Friday, April 20, 2012

Day 7 - Dubrovnik, Croatia

In Dubrovnik we were taught a lesson in "how to park your 293 meter cruiseship backwards into an available parkinglot in the harbour". Respect! In the harbour the ship made a 140° turn, then moved backwards and sidewards into its parking position. I was impressed.....


The other surprise was that we were parking right next to the world's third largest motor yacht (155 meter), the Al Said, owned by the Sultan of Oman. It was accompanied by it's supportship, the Fulk Al-Salamah (136 meter). No sign of the Sultan though, but the crew was busy scrubbing the helicopter deck.......


We took a shuttle bus into the old town of Dubrovnik, a 10 minute ride from our ship. Dubrovnik is beautiful and so clean, it is hard to imagine that only 20 years ago there was a war going on 


Pictures under construction!!!! Stay tuned!



Fulk Al-Salamah & Al Said @ Dubrovnik

Naomi, Nelson & Hans @ Dubrovnik




Damage caused by the war 1991/1992 in Dubrovnik

approach to Dubrovnik




another film crew......










180° view of MSC Magnifica

MSC Magnifica & Al Said

180° View of Deck 13

Deck 13

Hans @ Deck 16

leaving Dubrovnik

wizz kid at far right.......
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Location: Dubrovnik, Croatia

2 comments:

  1. Dru DavisApril 25, 2012 at 1:20 PM

    I showed Keith your blog and he thought your pictures were so amazing he said we need to look for a camera tha can do the panoramas. I didn't know about the Sultan's yacht, so cool.

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    1. MoniqueApril 25, 2012 at 2:53 PM

      Thank you Dru! I've just updated my blog with panoramic pictures of Vlieland, made in December 2011, have a look! Don't you have a smart-phone with a panoramic-picture feature? ;-)

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