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You can lose everything, but nobody will take away what you saw and what you experienced...
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Nov 27, 2019 10:00 PM Turquoise paradise in Maceio
Today we dock in the Brazilian port of Maceio. The free shuttle is taking the passengers from the ship out of the port gate where nice and long beach is giving a lot of oportunities to enjoy the real tropical paradise. Plenty of vendors walking around offering huts, drinks, coconuts (2 reais each). Colorful sailboats called jangada will take you for the tour. Just great place, bus the sun is strong and the temperature 35 deg plus...
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Nov 26, 2019 10:00 PM Land on the horizon - Pernambuco!
After crossing the Atlantic today in the morning we docked in Recife in the Brazilian state of Pernambuco. We are already on the southern hemisphere. It is very hot and humid. Strong sun shines... It is my third visit in Recife - nice to refresh memories of the tropical city, where the port is located right in the old town. But the old sources of free internet disappeared so I was forced to ask for the password the charming black waitress in the cafe opposite Marco Zero - the distance marker from Portuguese time. Few more colonial building are restored and it is still strong presence of the police on the streets - watch you pockets - you are in Brazil! Local authorities appreciate the tourism - in the old city I met at last 30 girls distributing city maps, usually they do not speak English, but all are very polite.. I am doing well. Tomorrow we will be in the port of Maceio...
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Nov 25, 2019 10:00 PM Crossing the Atlantic...
We are on tne way to Brazil. The ocean is calm. Passengers on our ship eat much - too much, I think... We have a lot of activities - sometimes not enouch time to see everything... I have great time and manu new friends from different countries... Ahoy!
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Nov 20, 2019 10:00 PM Santa Cruz de Tenerife
We are today on Tenerife Island -Canary Islands.
It is already sunny and warm. Santa Cruz has spectacular location with a mountains in the background. No public free internet here... To send you this message I went to the huge Public Library (yes - take your ID with you - you will be registered) and there is a big hall with 50+ computers so you can use them for free for one hour.
On the ship I found more Poles, but other nations are plentiful so I have already many friends - French, Brazilians, Ukrainians...
We have nice music and shows in the evenings...
Tomorrow we will start the Atlantic crossing. It will be 6 days in the see, and probably without the access to the internet. I hope that ocean will be calm :)
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Nov 17, 2019 10:00 PM Barcelona in the sun
I like Barcelona and after an hour of walk from terminal D it was nice to walk once again famous Ramble to Plaza Catalonia. Police is present in the side streets - demonstrations expected... City free WiFi does not work - I went to Hard Rock Cafe :)
Tomorrow and after tomorrow we will be at sea on our way to the Canaries - no messages, sorry.
On the ship there are hundreds of Russians and one Pole - Mr Grzegorz - I want to meet him today... I have drinks included in the package so I will drink your health tonight with rum!
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Nov 16, 2019 10:00 PM Boarding the ship in Marseille
It is not so pleasant to wake up in the middle of the night to go to the airport... At this period the sunrise in Gdansk is only around 7 am! I did! The backpack was ready so soon I was on the way to the airport. I travel to Marseille with KLM via Amsterdam. On the award ticket... One checked luggage is included so it will not be necessary to carry it to the cabins of the small planes... OK - we started on time and on the way savvy Dutch served one sandwich and coffee/juice. In Amsterdam I
immediately went to the gate - just to recognize that my second flight will be delayed 25 min (so far...). No problem, "Costa Pacifica" will be waiting in the port till the evening. So why I travel again by ship to South America? I did this marine route already 3 times... The answer is simple: this was great occasion - imagine single cabin on the elegant cruise ship with full board and drinks for 50 euro per day! So way not to take such a chance and fly on the cramp plane? Let's hope that everything will be great.
Train took me from MRS airport to St Charles station for 5.20 euro. Then bus 35 from Joliette Sq to the gate 4 of the port. Still about 2 kms to the ship - walking all the way I boarded the ship at 4 pm. We departed at 5 pm.
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Nov 15, 2019 10:00 PM New voyage - escaping to South America
Rainy, dark and cold November in Gdansk, so it's no wonder that I'm going on another long journey. It will consist of two parts. To begin with, I will take a ship from Marseille to Buenos Aires. The second part of the journey is a car route around central Argentina during which we are going to travel (with another Polish traveler - Mr. Irek) over 5000 kilometers.
At the beginning it will be a journey at the foot of the snowy Andes, and then we will turn east to visit the national park on the Valdez Peninsula and to return to Cordoba through the great areas of the Argentine pampa. We should land in Gdansk on December 19th - just on time to buy the christmas trees. If only on the route I will have cheap internet access, you'll find short messages from the whole route as always in my travel log.
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Nov 15, 2019 10:00 PM By ship to South America
I will be sailing from Marseille to Buenos Aires on "Costa Pacifica" - of course in the last expensive inside cabin - here you can see the route.
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Nov 09, 2019 10:00 PM Annual Meeting of Polish Globies
Two days of film- and slideshows from all over the world!!!. But also a chance to meet fellow travellers, old friends, top Polish alpinists and passionate bakcpockers. I attended the 35-th Meeting of Polish Globetrotters in Rzeszów, South Poland, giving two presentations: about Estrada Real in Brazil and about Haapai Islands in the Pacific...
There were a lot nice and interesting pictures to see in the hall housing more then 200 people. But for me the real hit were the slides from South Angola.
I was especially happy to meet after years my old friend Monika Witkowska (in pink on the pictures) She climbed Seven Summits. Congratulations Monika!
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Nov 06, 2019 10:00 PM Giving lecture...
It was my great pleasure to travel again to Lubin - South Poland to give a lecture for the local society, but first of all for the members of the Mountain Club. Imagine that they invite me every year since 10 years already. I was talking and showing pictures from Tonga - the last kingdom in the Pacific Ocean. Great audience! I sold few books and... I found the companion for the North Pacific cruise! :)
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