Category: Asia & Pacific

Aboard Amsterdam during the Grand Asia and Australia Voyage, 2008. As we sailed into Miyako it became apparent that there was a lumber mill on the waterfront. Then as we docked and I saw all of the logs and I remembered how in Oregon and Washington the mill owners are up in the air because…   read more of “Postcards from…”

Tuesday morning we sailed into Aomori, Japan. It was a little cloudy, but warm. We had a boat drill at 10:30 a.m., so we didn’t get off the ship until 11:00 a.m. But as you can see we were right downtown, so we were in the city by 11:15 a.m. It was another fun day…   read more of “Postcards from…”