It’s our last day on board the Seabourn Pursuit. We skipped this morning’s excursion to Hidden Island. Its sandy beach was certainly inviting to many and one last zodiac ride was tempting, but so was sleeping in and enjoying a leisurely latte. Actually, we were up early enough to watch the sun rise, albeit in our bathrobes.
Besides packing for our disembarkation next morning, we attended two lectures. One was on the history of Broome and, at the second, we enjoyed the photographs taken by the ship photographer, Harry.
I pondered whether to recap our experiences over the last ten days, but I’ll settle on just a few comments.
You will recall the difficulty Frances and I had over four days getting from Austin to Darwin. Those memories are now fully submerged by ten days of exploring a remote and beautiful land, the Kimberley—all while experiencing the pleasure of being lodged in a luxury suite on a luxury-level expedition ship. It’s doubtful that Frances and I will ever again luck into such a special suite. (We are still mostly clueless as to why the multiple discounts came our way.) We are also getting to that age where zodiac rides are becoming problematic. This doesn’t mean we’re giving up cruises, mind you. We’ve made down payments on several over the next few years.
This was our second cruise with Seabourn. Both were on one of their expedition ships. (The first, you may recall, was our trip to the Amazon.) Seabourn is generally of the same high level as Regent, Scenic, Oceania, and Silversea. Our Viking and Gate1 experiences have been river cruises only thus far. There are differences among them, but these are becoming vaguer in my mind over time. We like smaller cruise ships and the Pursuit is no exception.
I am very impressed with the quality of the internet connection (StarLink) and hope the other cruise lines adopt an equally good service.
Argh. I have been wearing hearing aids for over 40 years. This evening I walked into the shower and, for the first time ever, began shampooing my hair—with my hearing aid in. I am now certifiably senile. I say aid, as one of them is being repaired by the VA. Fortunately, the hearing aid survived its bath.
I’ll finish with a few pictures taken by the expedition’s photographer. I especially like the crocodile. It’s been a most memorable voyage.
