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Rio. The Good. The Bad. The Incredible
We were supposed to get into Rio de Janeiro after Fat Tuesday, but due to a medical emergency with a crew member, we had to speed into...
Richard Namikas
Mar 307 min read
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Argentinian Taxi Ride
In Puerto Madryn, the biggest thing to do is to tour the Valdes Peninsula, about forty minutes to the north. The national park there is a...
Richard Namikas
Feb 218 min read
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Gold Fever
Captain Bart had finally gotten the map to find the Island of Gold. It was talked about by many, but no-one knew where it was. He had...
Richard Namikas
Feb 62 min read
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Patagonia Need I Say More? or End of the World?
Punta Arenas. Ruta del Fin del Mundo. The name of the road translates as The Route of the End of the World, where the road ends at the...
Richard Namikas
Feb 514 min read
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Getting High in Chile
(Note: I realize there is a lot of text at the beginning, but the best pictures are near the end) Scott and I had been talking about...
Richard Namikas
Jan 1417 min read
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Alien Art? or Doing Lines in Peru
Chariots of the Gods. What a cool book for a preteen to get beyond Santa Claus and into UFOs and Bigfoot. The turds from Santa’s tiny...
Richard Namikas
Jan 88 min read
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Lima Lunch Anyone?
Today, Laura asked if I wanted to go along on a foodie tour of Lima. It was about 8:30, and they were planning to head out around 9:30. ...
Richard Namikas
Jan 23 min read
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Paradise Lost?
Two and a half years ago, we found paradise. Well, at least for bird watchers who like to travel. In the Andes mountains of Ecuador, cool...
Richard Namikas
Dec 28, 20247 min read
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Villa Vie Residents Can Help Save Coral Reefs and More
Villa Vie has the purpose of improving the world as we travel. In that spirit, Andy, Alicia, and I were planning on scuba diving, and...
Richard Namikas
Dec 15, 20242 min read
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Akeem and Levi (Forts and Snorkels)
We had decided to take the ferry from Antigua to Barbados even though it was $100 US for each of us. Basia was going to go birding...
Richard Namikas
Dec 7, 20247 min read
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Asshole
This is another story that I wrote as a project for our creative writing group on the ship. This is a work of fiction. Any resemblance to...
Richard Namikas
Dec 4, 20245 min read
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Kayaks and Cleanups and Trying to Not Drown
There were eleven of us. Andy had made the arrangements. The owners said we would be doing public service projects as we went around the...
Richard Namikas
Dec 4, 20247 min read
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Let Me Try to Catch Up
With six weeks of travel aboard the Odyssey and only a bit over a week of it posted here I decided to do a quick catch up in photos with...
Richard Namikas
Nov 17, 20246 min read
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Creative Writing Inspired by Goree Island
Our assignment was to take one of five words and write a story. The words were Turkey, Sweat, Technology, Inspiration, and Witness. I...
Richard Namikas
Nov 10, 20246 min read
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Dakar A Second Look
Or, What a Difference a Day Makes The first day in Dakar had been a bit of a bust. Yes, we got to experience some of the city, markets,...
Richard Namikas
Nov 10, 202419 min read
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A Creative Writing Piece
We are on a ship. A group was formed to help each other with creative writing. The assignment was to look at this photo and write 1000...
Richard Namikas
Nov 7, 20245 min read
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A Raw Day
Like most days, I was up before the dawn. Like most days, I went to the Observatory Lounge at the front of the ship to watch the sun...
Richard Namikas
Nov 4, 20247 min read
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Smooth Sailing?
We left Gijón, Spain without leaving the ship again. We were there for two days and were told that we could go ashore for a couple of...
Richard Namikas
Oct 29, 20249 min read
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Bilbao or Bust
We left Belfast on Monday night, September 30th. We stayed in the harbor for three nights before spending my birthday at sea on the way...
Richard Namikas
Oct 26, 202413 min read
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Overdue Update
Hello to anyone who has been waiting for an update since Brest. I posted that blog entry on the first sea day after that disappointing...
Richard Namikas
Oct 23, 20241 min read
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