Tag: Middle East and Africa
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Face Check in Abu Dhabi, VAE
20:35 Almost on time, we disembark for the last face check of this trip. The authorities in Abu Dhabi want to see our passports in person, just like their Indian colleagues. The procedure is much simpler than before entering India: We leave the ship, walk a few steps to the terminal, past AIDAstella, which is…
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Snorkeling in Oman
12:00 Our snorkeling excursion, today we are again officially on the road with AIDA, set off punctually at 09:00 to the first beach. With 38 people, all of whom picked up their equipment (snorkels, goggles and fins) the night before at the Diving Station on deck 3, we start in good spirits in the coach…
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shore leave in Muscat, Oman
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Bye Bye, India
5:30 pm We say goodbye with another beautiful sunset from India. A country in which I was definitely not for the last time, but of which I have enough for this kind of trip for now. Everywhere we met open, friendly and helpful people who told us unreservedly about their culture, habits and life and…
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Ullal Beach – cruise stopover in India
So we make our way to the beach, where we arrive at about 11 o’clock. Since the house of our cab driver is probably not far away, we agree with him that instead of waiting, he will pick us up again in two hours. At the point where he dropped us off, there are three…
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Pilikula Nisargadhama
We find ourselves already at half past nine in an almost deserted park, which costs per head 100 rupees entrance fee. A very well maintained park is probably currently young families and couples in love as an excursion destination, but overall not much is going on here. We walk once around the lake in the…
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On the road off India
09:30 am We are back on the high seas and with a course of SSO we are heading for New Mangalore at a leisurely 11 knots (20 km/h). With a distance of 22 nautical miles to the coast, but a visibility of only 6-7 nm, India cannot be seen on the horizon at the moment.…
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Bye bye, Mumbai!
06:00 pm The ship departs punctually and a glowing red sun bids us farewell from Mumbai, the city of the beautiful bay. The name “Bom Bahía” was once given to Mumbai by the Portuguese sailors, and with the reign of the English it eventually became Bombay, we are told. Since the beginning of the 1990s,…
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Impressions of Mumbai: Private tour with an individually organized guide
We got up with the firm intention to walk past the first cab drivers to the end of the street today to negotiate the best possible price. Unfortunately, one of the first people in the swarm was very, very persistent and chased us. We insisted on $20, as that was the very price we had…
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Boarding, Teil 2: AIDA in Dubai
07:45 Uhr (D)/ 10:45 Uhr (VAE) Nachdem wir den Hertz-Mietwagen innerhalb von 10 Minuten in Empfang nehmen konnten, gehts direkt zum Cruise Terminal. Leider ist der Wagen ohne Navi ausgestattet, aber mit Navi-App (RTA Smart Drive) ist das auch offline kein Problem. Gesittete Fahrer hier in Dubai, da kann man sich auch auf sechspurigen Straßen…