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Dear friends,
These are the postcards of my own publication:
https://cruisingonline.blogspot.com/p/postais.html
If you want to swap cards, please write me! :-)
Best regards,
Daniel
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Dear friends,
I've send you a contact/friendship requests, so we can swap our contacts and trade cards.
I'm in Brazil (Rio de Janeiro), publish my own postcards (I did publish the QE2, QM2, Costa Victoria, Costa Favolosa, MSC Armonia, MSC Preziosa, MSC Meraviglia, MSC Magnifica, Celebrity Infinity, Pullmantur R5 Blue Dream, Pullmantur Sovereign, Seabourn Quest, Silver Muse, Funchal and MS Kayamã river cruise) and have a friend who publish cruise ships, ferries and liners cards, too!
Best regards,
Daniel
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Hi!
Two shots taken with my drone during Oceania's Sirena call to Rio de Janeiro last Sunday: :cool:
Best regards,
Daniel R.Carneiro
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Here comes a night shot:
Nothing better than a drone on hand to make pictures of where up until recently it was almost impossible! Now I'm thinking of upgrading to Phantom 4 Pro (my current drone is a small DJI Spark) ... :-)
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Dear friends,
Two shots taken with my drone (sorry for image quality... it's just a DJI Spark, not a Phantom 4 Pro!) of Aurora at Rio de Janeiro this morning. Lucky passengers: it's a sunny day! :cool:
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Interesting. Nice pictures. Thanks for posting. Was this a 3 day trip? How easy would this be to do if one essentially speaks only English?
The complete tour is five day: flight from Rio or São Paulo to Campo Grande, shuttle from Campo Grande to Corumbá, one night at the Hotel Nacional Corumbá, a city tour with dinner and two free hours for shopping at bolivian border, a 3-night cruise "all inclusive" (food, beverage and excursions!), shuttle from Corumbá to Campo Grande and flight back to São Paulo or Rio. All cabins are external (with private balcony at 2nd deck and window at 1st deck). Fares from USD $1300 per person.
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This cruise is operated by Transmundi brazilian travel operator on a partnership with ship's owner JoiceTur (a local tour agency specialized in sport fishing cruises).
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German brand Siku produced few models (QM2, Mein Schiff 1 & 3 and AidaLuna. All models can be bought at Siku's site:
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Hi!
I collect almost all I can do. Since cruise ships postcards and miniature models to cruise cards and the onboard daily newspapers of each cruise I've taken! :-)
Unfortunately the number of postcard collectors is decreasing, while some cruise lines are stopping to print it (Costa now prints digital photos of the ships instead the old and good postcards). I have some postcards of my own publication (QE2, QM2, Costa Victoria, Costa Favolosa, MSC Armonia, MSC Preziosa, MSC Meraviglia, Monarch, R5 Blue Dream, Silver Muse, Seabourn Quest, The World of Residensea and MS Kayamã river cruise), but today it's hard to find collectors to trade cards with me. :loudcry:
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Dear friends,
Last november we had taken a different cruise: the brazilian Pantanal Matogrossense. Despite the boat isn't luxury as similar boats crossing european rivers, it's a fantastic trip, with "photo safaris" to watch the wildlife and a day in a farm.
Take a look at my article (sorry for poor Google translation - the original is in Portuguese) full of pictures at
Part 1:
Part 2:
Part 3:
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Here comes the pictures of Seabourn Quest and Silver Muse taken today:
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Here comes the pictures of Seabourn Quest and Silver Muse at Rio today:
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hi Dan,
We were also trying to take pictures of the two ships in port over the last two days. We like the Quest and are currently on the Muse. It would have been nice to have a picture of both ships together in one shot.
Hi!
I took some pictures with my drone today, one or two of it with both ships. How could I send it to you (I didn't found a link to send a private message with attachments, and this forum allows only very small images with a maximum of 280px height!).
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I am sorry that it happened - sadly, my own experiences of Rio a few years ago was of a youth trying to steal from my husband's pocket on Copacabana beach (all he had in it were some tissues), and we wore no watches or jewellery; the bird dirt on the shoe scam, and someone at the airport who tried to sell us some passport covers which they said we had to have legally in Rio!! I am afraid it put me off Rio for life, and unfortunately that reputation will be what caused people to rebuff you. Of course, we did look like middle aged Europeans; no doubt if we had looked like locals it would not have happened.
Well, Copacabana is really a "wild jungle" for foreigners, especially because it's the place in Rio which receives more tourists (most hotels are located here). We live in Copacabana and listed a room in our apartment on airbnb. Two of our guests (both from Argentina) were stolen at the beach. But fortunately the cruise port boulevard (known as "Boulevard Olímpico" / "Olympic Boulevard") is a relatively safe place (it's one of few places in Rio where I carry my drone and my cameras without much fear of a steal). Just a tip for visitors: don't walk towards the back streets, there's less policemen there. Keep walking on the boulevard and the square near Museu do Amanhã ("Tomorrow's Museum") and, if you want to see the historic centre of Rio, take the tramway to Santos-Dumont Airport direction until Cinelandia station.
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The only explanation I have is that perhaps the ships have passed through Salvador (Bahia) or Jamaica before their way to Rio. As in these places (and in a few others like Marrakesh and the surrounding of the Istanbul Blue Mosque) tourists are often annoyed by a crowd of sellers and beggars who practically force them to buy something or give them money, probably those who refused my simple souvenir you found that I was one of them!
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The only explanation I have is that perhaps the ships have passed through Salvador (Bahia) or Jamaica before their way to Rio. As in these places (and in a few others like Marrakesh and the surrounding of the Istanbul Blue Mosque) tourists are often annoyed by a crowd of sellers and beggars who practically force them to buy something or give them money, probably those who refused my simple souvenir you found that I was one of them!
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As a naval spotter, I woke up early to do some pictures of ships moored in the port of Rio de Janeiro, and as I always do, I took some of my postcards with me to distribute to other enthusiasts, passengers and crew.
To my surprise, by offering my last postcard (with a picture of the Silver Muse docked in Malta, made on my last trip to Europe) as a FREE GIFT to some passengers of that same ship and of the Seabourn Quest (both moored today) walking around the port, almost all of them looked at me with an ugly face - like if I were a criminal or a DAESH terrorist - refusing and speeding the pace!
What a crazy world, of suspicious and distrustful people! :o:confused:
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Crazy world, distrustful and grumpy people!
As a naval spotter, I woke up early to do some pictures of ships moored in the port of Rio de Janeiro, and as I always do, I took some of my postcards with me to distribute to other enthusiasts, passengers and crew.
To my surprise, by offering my last postcard (with a picture of the Silver Muse docked in Malta, made on my last trip to Europe) as a FREE GIFT to some passengers of that same ship and of the Seabourn Quest (both moored today) walking around the port, almost all of them looked at me with an ugly face - like if I were a criminal or a DAESH terrorist - refusing and speeding the pace!
What a crazy world, of suspicious and distrustful people! :o:confused:
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Dear friends,
I collect cruise ships and liners postcards and would like to trade with other collectors from all over the world. I also publish my own postcards, with 10 already published (QE2, QM2, Pullmantur R5 Blue Dream, Costa Victoria, MSC Armonia, The World, MSC Preziosa, MSC Meraviglia, Pullmantur Sovereign, Costa Favolosa, Silver Muse and Celebrity Infinity.
Best regards,
Daniel
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Yes, I collect cards from all cruises I've been. Unfortunately I lost one of it (on Pullmantur Horizon. :-(
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I've opened a thread for our roll call on October 12th (Monarch):
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Hi!
I'm brazilian and visited these cities by airplane or during my trip on Costa Favolosa from Rio to Savona.
Well, let's go:
First, be prepared to stray from people who come all the time to ask for money or to offer as a guide (for a fee, for sure!) or sell anything (it's not much different than in Morocco), especially in Salvador and Recife / Olinda, noting that all these ports are located in one of the poorest regions in Brazil.
Recife - If you like culture and history, take a taxi or an excursion to Olinda, a city not far from the port. It's a nice small city full of colorful houses and churches. If you decide to go to Boa Viagem beach, in Recife, don't swim far from the sands. Shark attacks are common at this beach!
Boa Viagem beach, Recife
Olinda
Maceio - Take a taxi or excursion to Gunga beach (a bit far from the port) and enjoy its calm and warm waters!
Maceió
Salvador da Bahia - Another city rich in culture and history, but do not be surprised by the dirt and stench on the streets around the harbor. If possible, take a taxi to the Lacerda ascensor and go up. When you get to the top, it will not be long until several people come around you trying to sell something insistently or offering theirselves as tour guides, as I have already said. It's annoying, and I only saw something like that when we visited Marrakesh, also during the crossing. Walk towards Pelourinho and the San Francisco church, two of the most beautiful and famous spots in the city. On the way back, do not risk going back to the harbor down the hills around Pelourinho (go back to Lacerda ascensor and go down from there), as there is a risk of robberies.
Salvador (and the Lacerda ascensor at the middle of the picture)
The Pelourinho, at Salvador
Ilheus - It's another small and nice city where the main attractions revolve around its most illustrious citizen, writer Jorge Amado. Unlike Olinda and Salvador, we did not feel bothered by beggars and vendors.
Statue of the writer Jorge Amado at the Vesuvius bar (Ilhéus), immortalized in one of his books
You can see more images of this trip in our blog (sorry, the texts are in Portuguese):
https://viajarnossovicio.blogspot.com.br/2015/04/cruzeiro-maritimo-uma-boa-opcao.html
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Does Carnival or other cruise line allows passengers to operate drones (maybe with a previous permission) when the ship is moored at the port? I'd like to use a drone on my next cruise, but I don't know the policies.
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Since I'm a ship spotter, I like to take pictures of everything, especially the ship interiors (normally I spend some hours after midnight - when most of ship lounges and restaurants are empty - to take these pictures).
Here are some "photo reports" of ships cruised:
- Costa Pacifica - http://cruisingonline.blogspot.com.br/p/costa-pacifica.html
- Empress - http://cruisingonline.blogspot.com.br/2013/02/rumo-buenos-aires-no-empress-cvc.html
- MSC Preziosa - http://cruisingonline.blogspot.com.br/p/navio-msc-preziosa.html
- Orient Queen - http://cruisingonline.blogspot.com.br/2013/02/das-ilhas-gregas-para-fernando-de.html
- Splendour of the Seas - http://cruisingonline.blogspot.com.br/2013/02/splendour-of-seas-finalmente-de-volta.html
- Zenith - http://cruisingonline.blogspot.com.br/2013/02/zenith-novidade-da-cvc-para-o-verao.html
- Costa Pacifica - http://cruisingonline.blogspot.com.br/p/costa-pacifica.html
Cruising with Pullmantur
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Here in Brazil, Pullmantur cruises are sold mostly by CVC tour operator (https://www.cvc.com.br/cruzeiros?orig=sitenovo_cruzeiros).