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22 minutes ago, buchhalm said:

Yes, I have that stamp too.

And then some @#$$@!! border guy in Hawaii was giving me trouble for "defacing an official document".

🙈🙊🙉

This is why when I get souvenir stamps I use an old passport. I've heard too many stories of people being taken aside for having "funny" stamps, sometimes even denied visas😬. 

40 minutes ago, Kristelle said:

hahah, I don't know where Hunnefelt is either but google told me it had a cairnfield.

 

Was I correctly in Norway, at least?

 

if so, Hammerfest.

It is indeed in Norway. This circle is about 10 degrees south of Hammerfest. 

4 hours ago, Kristelle said:

Hunnefelt, Norway 

Got to admit I am stumped with this. I don't know where that is and I can't find it on Google either🤷‍♀️. Anyway here is another pic that is more iconic that should give it away:

30 minutes ago, cruiser3775 said:

There are lots of these in Iceland. Not sure of the location, maybe near Reykjavik?

Not Iceland. Straight East and a few degrees north of Iceland. People like to mark crossing this point on the globe. 

2 hours ago, Kristelle said:

Fort William, Scotland.

 

PS clever play on words with the clue 🤣

Much further north. While I am sure there are Scottish contributions to the stone piles, this location is not in the UK. 

If you love cairns,you'll love this place😝. Guess this location where many feel the need to leave their mark:

Aitutaki? One Foot Island? 

19 minutes ago, Mareblu said:

A word of caution is that it will not be inexpensive, because as she is not an Australian citizen, the insulin will not be subsidised.  

Any chance there is travel insurance that can cover the cost? A pity Australia doesn't have reciprocal health care agreement with Canada. 

10 hours ago, Blackduck59 said:

So we are now working out the logistics for Lynn's Insulin. A 9 week supply is difficult to travel with being it has to be kept cold. I am thinking it would be prudent to buy more in Australia or New Zealand. Unfortunately we are concerned about getting a valid prescription to use down there. We will of course have copies of all our prescriptions but of course they will likely not be valid outside of Canada. Any suggestions are welcome.

Insulin cannot be obtained without a prescription in Australia. You can access a GP to get an Australian prescription, though you will have to pay for the visit, not sure if your travel insurance will cover it so that would be something to check in your terms and conditions. Here is some information from the Department Of Health:

Travelling to or from Australia with medicines and medical devices

And here is information from Diabetes Australia that might be useful:

Visiting or Moving to Australia

Is it somewhere East Coast Canada? 

Scenery reminds me of Iceland so is it located in Iceland? 

I am a destination cruiser so saving up for that special cruise is my default. The ship experience is nice but for me it doesn't beat an interesting destination so I prefer cruising once in a while if it means affording a cruise that will give me something more than a general ship experience. 

5 hours ago, MicCanberra said:

Thanks all, Egypt is the next trip.

Once you've dealt with an Egyptian vendor you'll find those HAL gatekeepers reasonable😂. They have become infamous for their aggressive sales tactics. Even a no thanks is an invitation and they will chase you all around the Pyramids trying to sell you a Sphinx statuette 😜. Still worth putting up with for those amazing archaeological sites. Have a wonderful trip👍. 

Mt Isa? 

49 minutes ago, lyndarra said:

Tahiti?

Close enough. City of Papeete, pretty foreshore, delicious food trucks😋 and amazing Sunday markets.

2 hours ago, lyndarra said:

Correct x 2. 🏆

Your turn.

Thx the spelling clue really helped😁.

Next pic:

Oaxaca, Mexico? 

Bratislava, Slovakia? 

MCG Stadium? 

11 hours ago, Yaya_in_Oz said:

No, its not Yubu Is. I've never heard of it and it doesn't seem easy to get to. I'll give a wave as I go sailing past later in the year 🙂

It is not too difficult but IMO it is not somewhere you go out of your way to visit😂. First you fly into Ishigaki, take the ferry to Iriomote, the local bus (unless you fancy some exercise you can hire a bicycle) to Yubu Cafe and last hop on a water buffalo taxi to walk you across the sea to Yubu Island. 

8 hours ago, Jean C said:

I'm pleased it was corrected promptly. Many years ago a TA booked return flights to the UK for me, via the States. The tickets had me as "Mr Jean" instead of "Mrs" so I asked the agent to get it changed (Jean in France is a male name). They said I'd be fine, no need to correct it, nothing to worry about.  I was travelling alone and didn't want passport hassles anywhere along the journey so I insisted, they argued but eventually reluctantly had it changed. I really don't know whether or not it would have been a problem, it was before the days of people identifying as a gender other than what they were born as, or weirdly as something else like a cat 😺

My mum got listed once as Mr on a flight ticket. Didn't realise till she was printing the boarding pass. No one cared. Honorifics aren't listed on the passport so I think they only really care about passport details matching. 

12 hours ago, Joebucks said:

When you buy a cruise, you are getting the cruise. If you don't go on the cruise, yes I would fully expect a refund per the terms you agreed to. Cruise companies might as well shut down now if they are going to held legally liable if anyone of their "advertised amenities" goes down for whatever reason. 

 

What's more dangerous than anything else, is the increasing entitlement of "I am the center of the universe. Everything must conform to my maximum satisfaction." 

I think you are taking it to another extreme and it feels like a bit of  catastrophising. As Ldubs pointed out there are situations that have quantifiable difference. A South American cruise including Antarctica vs one excluding Antarctica is not only financially different but experientially different. People generally don't choose an Antarctica cruise on a whim. It is like buying a car and paying extra to have a sun roof installed. If you recieved the car sans sun roof I doubt you would accept that with the same attitude of I bought a car I received a car. 

39 minutes ago, ontheweb said:

But I do believe there will be more frivolous complaints than valid complaints. 

And you believe that is reason enough to ignore valid complaints? Are you not worried that ignoring valid complaints could lead to the cruise industry mistreating the customer? 

6 hours ago, ontheweb said:

It seemed to me from reading post #80 that there were several frivolous complaints, complaints that people from the banks he contacted laughed at.

 

I got the impression that there were more of these than complaints that were valid.

6 hours ago, ontheweb said:

Here is an example of frivolous complaints. Read the first post. (The poster has not come back as no one shows any sympathy for him.)

 

 

I think we are at impasse here as to me this fear of frivolous complaints is irrational. Do you believe they are going to bring down the cruise industry? A valid complaint and frivolous complaint are two different things to me and I can't understand why someone would treat them the same🤷‍♀️. 

2 hours ago, Joebucks said:

 

As with anything in life, there are always going to be varying context. Also, in usual internet fashion, taking an extreme example like .001% of cruisers who booked an "Antarctica" cruise and could not go there. Now we need sweeping reform (with zero consequences) for something that honestly doesn't need such attention. When will we learn to stay out of such things.

 

As to what is "frivolous" and what is "valid," who draws that line? What about a picture of bacon on the website, and there was no bacon on the ship? What about an advertised theater show didn't play because someone got injured? What about the port "I booked this cruise for" and the ship couldn't make it? What about a medical injury that threw off some other plans? As we see daily with these forums, there is a lot to complain about. It is impossible to make sure everything goes on without a hitch. Credit card companies are not there to ensure your total satisfaction. They ensure that sellers are acting in good faith with that they are offering. That does not mean if one of 100 variables is unfavorable, that the trip should be free for you, decided by the CC.

Personally I would rather the cruise companies take responsibility than credit card companies but with common sense you can easily draw the line on valid and frivolous. If you buy a product or service and don’t receive product or service you have always been entitled to a refund and paying a premium price for a premium product only to be given a cheaper downgraded version in any other industry would be considered a scam

I would assume most countries have legislation against scams, so maybe instead of sweeping reforms we need to start treating cruises the same way we would treat any other tourism business.