Markus, Yes I did see your second wave. It reminded me of how I spent my time while not in the operations center. I found it interesting to see the maintenance needed to keep a ship in order.
My retorts below... -----Original Message----- From: Markus Maurer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, August 12, 2004 1:14 AM <snip> > >>>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... :-) --I must admit that the second time around aboard the ship I had my own quarters since I was then the engineer in charge. Many memories, especially of that stateroom, glad I did it - TWICE! Not sure if I would sign up to do it again - doing double duty as an engineer and a translator was a bit much, especially as we were approached by foreign military vessels :-) You don't want to know what the Army guys first thought was... > >>>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 :-) --And I thank you for it ;-) <snip> > > 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" ;-) --I have not been to Puntarenas. I did visit San Jose and did take a trip to Montezuma on the west coast. Definitely a place I would like to see once again. This was back in 1986. I assume you went into La Ceiba in Honduras? > > 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 --Awesome! Reminds me of the time I made an entry in the log book about getting to observe a meteor shower from the bridge - it put things in perspective and how we did not need to stress that which would not have an impact in the world at large. 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 Thanks again Markus, Cesar Panama City, Florida
