ExArkie Posted July 13, 2021 #3576 Share Posted July 13, 2021 6 hours ago, sfred said: Correct! That makes 499 ports. Where will be number 500? If I may be so presumptuous to stake a claim at number 500, I found one port on the list that we had been to and had actually been on a ship (non-Cunard) at the time. Docked at a rather industrial location, buses provided to get us into the occupied parts of town. Probably enough details in the background (assuming adequate resolution) to direct our super-sleuths to a likely location, but hints can be provided if necessary. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sfred Posted July 14, 2021 #3577 Share Posted July 14, 2021 (edited) Thanks @ExArkie! This port is Noumea, New Caledonia, at the Port Autonome de Nouméa container terminal. The blue and green cargo cranes, and the maritime museum buildings on the other side of the pier, were good clues. Also the numerous Swire shipping containers, which narrowed the geographic likely possibilities to Asia/Oceania. Edited July 14, 2021 by sfred Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluemarble Posted July 14, 2021 #3578 Share Posted July 14, 2021 We have indeed now reached the milestone of 500 ports/destinations identified on this thread! Congratulations, everyone and thanks for all your contributions to keep this thread going. I'd like to take this opportunity to post some statistics I've been compiling to recognize those who have contributed the most to this thread. It won't come as any surprise who has posted the most, but I must say I was amazed when I saw the actual counts. Here are the top 12 contributors along with how many times they've posted on this thread. That somewhat arbitrary cutoff includes everyone with 50 or more posts. Contributor Posts bluemarble 948 sfred 412 Host Hattie 310 Colin_Cameron 264 carlmm 262 exlondoner 244 Solent Richard 210 Palmeat 175 Lanky Lad 103 Essiesmom 95 sogne 90 Ray66 87 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sfred Posted July 14, 2021 #3579 Share Posted July 14, 2021 My congratulations to everyone also! I would never have previously thought that Cunard had been to so many places around the world. All the photos and port games have certainly helped the wife and I develop a bucket list of future explorations. Thanks @bluemarble for your interesting statistics on posts. I won't tell the wife about my count. She thinks I waste too much time here on CruiseCritic already! 😄 I've also been updating my analytics and graphs. Here are the charts for our 500 ports. An update from the previous graphs are that I added a longitude field to the latitude, enabling a graph of NE/NW/SE/SW latitude and longitude combinations. The top 10 countries are the same as before, although their ranking has changed a bit. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Host Hattie Posted July 14, 2021 Author #3580 Share Posted July 14, 2021 Congratulations on getting to 500 ports and thanks for all the statistics Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExArkie Posted July 14, 2021 #3581 Share Posted July 14, 2021 10 hours ago, sfred said: Thanks @ExArkie! This port is Noumea, New Caledonia, at the Port Autonome de Nouméa container terminal. The blue and green cargo cranes, and the maritime museum buildings on the other side of the pier, were good clues. Also the numerous Swire shipping containers, which narrowed the geographic likely possibilities to Asia/Oceania. That is, of course, correct. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Solent Richard Posted July 14, 2021 #3582 Share Posted July 14, 2021 (edited) Good afternoon one and all. Time for a bit of nostalgia maybe. To my eternal shame I am having to resort to a 'personal' photograph taken at one particular port still on the list. Try as I might, I cannot find any other taken in the actual port. But it's on the list as yet unidentified and there maybe one or two clues in my photograph: taken in March 2003. As the story goes, we'd had one hell of a good day out drinking and returned to our cruise ship by taxi with two crew members: us being the last passengers and they the last crew members to return. I guess you know the feeling: Captain on bridge wing glaring down through binoculars. Anyway, here is said photograph complete with trophy(s) as we hit the aft bar for another excellent sailaway party... Edited July 14, 2021 by Solent Richard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluemarble Posted July 14, 2021 #3583 Share Posted July 14, 2021 1 hour ago, Solent Richard said: Good afternoon one and all. Time for a bit of nostalgia maybe. To my eternal shame I am having to resort to a 'personal' photograph taken at one particular port still on the list. Try as I might, I cannot find any other taken in the actual port. But it's on the list as yet unidentified and there maybe one or two clues in my photograph: taken in March 2003. As the story goes, we'd had one hell of a good day out drinking and returned to our cruise ship by taxi with two crew members: us being the last passengers and they the last crew members to return. I guess you know the feeling: Captain on bridge wing glaring down through binoculars. Anyway, here is said photograph complete with trophy(s) as we hit the aft bar for another excellent sailaway party... I think there's enough to go on here for me to attempt this one. 1) Right off the bat the shape of your trophy is suggestive of a port in Egypt. 2) There are only two Egyptian ports remaining on our unseen ports list (Sharm el Sheikh and Sokhna). 3) The wrapping on your trophy indicates it's from "Luxor Gift Shop" which helps confirm this is Egypt. 4) An internet search turns up a Luxor Gift Shop located in Sharm el Sheikh. 5) I'm finding other photos of the Sharm el Sheikh port showing a similar rock face with a similarly-shaped green beacon on it as seen in the background. Based on that evidence I will guess this is Sharm el Sheikh, Egypt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Solent Richard Posted July 15, 2021 #3584 Share Posted July 15, 2021 14 hours ago, bluemarble said: I think there's enough to go on here for me to attempt this one. 1) Right off the bat the shape of your trophy is suggestive of a port in Egypt. 2) There are only two Egyptian ports remaining on our unseen ports list (Sharm el Sheikh and Sokhna). 3) The wrapping on your trophy indicates it's from "Luxor Gift Shop" which helps confirm this is Egypt. 4) An internet search turns up a Luxor Gift Shop located in Sharm el Sheikh. 5) I'm finding other photos of the Sharm el Sheikh port showing a similar rock face with a similarly-shaped green beacon on it as seen in the background. Based on that evidence I will guess this is Sharm el Sheikh, Egypt. Congratulations @bluemarble spot on with Sharm el Sheikh, Egypt. We called there with P&O as part of the Aurora's 2003 World Cruise. I was actually reminded of it two days ago when she passed our balcony sailing out of Southampton... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sfred Posted July 15, 2021 #3585 Share Posted July 15, 2021 To continue the momentum started by @Solent Ɍichardin our progress towards 600, here is a port on our unseen list. I've been to this port by plane on a business trip, and Cunard has been there recently. There's a further hint in a previous "challenge", if needed. The photo is public domain from wikimedia commons. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluemarble Posted July 16, 2021 #3586 Share Posted July 16, 2021 14 hours ago, sfred said: To continue the momentum started by @Solent Ɍichardin our progress towards 600, here is a port on our unseen list. I've been to this port by plane on a business trip, and Cunard has been there recently. There's a further hint in a previous "challenge", if needed. The photo is public domain from wikimedia commons. This one is Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea. You mentioned having been to Port Moresby on business during the "challenge" you accepted to extend the alphabetical order of ports being identified here from Mapaca and Maceió to Madang. More conclusively, a search for images of Port Moresby turns up this image on Wikimedia Commons described as "Overlooking Port Moresby "Town" from Touaguba Hill." 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluemarble Posted July 16, 2021 #3587 Share Posted July 16, 2021 (edited) I'll continue the trend of posting public domain images of places from our unseen ports list that I've visited but don't have a photo of my own to contribute. This photo dates from the 1960's. That distinctive church close to the shoreline was built only a few years before this photo was taken and is still there today. The profile of the hills in the background may also help with the identification of this one. Edited July 16, 2021 by bluemarble 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tonopah Posted July 16, 2021 #3588 Share Posted July 16, 2021 (edited) 1 hour ago, bluemarble said: I'll continue the trend of posting public domain images of places from our unseen ports list that I've visited but don't have a photo of my own to contribute. This photo dates from the 1960's. That distinctive church close to the shoreline was built only a few years before this photo was taken and is still there today. The profile of the hills in the background may also help with the identification of this one. Hammerfest, Norway. I’m 99% sure because of the church. Edited July 16, 2021 by Tonopah 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluemarble Posted July 16, 2021 #3589 Share Posted July 16, 2021 22 minutes ago, Tonopah said: Hammerfest, Norway. I’m 99% sure because of the church. You got it. That is indeed Hammerfest, Norway. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sfred Posted July 16, 2021 #3590 Share Posted July 16, 2021 6 hours ago, bluemarble said: This one is Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea. You mentioned having been to Port Moresby on business during the "challenge" you accepted to extend the alphabetical order of ports being identified here from Mapaca and Maceió to Madang. More conclusively, a search for images of Port Moresby turns up this image on Wikimedia Commons described as "Overlooking Port Moresby "Town" from Touaguba Hill." 100% correct all around, @bluemarble! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Essiesmom Posted July 16, 2021 #3591 Share Posted July 16, 2021 On 7/11/2021 at 4:29 PM, sfred said: Good morning everyone! This very elusive port is Vava'u Tonga. The photo was taken from the Mt. Talau national park. There's a photo in google maps of a small wooden observation deck where @Essiesmommay have stood. This one took a long time to identify! A very good challenge indeed. Yes indeed, this is Neiafu, Vava'u, Tonga taken from Mt. Talau. No idea if we were on a tower. If I could refer to my journal from that 1989 trip... EM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Essiesmom Posted July 17, 2021 #3592 Share Posted July 17, 2021 Another one on the list, taken on arrival in 2002. Probably not a difficult one to identify: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sfred Posted July 17, 2021 #3593 Share Posted July 17, 2021 (edited) 7 hours ago, Essiesmom said: Another one on the list, taken on arrival in 2002. Probably not a difficult one to identify: Hi @Essiesmom. Hope you had a nice time on Crystal Serenity. I can't say for certain, but I'm going to guess this port as Naha, Okinawa, Japan at Naha pier number 7. The grey and yellow cargo container crane loading the ship on the other side of the pier is a close match to google photos of Naha pier number 9. There also looks to be a school band welcoming your ship, which is very common in Japan ports. Finally, the vehicle traffic looks like it is driving on the left. Edited July 17, 2021 by sfred Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Essiesmom Posted July 17, 2021 #3594 Share Posted July 17, 2021 Yes, that is Naha. Zoom in on the yellow arch and it says Star Princess. Her maiden visit on her inaugural cruise. EM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluemarble Posted July 18, 2021 #3595 Share Posted July 18, 2021 How about this one? Another public domain image of a place on our unseen ports list I've visited but I don't have my own photo to contribute. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
North West Newbie Posted July 18, 2021 #3596 Share Posted July 18, 2021 1 hour ago, bluemarble said: How about this one? Another public domain image of a place on our unseen ports list I've visited but I don't have my own photo to contribute. This is Old Port in Portland, Maine. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluemarble Posted July 18, 2021 #3597 Share Posted July 18, 2021 18 minutes ago, North West Newbie said: This is Old Port in Portland, Maine. That's correct. According to my tally, this is your 50th post on this thread, earning a spot on our honor roll of the most frequent posters, so congratulations for that as well. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sfred Posted July 20, 2021 #3598 Share Posted July 20, 2021 Here' a port on our unseen list that I have been to several times by plane. A consulting company I used to work for delivered outsourced business process services at our offices in this city, and I would take clients there to show them the facilities. To help narrow the possibilities, a hint is that it is very cold there in the wintertime. Photo is public domain from wikimedia commons. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExArkie Posted July 20, 2021 #3599 Share Posted July 20, 2021 7 hours ago, sfred said: Here' a port on our unseen list that I have been to several times by plane. A consulting company I used to work for delivered outsourced business process services at our offices in this city, and I would take clients there to show them the facilities. To help narrow the possibilities, a hint is that it is very cold there in the wintertime. Photo is public domain from wikimedia commons. Probably not a grand testament to my travels in that I recognized (or at least thought I did) the industrial waterfront easier than the lighthouse. It looks to me to be Dalian (Liaoning Province), China. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluemarble Posted July 20, 2021 #3600 Share Posted July 20, 2021 I've found a few more Cunard ports to add to our unseen ports list. But before I post those to start a new page on this thread, I'll finish off this page by mentioning a couple discoveries relating to ports we have already seen on this thread. First of all, I think we can now confirm Ancona, Italy (photo contributed by @Palmeat) has been a Cunard port. Ancona appears on itineraries for the old Cunard ships Saragossa and Palymra. Secondly, I think we can also consider Gladstone, Queensland (images contributed by @sfred) to be a true Cunard port of call, not just a layup port used by QE last year. I found a Sagafjord itinerary listing a call to Gladstone during a voyage from Papeete to Sydney. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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