Kunta Kinte. What do those two words bring to mind? For most of us, a third word. Roots. From that, the name of Toby Waller, the American name that Kunta Kinte adopted. From that will come the name Alex Haley, author of the book that led to a TV miniseries of the same name. For… Continue reading Cruising the Gambia to Special Roots
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Playing Games with Baseball Names
By our count, there are only four major league baseball teams with names that form a natural connection to the sea — Marlins, Devil Rays, Mariners and Pirates. A natural connection should make for a natural association with a cruise line. One team already has it. One is thinking about it. The other two don’t… Continue reading Playing Games with Baseball Names
Magical Times for Gulf of Mexico Port
There’s really only one word for what’s going on in Galveston these days. Magic. Five months ago, when we sailed on the Carnival Ecstasy from the south Texas port, there were three cruise ships that called Galveston home, with combined space for 8,722 passengers. By next year, there will be five ships. Passenger total: 14,998.… Continue reading Magical Times for Gulf of Mexico Port
The Latest in Cruise Voluntourism
This weekend was a double whammy, of sorts. While catching up on some PVR-ed TV shows, we watched Sixty Minutes, a show we have not watched enough. One of the stories was about Elissa Montanti, a 57-year-old Staten Island woman who almost single handedly is trying to help kids who are physical victims of war… Continue reading The Latest in Cruise Voluntourism
Stop the presses, stop the presses…
Five news bulletins from the cruise world… Charlie Sheen is offering to take all those who applied for a job as his intern on a one-week Royal Caribbean cruise as long as they are under the age of 30, wear bikinis well and are open-minded about open relationships. Moammar Gadhafi has dipped into his loose… Continue reading Stop the presses, stop the presses…