by Safarigal | Aug 6, 2026 | Anchorage or Bust: A Transit of the Northwest Passage
August 4th, 2026 Well our concerns about hand luggage turned out to be accurate. When we checked in for our Icelandair flight we were asked to place our hand luggage in the luggage sizer – phew, my red bag was an exact fit. Even half an inch bigger would not have...
by Safarigal | Aug 5, 2026 | Anchorage or Bust: A Transit of the Northwest Passage
Packing for this cruise turned out to be easier than expected. I mean you want to make sure you are dressed appropriately enough for zooming around in Zodiacs. This involved risking life and limb during the search of the depths of our basement for a storage tub called...
by Safarigal | Aug 4, 2026 | Anchorage or Bust: A Transit of the Northwest Passage
We will be arriving in Reykjavik on August 4th to give us a day to get over the flight (It’s a Boeing 737, no lay flat seats on the plane) and get to see a bit of Iceland before we fly to Greenland on August 6th. Wed, August 5 Reykjavik, Iceland Thur, August 6...
by Safarigal | Aug 3, 2026 | Anchorage or Bust: A Transit of the Northwest Passage
Back in September last year we thought we had all of our summer travel plans in place for 2026. No need to add anything to a very busy schedule. Then Cape Spear happened. We were at the Cape Spear Lighthouse, and it ended up costing us a lot of money. We were on the...
by Safarigal | Jul 12, 2026 | Tall Ships and Tall Tides
July 10th New York Usually I get up to watch us go under the Verrazzano Narrows bridge, and wave at the Statue of Liberty, but somehow, I missed it, and when I woke up, there was the port of Brooklyn right in front of us. A familiar, but not attractive sight. It is...
