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Our second stop in Greece was the Island of Crete fabled for King Minos and the monster the Minotaur. We began our tour with a…

“The largest and arguably the most beautiful of the 12 islands forming the Dodecanese, Rhodes has long played a major role in history. Lying just…

The Pacific Princess anchored in the Gulf of Suez about 6:30 pm on March 29th. We had to wait for inspection by Canal Zone inspections…

After seven days at sea we have arrived in Jordan’s only port, Aqaba. We will disembark here and travel two hours overland to the “Lost…

The Captain of the Pacific Princess decided to stay over in Dubai for an extra night and half a day for logistical reasons having to…

We set off on a two hour bus ride to Abu Dhabi with the sandstorm still blowing over our head. Abu Dhabi is the capital…

“Dubai has always served as a bridge between East and West. In the past, Dubai’s trade links stretched from Western Europe to Southeast Asia and…

We were up at 5:00 am for an early breakfast and on to our buses for an early morning visit to Old Delhi (New Delhi…

We got up at 5:30 am, took a shower, grabbed a cup of coffee and a cookie and boarded our buses for the train station.…

We landed in Cochin, the capital of the Indian state of Kerala (pronounced Carrolla). We had gotten up at 5:00 am to face Indian Immigration…