konningsdam TransAtlantic |
Both there in the Air Force also |
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Sweden |
Hallstahammer, Karlskrona, Stockholm, Linskoping, Dalarna, Gothenburg, Jonkoping |
July 2010, July 2012, July /Aug 2018 |
2 weeks teaching assignment in Hallstahammer & Star Princess Baltic Cruise stop in Stockholm - Read Travelogue 10 days of dance sessions in Karlskrona, Sweden 2 weeks teaching in Karlskrona, Sweden 10 days traveling - Mountains to the west coast, including a canal ride - Read Travelogue |
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Switzerland |
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May 1994 |
Road Trip |
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Turkey |
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Apr 2001, Jul 2014 |
Renaissance R7, HAL MS Noordam - Kusadasi (Ephesus) |
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47 | Ukraine | Sep 2011 | Kiev with GCT | |||
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Wales |
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Apr 2009 |
Road Trip |
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49 | Vatican City |
Apr 2001, July 2008, Jul /Aug 2014, Apr 2016 |
Renaissance R7, RCL Brilliance of the Seas, HAL MS Noordam (Venice before Naples enroute & Rome after) |
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African Continent |
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50 | Botswana | Dec 2014, Apr 2018 |
Overseas Adventure Travel
Read the Travelogue!! Read the 2018 Travelogue! |
Exclusive tour just for the Dancing GyPsies - our 25th Anniversary!!! | ||
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Egypt |
Cairo, Giza, Aswan, Luxor, Sakkara, AbuSimbel, Edfu, Esna, |
Dec 2007 |
Grand Circle Nile
River Tour |
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Suez/Port Said (Suez Canal) | Apr 2016 | RCL Splendour of the Seas - Suez/Port Said - couldn't get off ship | ||||
52 | Ethiopia | Addis Ababa Bole International Airport | Dec 2022 | Overseas Adventure Travel | Only an airport stop, but slept in airport for 5 hours! | |
53 | Kenya | Naroibi, Masai Mara | May 2018 | Overseas Adventure Travel | ||
54 | Namibia | May 2018 | Overseas Adventure Travel | |||
55 | Rwanda | Kigali, Akagera NP, Volcanos NP | Dec 2022 | Overseas Adventure Travel | Elcusive tour just for the Dancing GyPsies! | |
56 | Senegal | Dakar | Dec 2014 | Overseas Adventure Travel Read the Travelogue!! | (only a technical stop on the flight over & back) | |
57 | South Africa | Cape Town | Dec 2014 | Overseas Adventure Travel Read the Travelogue!! | ||
Johannesburg, Hartbeespoort | Apr 2018 | Overseas Adventure Travel & Tours by Locals Read the travelogue! | ||||
58 | Tanzania | Arusha, Serengeti, Karatu | Apr 2018 | Overseas Adventure Travel | ||
Arusha, Lake Manyara, Serengeti | Dec 2022 | Overseas Adventure Travel | Elcusive post tour just for the Dancing GyPsies! | |||
Nungwi, Zanzibar | Dec 2022 |
1 week at Double Tree Resort after an OAT trip; Spice Tour, & Boat Cruise |
all inclusive resort week | |||
59 | Uganda | Entebbe International Airport | Dec 2022 | Overseas Adventure Travel | Only an airport stop, but visited a nice lounge for several hours! | |
60 | Zambia | Dec 2014, Apr 2018 | Overseas Adventure Travel Read the Travelogue! | |||
61 | Zimbabwe | Dec 2014, Apr 2018 | Overseas Adventure Travel Read the Travelogue!! | |||
Oceania |
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62 |
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Australia |
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New South Wales |
Jun 2000 |
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Western Australia |
Jun 2000 |
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South Australia |
Jun 2000 |
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Tasmania |
Apr 2000 |
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Northern Territory |
Jun 2000 |
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Queensland |
Apr 2000, Jun 2003, May 2012 |
Road trip (2000) & Round Dance Festival (2003) & Round Dance Festival (2012) |
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Brisbane, May 2012 | Dance with Armstrong's | |||||
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Victoria |
May 2000, Sep 2009 |
Road trip (2000) & Round Dance Festival (2009) |
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Cook Islands |
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Roratunga |
Jan 1999 |
Honeymoon |
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Autitaki |
Jan 1999 |
Honeymoon |
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64 |
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French Polynesia |
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Tahiti |
Sep 2009 |
Star Flyer Clipper Ship |
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Moorea |
Sep 2009 |
Star Flyer Clipper Ship |
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Ta’haa |
Sep 2009 |
Star Flyer Clipper Ship |
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Supposed to visit Huahine, but weather was too bad |
Sep 2009 |
Star Flyer Clipper Ship |
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65 |
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New Zealand |
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both North & South Island, North Island |
Jun 2000, Jun 2003 |
Round Dance & Road Trip, Jun 2000, Round Dance & Road Trip |
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Asia |
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66 | China | Shanghai | Apr 2010 |
Diamond Princess Cruise - Ancient City of Zhuijaijao Read Travelogue |
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Beijing | May 2010 | Harrison Wang Land tour | ||||
Xi'an | May 2010 | Harrison Wang Land tour | ||||
Guilin | May 2010 | Harrison Wang Land tour | ||||
Hong Kong | Apr 2010 | Diamond Princess Cruise - Dragon Back Hike | ||||
67 | Taiwan | Keelong | Apr 2010 | Fishing Village & walk around port | ||
Taipai | April 2019 | Airport - Celebrity Constellation | ||||
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Japan |
Okinawa |
Apr 2010 |
Diamond Princess Cruise |
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Tokyo | May 2012, Jun 2014 | train trip before Shibata Round up, May 2012- saw Sumo with Shibata's - 2014 Bus tour with harbor cruise | ||||
Hakone/Odawara | May 2012 | w/Ito's - saw Mt Fuji | ||||
Hiroshima | May 2012 | w/Takasaki's | ||||
Kamakura | Jun 2014 | w/Shibata's | ||||
Kyoto/Nara | May 2012 | w/Maeda's | ||||
Nasu | Jun 2014 | Visit Shibata's 2nd Home | ||||
Takayama | May 2012 | stay in Green Hotel | ||||
Shin Hotoka Ropeway | May 2012 | via bus | ||||
Matsumoto | May 2012 | stayed in Tokyu Inn | ||||
Hanno | May 2012 | visited Shibata's | ||||
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South Korea |
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1980/81 1995 |
Both stationed at Osan AB Pam alone on TDY – all over |
Where we met! |
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Singapore |
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Apr 2010 |
Diamond Princess Cruise - City Tour |
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Apr 2019 | Celebrity Constellation = 2 days pretour with Tours by Locals | AWESOME!! | ||||
71 | Thailand | Bangkok | April 2010 | Diamon Princess Cruise - 2 nights Private pre-Tour | ||
Phuket | April 2019 | Celebrity Constellation | ||||
Phang Nga Bay NP | April 2019 | Celebrity Constellation - Ship Excursion | ||||
72 | Vietnam | Phu Mai (Vuan Tai) | Apr 2010 | Diamond Princess Cruise - Vuan Tai Resort Tour | ||
Nha Trang | Apr 2010 | Diamond Princess Cruise - | Absolutely gorgeous!! | |||
The Caribbean |
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73 | Antigua & Barbuda |
St John's, Antigua & Barbuda |
Dec 2013, Jan 2018 |
Celebrity Eclipse, Viking Sea |
Eco Kayak in/around Great Bird Island. Island Panoramic Tour |
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Aruba |
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Nov 1998, Dec 2004, Dec 2008, Dec 2011, Dec 2013 |
RCL Rhapsody of the Seas, Celebrity Infinity, Celebrity Solstice, Island Princess, Celebrity Eclipse |
bus tour first time, snorkel 4 times |
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75 |
The Bahamas |
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Nov 1994 |
RCL Sovereign of the Seas Cruise |
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Freeport, Half Moon Cay, Nassau | Jun 2022 | Carnival Dream | 8 night cruise to/from Galveston | |||
76 | Barbados | Dec 2013 | Celebrity Eclipse | |||
77 |
Virgin Islands & British Virgin Islands |
St Thomas, St Johns |
Nov 1994, Nov 1998, Jan 2018 |
RCL Sovereign of the Seas, RCL Rhapsody of the Seas, Viking Sea |
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British Virgin Islands |
St Croix |
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Cayman Islands |
Grand Cayman |
Dec 2009 |
RCL Voyager of the Seas |
Snorkel & City Tour |
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80 |
Cuba |
Camaguey, Remedios, Matanzas, Havana |
Dec 2018 |
Grand Circle Foundation - People to People |
w/Hibner & Toth |
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81 |
Curacao |
Netherlands Antilles |
Dec 2013 |
Celebrity Eclipse |
Kayak & Snorkel |
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82 | Grenada | St George | Dec 2013 | Celebrity Eclipse | Spice Island Bus tour | |
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Haiti |
Labadee |
Dec 2013 |
Celebrity Eclipse |
Celebrity's private island - Speed boat & snorkel |
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84 | Jamaica | Montego Bay, Ocho Rios | Dec 2009, Dec 2011 | RCL Voyager of the Seas, Island Princess | Snorkel, Swam with Dolphins | |
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Puerto Rico |
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Nov 1994, Dec 2008, Dec 2017 |
RCL Sovereign of the Seas, Celebrity Solstice, Viking Sea |
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86 |
St Maarten |
Dutch Part |
Nov 1998, Dec 2008, Dec 2013 |
RCL Rhapsody of the Seas, Celebrity Solstice, Celebrity Eclipse |
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87 |
St Kitts & Nevis |
St Kitts |
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RCL Rhapsody of the Seas |
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St Lucia | Castries | Dec 2013, Jan 2018 | Celebrity Eclipse, Viking Sea | Port shopping mall, Island Tour & Aerial Tram |
89 | St Martin |
French Antilles
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Nov 1994 |
RCL Sovereign of the Seas Cruise |
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90 | St Vincent & the Grenadines | |||||
91 | Trinidad-Tobago | Scarborough, Tobago | Jan 2018 | Viking Sea | Roxborough Rainforest | |
92 | Turks & Caicos Islands | Grand Turks | Dec 2010 | Crown Princess | Didn't get off the ship | |
Middle East | ||||||
93 | India | Cochin | April 2019 | Celebrity Constellation | ||
Goa | April 2019 | Celebrity Constellation | ||||
Mumbai | April 2019 | Celebrity Constelltion | ||||
**** |
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Iran |
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George Only in the Military |
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94 | Israel | Ashdod, Jerusalem; Haifa, Galilee | April 2016 | RCL Splendour of the Seas | ||
**** | Lebanon | George Only in the Military | ||||
95 | Oman | Salalah | April 2016 | RCL Splendour of the Seas | ||
Muscat | April 2019 | Celebrtiy Constellation - Tours by Locals | Fantastic | |||
96 | Palestine | West Bank, Bethlehem | April 2016 | RCL Splendour of the Seas | ||
97 | Sri Lanka | Colombo | April 2019 | Celebrity Constellation - Tours by Locals | ||
98 | United Arab Emirates | Abu Dhabi | April 2019 | Celebrity Constellation - 2 nights post cruise with Tours by Locals | Amazing! | |
Ajman | April 2016 | RCL Splendour of the Seas | ||||
Dubai |
April 2016 April 2019 |
RCL Splendour of the Seas read the Travelogue Celebrity Constellation |
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Sharjah | April 2016 | RCL Splendour of the Seas | ||||
Antarctica | ||||||
Melchior Islands | Dec 2019 |
Corinthian - OAT Adventure Tour Click here to Read the Ship's Log |
zodiac cruise | |||
Danco Island | hiking & Polar plunge | |||||
Neko Harbor | Mainland hike | |||||
Lemaire Channel | Cruising the Channel in the Corinthian | |||||
Torersen | zodiac cruise to see Humpback whales bubble feeding | |||||
Port Lockroy | Penguin Post Office | |||||
Paradise Bay | Argentinian Base Brown (mainland) | |||||
Deception Island (South Shetland Islands) | Whalers Bay hiking |