Living in Florida, there are some things that are just not available. Luckily the ship goes to Aruba and Curaçao where all the necessary staples of life, Dutch style, are available in the supermarket close to the ship. So I regularly take a trip there to stock up on Dutch cheese, hagelslag (chocolate sprinkles), stroopwafels… read more of “Captain’s…”
Noordam Hotel Manager Mark Pells shared this note and amazing photos of the HAL family uniting to help the earthquake survivors in Haiti. With the help of the Westerdam, Zuiderdam, Eurodam and Ryndam teams, the Noordam officers, the Seattle-based corporate staff and a host of others, we landed well over 17,000 pounds of food, clothing… read more of “HAL Ships Unite to…”
I am sure everyone is wondering why its so hard to get help into Haiti. Here are a couple pictures of the coastline of Haiti that tell the story. Most of Haiti is mountainous terrain. There are very few roads and so its not so easy to get around. Apart from Port au Prince there… read more of “Captain’s…”
Further to my earlier post regarding the Kruzenstern I contacted her master Captain Mikhael Novikov, so that I could share my pictures with him. He has answered me with a very nice e-mail and told me that it was the very first transit of his ship through the canal in the 83 years it has… read more of “Captain’s…”
Yesterday we were in the Panama Canal and we were side by side with a somewhat legendary ship. Almost as old as the canal itself the Kruzenstern was built in 1926 as the Padua and sailed around the world at the end of the era of the great clipper ships. Nowadays she is a Russian… read more of “Captain’s…”
Yesterday we were docked in chilly Fort Lauderdale when I spotted three manatees next to the ship in the intracoastal waterway. They like to hang out a little further south where there is a small channel that is used as a discharge for the local power plant and the water there is nice and warm… read more of “Captain’s…”
Aboard Zuiderdam. Today we are in Puerto Limon, Costa Rica and we are here together with our little sister the Amsterdam. This photo was taken on her approach with the Pilot Boat in the foreground. Puerto Limon is the place in Costa Rica where Columbus first set foot during his 4th voyage to the new… read more of “Captain’s…”
On December 10th, during our visit to Puerto Limon, Costa Rica, the Zuiderdam donated eight computer screens, a printer and 10 boxes of clothing donations from the crew. The Zuiderdam and MTN worked together in donating the computer screens to local schools in need near Puerto Limon. These computer screens were replaced by eight new… read more of “Zuiderdam Donates…”
