Bahamas 2004
AI-04 - Atlantic Islands - BAHAMAS, Bermuda (UK), Azores (Portugal), UNITED KINGDOM Date of travel: Apr 14 - May 1, 2004 ITINERARY: Very early on Apr 14, 2004 I leave Vista in a rented car from Budget for Los Angeles airport. Here I board an American Airlines plane to Ft. Lauderdale in Florida. There I board the ship “MV Discovery.” Overnight the ship sails to Nassau, a capital of the island country BAHAMAS. There is a sightseeing tour of Nassau in the morning. In the afternoon, I go by myself by boat to nearby Paradise Island with “Hotel Atlantis,” whose grounds I stroll through. After two days on the Atlantic Ocean with some interesting lectures our ship lands in Hamilton in Bermuda on Apr 18. The island belongs to United Kingdom. I take part in a sightseeing tour of the island with stops at an aquarium and a cave. In the afternoon, I visit the Royal Naval Dockyard with its fortress by myself using a ferry and a bus to get there. Later I take photos and video of Gibb’s Hill Lighthouse. The following day I visit St. George by a local bus. It was the first capital of Bermuda. In the afternoon I walk through Hamilton, the present capital of Bermuda including the Hamilton Fort. Next 4 days our ship is sailing on the Atlantic Ocean. I listen to more lectures. On Apr 24, we land at the Horta harbor on the island of Faial in Azores which belongs to Portugal. In the morning, there is a sightseeing trip of the island culminating with a visit to the volcano Fundo do Caldera dominating the island. In the afternoon, I go on a solo walk through the town. On Apr 25, we land in Ponta Delgada on the island Sao Miguel. Ponta Delgada is a capital of all nine Azores Islands, which are an autonomous region of Portugal. I take a full day sightseeing trip passing by the St. Bras Fortress, visiting the greenhouses of a pine-apple farm, then driving among the various fields of the island to the second town of the island, Ribeiro Grande. The island is beautifully green. We stop in other towns of the island and return to our ship before 5 PM. Another 3 days on the ocean before our ship lands in Harwich, UNITED KINGDOM, in the estuary of Thames River. Before noon we leave the ship on a bus for London. There we disembark at our “Millennium Gloucester Hotel” in the center of the city. In the afternoon on Apr 30 I take a sightseeing trip to Windsor Castle and the Hampton Court. After seeing the Windsor Castle, we drive to Hampton Court, where we see the gardens but not the interior of the actual court. The following day afternoon, on May 1, I fly with British Airways to Prague, Czech Republic. Travel office: “Voyage of Discovery” through “Vantage” Who took part: I was one of a variety of passengers from many countries
Bahamas - Nassau - harbor from Discovery 2004
Bahamas - Nassau - harbor from Discovery - Carneval Miracle 2004
Bahamas - Nassau - sightseeing trip - Fort Fincastle 2004
Bahamas - Nassau - sightseeing trip - at Fort Fincastle - water tower 2004
Bahamas - Nassau - sightseeing trip - Paradise Island with Atlantis Hotel from Fort Fincastle 2004
Bahamas - Nassau - sightseeing trip - harbor with Discovery from Fort Fincastle 2004
Bahamas - Nassau - sightseeing trip - Fort Fincastle 2004
Bahamas - Nassau - sightseeing trip - view of the harbor from the water tower 2004
Bahamas - Nassau - sightseeing trip - at Fort Fincastle 2004
Bahamas - Nassau - sightseeing trip - Fort Charlotte 2004
Bahamas - Nassau - sightseeing trip - Fort Charlotte - local guide in the fort 2004
Bahamas - Nassau - sightseeing trip - Fort Charlotte 2004
Bahamas - Nassau - sightseeing trip - Ardastra Gardens and ZOO - macaw 2004
Bahamas - Nassau - sightseeing trip - Ardastra Gardens and ZOO 2004
Bahamas - Nassau - sightseeing trip - Ardastra Gardens and ZOO - pig 2004
Bahamas - Nassau - sightseeing trip - Ardastra Gardens and ZOO - flamingos and ducks 2004
Bahamas - Nassau - sightseeing trip - Ardastra Gardens and ZOO - flamingos 2004
Bahamas - Nassau - sightseeing trip - a local licence plate 2004
Bahamas - Nassau - harbor 2004
Bahamas - Nassau - Paradise Island with Atlantis Hotel & Casino 2004
Bahamas - Nassau - Paradise Island with Atlantis Hotel & Casino - entrance 2004
Bahamas - Nassau - Paradise Island - Atlantis Hotel & Casino 2004
Bahamas - Nassau - Paradise Island - Atlantis Hotel & Casino 2004
Bahamas - Nassau - Paradise Island - Atlantis Hotel & Casino 2004
Bahamas - Nassau - Paradise Island - Atlantis Hotel & Casino 2004
Bahamas - Nassau - Paradise Island - Atlantis Hotel & Casino 2004
Bahamas - Nassau - Paradise Island - Atlantis Hotel & Casino 2004
Bahamas - Nassau - Paradise Island - Atlantis Hotel & Casino - laguna for guests 2004
Bahamas - Nassau - Paradise Island - Atlantis Hotel & Casino 2004
Bahamas - Nassau - Paradise Island - Atlantis Hotel & Casino 2004
Bahamas - Nassau - Paradise Island - from ferry 2004
Bahamas - Nassau - harbor 2004
Bahamas - Nassau - harbor and Paradise Island - from Discovery 2004
Bahamas - Nassau - from Discovery - departure 2004
Bermuda - Great Sound - Royal Naval Dockyard 2004
Bermuda - Two Rock Passage 2004
Bermuda - islands in the bay 2004
Bermuda - islands in the bay 2004
Bermuda - Hamilton, the capital 2004
Bermuda - Hamilton, the capital - marina 2004
Bermuda - Hamilton, the capital 2004
Bermuda - sightseeing tour - Flatts Village - Bermuda Aquarium, Museum & Zoo 2004
Bermuda - sightseeing tour - Flatts Village - Bermuda Aquarium, Museum & Zoo 2004
Bermuda - sightseeing tour - north coast 2004
Bermuda - Crystal Caves 2004
Bermuda - sightseeing tour - South Road 2004
Bermuda - at Botanical Gardens - Candem House (premier's official residence) 2004
Bermuda - Royal Naval Dockyard - my ferry 2004
Bermuda - Royal Naval Dockyard - Fort Keep 2004
Bermuda - Royal Naval Dockyard - Fort Keep 2004
Bermuda - Royal Naval Dockyard - Fort Keep 2004
Bermuda - Royal Naval Dockyard - Fort Keep - dolphins 2004
Bermuda - Royal Naval Dockyard - Fort Keep 2004
Bermuda - Gibb s Hill Lighthouse 2004
Bermuda - south coast 2004
Bermuda - south coast 2004
Bermuda - St George s (town) - from Ordonance Island to King s Square 2004
Bermuda - St George s (town) - Ordonance Island - Sir George Somers statue 2004
Bermuda - St George s (town) - King s Square - Town Hall 2004
Bermuda - St George s (town) - King s Square 2004
Bermuda - St George s - Duke of York Str
Bermuda - St George s - the Post Office and the Police Station 2004
Bermuda - St George s - Bermuda flag 2004
Bermuda - St George s - Bridge House from 1690s 2004
Bermuda - St George s - Somers Garden 2004
Bermuda - St George s - Old State House (in the middle) 2004
Bermuda - St George s - a mail box 2004
Bermuda - St George s - from Somers Wharf 2004
Bermuda - St George s - Duke of York Street 2004
Bermuda - Hamilton - City Hall & Art Center 2004
Bermuda - Hamilton - Front Street 2004
Bermuda - Hamilton - from Discovery - a tug boat 2004
Bermuda - Hamilton - Front Street 2004
Bermuda - Hamilton - Front Street 2004
Bermuda - Hamilton - from Discovery - a tug boat 2004
Bermuda - Hamilton - view of Discovery from Albuoy s Point 2004
Bermuda - Hamilton - Royal Bermuda Yacht Club 2004
Bermuda - Hamilton - Queen Street - Perot Post Office (the
Bermuda - Hamilton - Victoria Park 2004
Bermuda - Hamilton - Most Holy Trinity Anglican Cathedral 2004
Bermuda - Hamilton - Most Holy Trinity Anglican Cathedral 2004
Bermuda - Hamilton - Session House (Bermuda Parliament House) 2004
Bermuda - Hamilton - Fort Hamilton 2004
Bermuda - Hamilton - Fort Hamilton 2004
Bermuda - Hamilton - the Govenment House and the Session House 2004
Bermuda - Hamilton - the Goverment House and the War Memorial 2004