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[CFC2010]

This is my type of holiday.......looks amazing.

 

[CFC2010]

 

[Black_White]

 

[CFC2010]

 

[CFC2010]

 

[Magpie Girl]

Can’t describe how amazing and stupendous India was - and still can’t quite believe I was at the Taj Mahal.
My other main highlight was the annual camel fair in Pushkar - absolutely incredible

 

[deltablues]

Delayed [had an accident] but now about to take a Finnish freighter MS Hjordis from Terneuzen Netherlands to top of Baltic Sea/Bothnia Gulf to Tornio, Finland, return. 14 days, ice permitting. Currently -20C there so need a coat. And a cap. And some schnapps, ja.

Snap of Hjordis in ice.

See also You Tube similar trip - Hjordis appears around 19.00.

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Will be off-line but will upload snaps in port plus ship tracker.

Then on return to Terneuzen taking a cargo ship Liverpool - Philadelphia, then road trip back home. Postcards later.

 

[deltablues]

Postcard from Gulf of Bothnia on my little freighter "Hjordis", heading to Tornio, Finland.

Tracker https://www.vesselfinder.com/?imo=9126235

 

[Saintly Viewed]

Postcard from Gulf of Bothnia on my View attachment 632664little freighter "Hjordis", heading to Tornio, Finland.

Tracker https://www.vesselfinder.com/?imo=9126235

What a picture.
Great work there.

 

[deltablues]

Ricked my back in a Force 9 gale on "Hjordis" in the North Sea - 8 feet of water on main deck, rolling thru 45' each way - so had to nix my next ship back to US and fly back instead.

Hard to snap stormy seas, but attached is an attempt.

Lady Finnish skipper.

 

[Magpie Girl]

Ricked my back in a Force 9 gale on "Hjordis" in the North Sea - 8 feet of water on main deck, rolling thru 45' each way - so had to nix my next ship back to US and fly back instead.

Hard to snap stormy seas, but attached is an attempt.

Lady Finnish skipper.

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That ship is really low in the water
Hope you’re ok

 

[deltablues]

Another freighter trip postcard(s) - this time on the smallest commercial cargo ship I've been on: Egon W - shown here in the lovely Lake Saimaa area of Russia/Finland, where we'll be going. She's a tramp ship so no fixed ports or schedules. I have no idea where I'll disembark, but as long as the beer is cold...

Boarding in Kiel tonight, after a meal of beer and pickled herrings today in the downtown Kiel waterfront. Lovely area if you like ships and yachts.

If I'm in internet range will post some more snapz in real time.

PS ship tracker. https://www.vesselfinder.com/vessels/EGON-W-IMO-9279018-MMSI-304520000

If nec, just type in Egon W on search bar.

 

[Magpie Girl]

I’ve been meandering through the Greek Islands for the last few weeks. I’m currently on Santorini, which would have to be one of the most beautiful places I’ve been. The weather is warm, the sky is blue and I’m loving every minute of it. Yesterday I walked from Thira to Imerovigli and climbed Skaros Rock before walking way down to the inevitable little church at the bottom
Today I’ve swum in the hot springs and climbed to the top of the volcano and taken a donkey ride back up to Thira.
I’m feeling a little exhausted and am ready for a wine or two
Lucky me
CFC2010

 

[deltablues]

Lake Saimaa region in Finland has some gorgeous scenery, but was getting chilly this time of year with zero temps and snowfalls.

Now back on-line in a little port in the Netherlands [Delfzijl] where the ship has entered drydock and I am about to head back Stateside asap due to the fires in the Santa Rosa/Napa Valley area.

 

[Magpie Girl]

Lake Saimaa region in Finland has some gorgeous scenery, but was getting chilly this time of year with zero temps and snowfalls.

Now back on-line in a little port in the Netherlands [Delfzijl] where the ship has entered drydock and I am about to head back Stateside asap due to the fires in the Santa Rosa/Napa Valley area.

Hope everything is alright at home

 

[darklake]

Love this thread.
You back in Australia Magpie Girl ?

 

[Black_White]

I live such a sheltered life.......

 

[Magpie Girl]

Love this thread.
You back in Australia Magpie Girl ?

Yes I am - got back last Thursday night.
Absolutely sensational in the Greek Islands

 

[darklake]

Yes I am - got back last Thursday night.
Absolutely sensational in the Greek Islands

Excellent.

 

[deltablues]

Hope everything is alright at home

Thanks, MG.

 

[deltablues]

More postcards from Lake Saimaa area Finland, Russia. Snowing as we left.
We got searched by 12 Finnish customs folk at the Finnish/Russian border. The snap of them all on the ship's bridge was too big for this upload, so here is the drug dog disembarking.

It was a disappointingly small creature so I , uh, enhanced it for the purposes of adventure...

 

[deltablues]

Keeping warm on the bridge...

 

[deltablues]

This postcard is from where I am living in White Lake, Michigan - lake frozen over and 7 below freezing.

Planning my next freighter trip for June.

 

[Magpie Girl]

This postcard is from where I am living in White Lake, Michigan - lake frozen over and 7 below freezing.

Planning my next freighter trip for June.

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Looks beautiful Delta.
im planning to walk the Camino in May

 

[deltablues]

Looks beautiful Delta.
im planning to walk the Camino in May

I hope you don't mean the El Camino Real in Houston - bad area.

Is it in Europe?