Post photos of your favorite HAL ships and where you went

[scubacruiserx2]

2 hours ago, SumoCitrus said:

The sail in to Geiranger - July 2018 - aboard Koningsdam

 

Incredible peace and beauty. We had perfect weather that trip.

 

We loved Norway last year . We didn't have the pleasure of a sail in or out but we hired a guide in Alesund who drove us to Geiranger .

 

 

The 7 Sisters

 

 

 

 

 

On the other side of the boat is The Suitor

 

 

 

 

Our guide brought us a picnic basket for lunch .

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[crusinbanjo]

38 minutes ago, scubacruiserx2 said:

crusinbanjo

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You're welcome . We haven't had a Pinnacle Suite yet but we've got the Neptune bug . Wow that looks like quite a line at Catherine's Palace .

 It was a huge line, but we had booked a private tour guide and driver for 2 days and never stood in a line.  She was fantastic, ran us until we couldn't go any more, gave us more info than we could ever have thought of.  Even a back door tour of the Hermitage where, again, the lines were so long.  Had we not booked with her, the first line of the day would mean we would see only that site that day.  We are sooooooo glad we booked a private tour guide and driver for this port!

 

[scubacruiserx2]

3 hours ago, crusinbanjo said:

 It was a huge line, but we had booked a private tour guide and driver for 2 days and never stood in a line.  She was fantastic, ran us until we couldn't go any more, gave us more info than we could ever have thought of.  Even a back door tour of the Hermitage where, again, the lines were so long.  Had we not booked with her, the first line of the day would mean we would see only that site that day.  We are sooooooo glad we booked a private tour guide and driver for this port!

 

 

We love Saint Petersburg and private guides and did so on our last visit there last year on the Zuiderdam . We have stayed in SPB with a Visa 3 times but the cruise last year kind of last minute and we didn't have time to get one . We used Tours by Locals and boy we we surprised when they picked us up .

 

 

[scubacruiserx2]

One of favorite ports was Saint Petersburg . Here the fountains are coming on at Peterhof 

 

 

 

We also enjoyed a helicopter flight there

 

 

 

[bennybear]

Love St Petersburg!   Because we had visited before,  Viktoria of SPB tours arranged a behind the scenes tour of those fountains!   It was really interesting to see how they worked.

[bennybear]

We are so glad we got to visit Italy, Greece, Turkey,  Croatia and Slovenia last fall on the beautiful Koningsdam with wonderful friends! 

[scubacruiserx2]

3 hours ago, bennybear said:

Love St Petersburg!   Because we had visited before,  Viktoria of SPB tours arranged a behind the scenes tour of those fountains!   It was really interesting to see how they worked.

 

We saw some folks down there when they we turning them on , maybe it was you .

[scubacruiserx2]

Some from the Zaandam in South America and Antarctica

 

Brujo Glacier

 

 

 

Glacier Alley

 

 

Video clip 2013 :

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Antarctica

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

It was snowing when a Chinstrap penguin took the plunge

 

 

 

The tale of a Humpback

 

 

 

 

 

 

[crusinbanjo]

Here are a few of my favorites from Veendam May 2019 Venice to Rome 

[scubacruiserx2]

The overlook in Bergen , Norway

 

 

 

 

The Nieuw Statendam

 

 

 

The Zuiderdam

 

 

 

 

 

Edited March 25, 2020 by scubacruiserx2

[SeaDog-46]

Volendam at Isle of Pines New Caledonia.

[scubacruiserx2]

We had requested a stop at St. Peter and Paul Cathedral in Peterfof

 

 

 

We stopped at this church for some photos

 

 

 

 

[ski ww]

Great pictures every one, thanks for sharing. Makes me want to get back on a cruise ship right now. 

[VegasRealtor]

Sunrise over the Pacific Ocean enroute to Hawaii on Eurodam 2018

[scubacruiserx2]

49 minutes ago, ski ww said:

Great pictures every one, thanks for sharing. Makes me want to get back on a cruise ship right now. 

 

Us too . We have a TA on the Veendam scheduled in 28 days .

[crusinbanjo]

Here are two photos from a 2008 cruise on Ryndam to the Western Caribbean, (I know its a little old), but still one of my favorites.  the first is from Tikal in the jungles of Guatemala and the second is from a Myan site near Belize City.  Funny Story about the photo from Tikal, we had to photoshop out an Aussie Girl who photobombed the original, then we couldn't get a clear background again because of people wandering behind us.  Can anybody pick out the area that was shopped?

Edited March 26, 2020 by crusinbanjo

[scubacruiserx2]

Half Moon Cay

 

 

The Koningsdam was there ahead of us and so there could be over 5000 passengers not including crew

 

 

 

 

 

Returning to the Nieuw Statendam

 

[VMax1700]

Nieuw Statendam still moored in St Thomas USVI.  We were on Koningsdam.  Tooting competition followed between the two sisters! April 2019

 

[VMax1700]

My travel brochure shot.......Koningsdam in Grand Turk,  January 2020

[VMax1700]

Rotterdam in Geiranger June 2017

[St Pete Cruiser]

2 hours ago, crusinbanjo said:

Here are two photos from a 2008 cruise on Ryndam to the Western Caribbean, (I know its a little old), but still one of my favorites.  the first is from Tikal in the jungles of Guatemala and the second is from a Myan site near Belize City.  Funny Story about the photo from Tikal, we had to photoshop out an Aussie Girl who photobombed the original, then we couldn't get a clear background again because of people wandering behind us.  Can anybody pick out the area that was shopped?

 

Looks fine to me.  I have that same red print shirt, which looks best when HAL launders and presses it.

We did 3 cruises last year and all were excellent.  Now, with all that is happening, we realize how lucky and blessed we were!

[scubacruiserx2]

2 hours ago, VMax1700 said:

My travel brochure shot.......Koningsdam in Grand Turk,  January 2020

 

Great photo . We love Grand Turk a great place to dive . We first went there on our first HAL cruise on the Westerdam . We hope to leave on the Veendam in 27 days and visit Cork on May 12th .

 

 

[nimiq]

Nieuw Amsterdam at Halfmoon Cay.

 

Sea Ya

 

Eric

[cat shepard]

Oosterdam, off the Big Island.

[cat shepard]

10 hours ago, VegasRealtor said:

Sunrise over the Pacific Ocean enroute to Hawaii on Eurodam 2018

 

Wow! Just WOW!