Rare Solent Richard Posted May 6, 2021 #2851 Share Posted May 6, 2021 9 hours ago, Palmeat said: Two new ones off the list here. I think we can agree the first is definitely a Cunard port!😀. My guess for the day is going to be 'The Corinth Canal' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Solent Richard Posted May 6, 2021 #2852 Share Posted May 6, 2021 With only one destination left (Peter's Queen Victoria amongst the containers) I will add two more to hopefully keep the ball rolling. Any offers on this pair... By way of a small clue, the second photograph is of considerable significance. 😁 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Colin_Cameron Posted May 6, 2021 #2853 Share Posted May 6, 2021 On 5/5/2021 at 5:37 AM, Palmeat said: ... the second is rather an old photo (1995) but hopefully offers enough information to identify. I think this is Gythion (or Gythio), Greece. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Colin_Cameron Posted May 6, 2021 #2854 Share Posted May 6, 2021 17 minutes ago, Solent Richard said: My guess for the day is going to be 'The Corinth Canal' Aah! Now I see it. I thought we were looking down at ice or something floating on the water. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluemarble Posted May 6, 2021 #2855 Share Posted May 6, 2021 23 minutes ago, Solent Richard said: Spot on John, is certainly is Bonifacio, Corsica and well done - One outstanding port of call to visit. Thanks also for your interesting story as well. I assume it was the same 'grotto' that I actually made it to. Out of interest here is my record... That's the decent above which leads to a path with an overhang almost at sea level... ...which eventually comes to the Grotto/Cave... Yes indeed, that's the grotto at Bonifacio they explored on "Expedition Unknown." The interior of the grotto includes an underground lake sealed off from this direction. Instead they ended up descending a 200-foot deep well from above with scuba equipment to explore that lake. Of course they didn't find Rommel's treasure, but it did make for some interesting television. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Colin_Cameron Posted May 6, 2021 #2856 Share Posted May 6, 2021 10 hours ago, Palmeat said: Colin, I'll spend my guess for today on Puerto Banus, Nueva Andalucia? Well done @Palmeat. It is Puerto Banus. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Solent Richard Posted May 6, 2021 #2857 Share Posted May 6, 2021 1 hour ago, Colin_Cameron said: Aah! Now I see it. I thought we were looking down at ice or something floating on the water. Have to confess I did this morning. It was only when I came back onboard this afternoon that it clicked- Well I hope it has. 😁 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Palmeat Posted May 6, 2021 #2858 Share Posted May 6, 2021 Well done Colin - it is indeed Gythion.⭐ Initially you were unable to reconcile the buildings - did that turn out to be a different place? Congratulations Richard - Corinth Canal indeed!⭐ Well spotted - I thought the unusual perspective might present a puzzle. More orthodox shot of the sail-through follows. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Solent Richard Posted May 6, 2021 #2859 Share Posted May 6, 2021 5 minutes ago, Palmeat said: Congratulations Richard - Corinth Canal indeed!⭐ Well spotted - I thought the unusual perspective might present a puzzle. More orthodox shot of the sail-through follows. Indelibly stamped in my mind. That one and only occasion when I'd waited to book an excursion while onboard and of course they were fully booked to sail the canal. I had to settle for the rather less exciting visit to 'Ancient Corinth' archeological site and a stop over the Canal... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Colin_Cameron Posted May 6, 2021 #2860 Share Posted May 6, 2021 9 minutes ago, Palmeat said: it is indeed Gythion.⭐ Initially you were unable to reconcile the buildings - did that turn out to be a different place? No. I found Gythion almost straight away but using Google Streetview I couldn’t get the buildings to match. The hillside was such a good match that it had to right. It wasn’t until @bluemarble commented that I went and found some older photos which matched many of the buildings. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluemarble Posted May 6, 2021 #2861 Share Posted May 6, 2021 9 minutes ago, Palmeat said: Well done Colin - it is indeed Gythion.⭐ Initially you were unable to reconcile the buildings - did that turn out to be a different place? Congratulations Richard - Corinth Canal indeed!⭐ Well spotted - I thought the unusual perspective might present a puzzle. More orthodox shot of the sail-through follows. Once again, I'll go with Seabourn Spirit as the ship in your Corinth Canal photos. I was already heading that way finding details in the previous photo consistent with Spirit and also finding itineraries for Spirit that transited the Corinth Canal. Now this photo seals the detail. On a personal note, I transited the Corinth Canal way back in 1971 on a ship called the TSS Apollonia of the Hellenic Mediterranean Line. Thanks for that walk down memory lane. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Colin_Cameron Posted May 6, 2021 #2862 Share Posted May 6, 2021 1 hour ago, Solent Richard said: I had to settle for the rather less exciting visit to 'Ancient Corinth' archeological site and a stop over the Canal... Was this on the 2008 cruise? As you no doubt saw on the video, we also did the Ancient Corinth tour. Could we have been on the same coach? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sfred Posted May 7, 2021 #2863 Share Posted May 7, 2021 12 hours ago, Solent Richard said: That is the Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia railroad station. A beautiful historical building dating from 1910. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sfred Posted May 7, 2021 #2864 Share Posted May 7, 2021 Out of curiosity, what Cunard ship made it that far upriver from Port Klang to KL? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Solent Richard Posted May 7, 2021 #2865 Share Posted May 7, 2021 2 hours ago, sfred said: That is the Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia railroad station. A beautiful historical building dating from 1910. Spot on sfred, Kuala Lumpur it is. Well done Sir, we were there with Queen Victoria in 2019. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Solent Richard Posted May 7, 2021 #2866 Share Posted May 7, 2021 3 hours ago, sfred said: Out of curiosity, what Cunard ship made it that far upriver from Port Klang to KL? Well it is on the latest 'not yet nominated' list. I can only hazard a guess that since Kuala Lumpur means "muddy confluence" in Malay; Kuala is the point where two rivers join together and over the years they've silted up. Here is that point of joining... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Solent Richard Posted May 7, 2021 #2867 Share Posted May 7, 2021 13 hours ago, Colin_Cameron said: Was this on the 2008 cruise? As you no doubt saw on the video, we also did the Ancient Corinth tour. Could we have been on the same coach? Unfortunately not Colin. Those photographs were taken in 2012. By the way, I was thrilled to sanction your request yesterday. 😉 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Colin_Cameron Posted May 7, 2021 #2868 Share Posted May 7, 2021 (edited) 3 hours ago, sfred said: Out of curiosity, what Cunard ship made it that far upriver from Port Klang to KL? It was listed on a Sea Goddess I itinerary which is why I initially thought it might be true. Nowadays you can't get any farther than the mouth of the river in anything larger than a rowing boat because of the bridges. Not sure about 30 years ago. But even if they docked somewhere on the river, I doubt they made it all the way to KL. Edited May 7, 2021 by Colin_Cameron This might be another one we have to remove from the list? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Colin_Cameron Posted May 7, 2021 #2869 Share Posted May 7, 2021 Just as an aside, we know that Sea Goddess II transited the Corinth Canal (I can't find any pictures on the web). But they were't the only Cunard ships able to fit. I believe the largest ship to sail the canal was the ex-Cunard Crown Dynasty - Fred Olsen's Braemar. Talk about a tight squeeze. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare carlmm Posted May 7, 2021 #2870 Share Posted May 7, 2021 One more from my side Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluemarble Posted May 7, 2021 #2871 Share Posted May 7, 2021 4 hours ago, Colin_Cameron said: It was listed on a Sea Goddess I itinerary which is why I initially thought it might be true. Nowadays you can't get any farther than the mouth of the river in anything larger than a rowing boat because of the bridges. Not sure about 30 years ago. But even if they docked somewhere on the river, I doubt they made it all the way to KL. OK, I think what I'll do is list this port as "Kuala Lumpur (Port Kelang), Malaysia" on our master list as I have for a few of the other ports (and how it often appears on the Cunard itineraries) where one port serves a larger city and we can't prove a Cunard ship made it to the larger city as a separate port. That way we can give a nod to having seen a photo of Kuala Lumpur without adding to our port count. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Palmeat Posted May 7, 2021 #2872 Share Posted May 7, 2021 5 hours ago, carlmm said: One more from my side No idea really, but looks like the Caribbean. Not many ports left on the list, so (as usual) in the expectation of being wrong, I'll open the batting - Bequia, St Vincent & The Grenadines?🤞 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare carlmm Posted May 7, 2021 #2873 Share Posted May 7, 2021 54 minutes ago, Palmeat said: No idea really, but looks like the Caribbean. Not many ports left on the list, so (as usual) in the expectation of being wrong, I'll open the batting - Bequia, St Vincent & The Grenadines?🤞 Your expectation is correct, I'am afraid 🌞 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare carlmm Posted May 7, 2021 #2874 Share Posted May 7, 2021 On 5/6/2021 at 5:01 PM, Solent Richard said: By way of a small clue, the second photograph is of considerable significance. 😁 The photograph is of significance? Not the place or the port? Would have thought Spain but where? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Colin_Cameron Posted May 7, 2021 #2875 Share Posted May 7, 2021 29 minutes ago, carlmm said: Would have thought Spain but where? Don’t know why but for some reason I thought Portugese, but not the mainland (or Madeira). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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