This category is for updates on our adventures. As this site was primarily intended to be an update on where and what we’re doing for family and friends, this category is for that purpose.
Since leaving NW Australia aboard the Seabourn Pursuit Dragon’s South Pacific journeys can best be described as Dragon Expedition: Paradise Islands. Working on a luxury expedition ship has some unique challenges for sure; no days off, seafarer hierarchy restrictions, isolation and loneliness for home. Offsetting those challenges are the perks inherent to expedition cruising like […]
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It is time for an update on the latest adventures of Dog and Dragon. This post will focus on Dragon’s latest experiences working and exploring on her first visit to Australia. While Dragon Expedition: NW Australia began in Australia’s Northern Territory, it quickly moved into the region of Western Australia known as the Kimberley. Dragon
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First of all I want to apologize for the lengthy delay between posts. Summer has been a whirlwind of activity and changes. Time for a brief Dog and Dragon summer 2024 update to get you all back up to speed before we get back into the flow of ongoing updates. What We’ve Been Up To
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If you follow our IG or FB accounts you will probably already know that we’ve been on a whirlwind tour of the Mediterranean of late. It seems like the ports have been coming in one after another with few breaks in between. In addition to the rapid-fire schedule, our son Aidan is now traveling with us. So
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Continuing on this rapid fire cruise across the Med has again brought us to several enjoyable locations one after another. Over the course of three days we made port on the Greek islands of Crete and Rhodes before venturing on to Kuşadası, Turkiye. The two Greek islands were lovely to say the least and we
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Hello again from the sunny Mediterranean Sea. Since our cruising southern Spain post it has been a continuous flow of great ports with stops in Nice, Pisa, Civitavecchia, Naples, Taormina, and Valletta. It seems like every port in this part of the world is chock full of interesting history, great food, and stunning beauty. Cruising
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The lengthy Atlantic crossing led to an amazing run of port city visits as we have been cruising southern Spain with ports every single day. The current itinerary hasn’t been leaving a lot of time for blogging so an update is a bit overdue. We had two additional sea days following our stop in the
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Our cruise across the Atlantic continues. Thankfully we were able to make port in the charming town of Ponta Delgada on Sao Miguel island in the Azores. It was a lovely day to get off the ship, explore the town with friends from the ship, and learn a bit about this beautiful Portuguese island. Unfortunately
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Today is April 4, 2024 and it feels like a good time to catch everyone up on our current journey. If you’ve been following along you’ll know that we started this cruise assignment headed for Antarctica. There were several trips back and forth around South America, with our most recently update an epic Nazca Lines
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Without a doubt, one of Dog’s coolest excursions to date has been a Nazca Lines fly over. In March 2024 Dog had the opportunity to fly over the Nazca Lines on a flight with Aerodiana out of Pisco, Peru. Some of you may have never heard of the Nazca Lines and are wondering what in
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