Got up early in the morning to view the sail into Boka Katorska (Bay of Kotor). Arrived at the port of Kotor, Montenegro. Kotor is at least two thousand years old, first mentioned 168BC when it was known as Acruvium. It was also a part of the Venetian Republic for nearly four hundred years. Kotor is a […]
Today is our only full day at sea. Lounged around the ship and enjoyed the unfurling of the sails. The Sea Cloud II looks truly majestic when she sails under wind power. The ship is somewhat different from other sailing ships as her sails must be manually unfurled as opposed to electronically as most of […]
MEXICO: Avoid non-essential travel: Tropical storm Ernesto OFFICIAL WARNING: Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada advises against non-essential travel to the Gulf coast of Mexico from Veracruz eastward to Chilitepec and north of Veracruz to Barra de Nautla. The U.S. National Hurricane Centre in Miami is issuing advisories for tropical storm Ernesto. As changes to […]
We arrived at the island of Korcula, Croatia, early this morning. Korcula has been inhabited since 400BC and has Roman influences. In more recent times it was part of the Venetian empire. It is a beautiful walled city with many back alleys. We stopped at a restaurant to enjoy some local delicacies. There is also […]
Cathay Pacific Advisory (Hong Kong) Cathay Pacific today (Wednesday, 8 August) announced that its flights to and from Shanghai, Hangzhou and Ningbo remain suspended for the day, but plans are underway for resuming operations on a limited scale after midnight, as well as mounting extra flights in the early hours tomorrow. “We anticipate disruption and […]
We got up this morning to another hot August day in Venice. It seems like a lot of the residents have gone out of town for the holidays. A couple of cruise ships are in town so there are quite of few tourists here. After breakfast, we took a leisurely walk through the Dorsoduro […]