Hi Cesar nice to have some memories to share with you. I placed some more photos from Panama this night in "wave 3", I hope you have already seen the "second wave - crew at work" at http://www.photo.net/photodb/presentation.tcl?presentation_id=256444.
see comments below: > >>>These are nice quarters. When I worked about a ship, on the first one > there were four of us sharing a 'room'. When you left the ship you had to I urgently need my privacy, I would not have worked on a ship under those conditions. I have been forced to live like that in the army, that's sufficient... :-) > >>>My one regret while on the project that put me on a couple of > ships, was > not being able to travel the Panama Canal. I worked at Rodman AB for some > time and saw the traffic daily. that's why I posted some more views for a little compensation :-) > 3 Anchorage on the Mississippi river some miles away from New Orleans > >>>The first time we left aboard the ship it was out of New > Orleans (forced > to work there during Mardi Gras one year), the second time out of Morgan > City, Louisiana. Very interesting areas each one - and so different. On the other side, you pay $50 for the Speedo boat and the taxi to New Orleans and back to the ship, an expensive adventure to listen to some Jazz and have a beer! > > 5 a small town in China, Police and military controlled > > >>>I never did travel anywhere as exotic with the ship - only Central > America. I will not even bring up the Penal Colony we 'visited' on our > maiden voyage out of Panama :-) "exotic" places are seldom the real good ones... (expensive, unfree) My absolutely best travels where with the first ship MS "Caribia" at the age of 17. 14 days Europe with Hamburg, Bremen, Rotterdam, Le Havre, England and once Denmark 14 days from England to Panama (good to save some money) 1 month in Central America: Guatemala, Honduras, Costa Rica, El Salvador and once Mexico and more. 3 times the same route maybe you have been to Puntarenas in Costa Rica too? The most beautiful place I have been, "everything" was "extraordinary" ;-) > > 6 and a cliché shot for the romantic: > > >>>I recall seeing comets and lightning among the clouds; looking out and > not seeing any land; the awesome sunrises and sunsets as I messed around > with a harmonica on the back deck. > It is very understandable - the call of the water... Take out the harmonica for some sweet memories Cesar, this one is for you: http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=2603876 and, don't miss the next "waves" with photos form the vessel, crew at leisure and seamen baptism and some more landscapes.... soon in selected Pentax theatres only Markus
