Here is the beach at sunset.
We had dinner at the National Hotel in the famous Cafe Mosaic.
In the morning we headed to Dodge Island to board our ship. Here is the Norway, outgoing flagship of the Norwegian Cruise Line.
The excitement grew as we neared our ship, the Norwegian Wind. The Norway is in the background.
We got up on deck and watched the world's current largest cruise ship, the Explorer of the Seas of the Royal Caribbean Line move away from the berth. This giant ship does not need any tugboats to navigate.
Here
goes the Norway down Government Cut. She was built as the
S/S France for Compagnie
Generale Transatlantique. Having sailed for Norwegian for 20
years, she was supposed to be retired to Asia this year as a floating
casino, but she got a reprieve and is now going to be around until April
of 2003. Several different groups are trying to rescue her before
then... read about it on www.ss-norway.com.