Where in the world ?

[bluemarble]

2 minutes ago, rafinmd said:

Right you are.  Not quite sure how it got on Cunard's list since big cruise ships aren't allowed there.  I suppose it was an overland tour where people got off say in Lima and rejoined the ship a couple of  ports later like Guayaquil.  I was there on a 20-some passenger ship with International Expeditions in 2009.

 

Roy

 

The Galapagos Islands made our list of Cunard ports by virtue of my finding a couple itineraries from the 1990's for Sagafjord and Vistafjord which included them. For Sagafjord, the Galapagos were included on a 96-day itinerary from Cozumel to Funchal via the Panama and Suez canals departing January 1993 (essentially a world voyage, I suppose). For Vistafjord, the Galapagos were listed on a February 1994 itinerary segment from Guayaquil to Los Angeles.

 

Apparently those calls just made it under the wire for restrictions on cruise ship visits. Here's an article from the Los Angeles Times which mentions Vistafjord's 1994 visit.

 

No More Big Cruise Liners to Galapagos

[bluemarble]

It appears this thread is finally winding down after a very long and interesting run although there are hints that a few more port photos may be on there way. I realize now there are a couple I've visited but don't have my own photos. I'll see if I can find suitable public domain images to contribute.

 

Since we've started a new browser page, here's another update to our unseen Cunard ports list for those that might be still looking for inspiration for further contributions.

 

Cunard ports not seen yet on the "Where in the World?" thread

 

Abaco, Bahamas
Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire
Aden, Yemen
Aguilas, Spain
Aitutaki, Cook Islands
Akita, Japan
Al Jubayl, Saudi Arabia
Al Manama, Bahrain
Al Mukalla, Yemen
Alanya, Turkey
Almeria, Spain
Alotau, Papua New Guinea
Altea, Spain
Ambon, Indonesia
Anavilhanas Archipelago, Brazil
Angra dos Reis, Brazil
Anjouan, Comoros
Antofagasta, Chile
Anzac Cove, Turkey
Apra, Guam
Arendal, Norway
Bahia Blanca, Argentina
Balholm/Balestrand, Norway
Bangor, Northern Ireland
Baubau, Indonesia
Belawan, Indonesia
Biak, Indonesia
Bitung, Indonesia
Bom Bom Island, Sao Tome and Principe
Bornholm, Denmark
Brindisi, Italy
Cadaques, Spain
Cape York QLD, Australia
Cap-Haitien, Haiti
Carriacou, Grenada Grenadines
Casa de Campo, Dominican Republic
Castro, Chile
Cebu, Philippines
Ceuta, Spanish Morocco
Christiansoe, Denmark
Christmas Island, Kiribati
Ciudad Guayana, Venezuela
Ciudad Trujillo, Santo Domingo
Collioure, France
Conflict Islands, Papua New Guinea
Daba Al-Hisn, Oman
Davao, Philippines
Deboyne Lagoon, Papua New Guinea
Delos, Greece
Desroches, Seychelles
Diego Suarez/Antsiranana, Madagascar
Djibouti, Djibouti
Drottningholm, Sweden
Dunmore East, Ireland
Easter Island, Chile
Esmeraldas, Ecuador
Figueira da Foz, Portugal
Florianopolis, Brazil
Formentera Island, Balearic Islands
Freetown, Sierra Leone
Fuerteventura, Canary Islands, Spain
Galveston, Texas
Georgetown, Ascension Island
Gilbert Islands, Kiribati
Glengarriff, Ireland
Gloucester, Massachusetts
Goa, India
Godthaab, Greenland
Guangzhou, China
Gudvangen, Norway
Hakodate, Japan
Hanko, Finland
Hayman Island QLD, Australia
Heimaey, Iceland
Hodeidah, Yemen
Holsteinborg, Greenland
Honiara, Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands
Ilhabela, Brazil
Isle of Pines, New Caledonia
Isola di Ponza, Italy
Jakobshavn, Greenland
Jedda, Saudi Arabia
Kagoshima, Japan
Kahului, Hawaii
Kanazawa, Japan
Kangean Islands, Indonesia
Karachi, Pakistan
Karpathos, Greece
Kerteminde, Denmark
Khasab, Oman
Khor Al Fakkan, UAE
Kingston, Jamaica
Kiriwina, Papua New Guinea
Kitakyushu, Japan
Kochi, Japan
Kristiansund, Norway
Kuwait City, Kuwait
Kyrenia, Cyprus
La Digue, Seychelles
La Guaira, Venezuela
Labadie Shores, Haiti
Laccadive Islands, India
Lae, Papua New Guinea
Lamu, Kenya
L'Anse aux Meadows, Newfoundland
Larantuka, Indonesia
Larnaca, Cyprus
Lautoka, Fiji
Lome, Togo
Low Island QLD, Australia
Lyngseidet, Norway
Mahajanga, Madagascar
Majuro, Marshall Islands
Mamoudzou, Mayotte
Manfredonia, Italy
Mar del Plata, Argentina
Mariefred, Sweden
Marmaris, Turkey
Marstrand, Sweden
Mas a Tierra/Robinson Crusoe Island, Chile
Massawa, Eritrea
Mazatlan, Mexico
Merok, Norway
Molokai, Hawaii
Molyvos, Greece
Montserrat, British Overseas Territories
Moroni, Comoros
Motril, Spain
Mtwara, Tanzania
Muara, Brunei
Nagoya, Japan
Nessebar, Bulgaria
Norheimsund, Norway
Nosy Komba, Madagascar
Ofotfjord, Norway
Olbia, Sardinia
Opatija, Croatia
Orpheus Island QLD, Australia
Oye, Norway
Palm Island, St Vincent and the Grenadines
Palopo, Indonesia
Pekalongan, Indonesia
Pohnpei/Ponape, Micronesia
Ponce, Puerto Rico
Porlamar, Margarita Island, Venezuela
Porquerolles, France
Port Antonio, Jamaica
Port Blair, Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Port Denarau, Fiji
Port Douglas QLD, Australia
Port Sudan, Sudan
Port Vila, Vanuatu
Port-au-Prince, Haiti
Porto Cervo, Sardinia
Portoroz, Slovenia
Porto-Vecchio, Corsica
Praslin, Seychelles
Prickly Pear Cays, Anguilla
Providenciales, Turks and Caicos
Puerto Chacabuco, Chile
Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic
Pulau Bawean, Indonesia
Pulau Naira, Indonesia
Pulau Nias, Indonesia
Pulau Pangkor, Malaysia
Pulau Pelangi, Indonesia
Pulau Penuba, Indonesia
Punta del Este, Uruguay
Puri, India
Qingdao/Tsingtao, China
Qinhuangdao, China
Rarotonga, Cook Islands
Ringaskiddy, Ireland
Rugen Island, Germany
Sakaiminato, Japan
Salaverry, Peru
Samana, Dominican Republic
Sanary-Sur-Mer, France
Santa Marta, Colombia
Santana, Brazil
Santo Antonio, Portugal
Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
Santo Tomas de Castilla, Guatemala
Seogwipo, South Korea
Sepa Island, Indonesia
Sevastopol, Crimea
Seven Spirit Bay NT, Australia
Sibenik, Croatia
Sibolga, Indonesia
Skarsvag, Norway
Skopelos, Greece
Skyros, Greece
Sochi, Russia
St Malo, France
Surabaya, Indonesia
Suva, Fiji
Syros, Greece
Takoradi, Ghana
Talcahuano, Chile
Tamatave/Toamasina, Madagascar
Tarawa, Kiribati
Tarragona, Spain
Thiruvananthapuram, India
Tianjin, China
Tobago Cays, St Vincent and the Grenadines
Tristan da Cunha, British Overseas Territories
Tunis (La Goulette), Tunisia
Tuticorin, India
Varna, Bulgaria
Virgin Gorda, British Virgin Islands
Vitoria, Brazil
Vung Tau, Vietnam
Waingapu, Indonesia
Wilmington, North Carolina
Xingang, China
Yantai, China
Yatsushiro, Japan
Ytterdal/Eidsdal, Norway
Zamboanga, Philippines

 

Additional Cruise-By Calls

 

Alaska
Columbia Glacier, Alaska
Endicott Arm, Alaska
Kenai Fjords, Alaska
Kings Bay, Alaska
Port Nellie Juan, Alaska

 

Canada
Alert Bay, British Columbia
Bella Bella, British Columbia

 

Iceland
Eyjafjordur, Iceland
Hrisey, Iceland

 

Norway
Hardangerfjord, Norway
Innvikfjorden, Norway
Lustrafjorden, Norway
Nordfjord, Norway
Romsdalsfjord, Norway
Storfjorden, Norway
Sunnylvsfjorden, Norway
 
UK
Bass Rock, Scotland
Cape Wrath, Scotland
Isle of Arran, Scotland
Isle of Islay, Scotland
Isle of May, Scotland
Isle of Mull, Scotland

[Host Hattie]

I've been to a few of these places but either so long ago that I can't find any photographs or they were so uninspiring I didn't bother !

[Host Hattie]

How about this ? 🤣

[exlondoner]

20 minutes ago, Host Hattie said:

How about this ? 🤣

 

You will, I'm sure, be pleased to know that the man in charge of the ***** production line there at one time was called Willie Powers.

[bluemarble]

@Host Hattie's photo might be one of the ports mentioned as an alternative answer during our Christmas word game on this thread.

[exlondoner]

It's Ringaskuddy, a port that was cancelled on me in 1997.

[bluemarble]

4 minutes ago, bluemarble said:

@Host Hattie's photo might be one of the ports mentioned as an alternative answer during our Christmas word game on this thread.

 

On 12/22/2020 at 8:28 AM, Host Hattie said:

There's Ringaskiddy, we called there on QM2 in 2015.

 

[Host Hattie]

Correct both

[ExArkie]

2 hours ago, Host Hattie said:

I've been to a few of these places but either so long ago that I can't find any photographs or they were so uninspiring I didn't bother !

Actually, I have several photos from my visits to Ponce, Puerto Rico, and Santo Domingo, DR. They are of sterilization equipment being installed at medical device manufacturing sites and look a lot like clean rooms and manufacturing lines, not much like sea ports.

 

I'm guessing they're not really applicable to this game.

 

[bluemarble]

Yeah @ExArkie, although we've long since given up on the requirement that our photos look like sea ports, it is fairly important they show something which is identifiable as being at one of the Cunard ports. I'm guessing your manufacturing site photos might lack such features.

[sfred]

Here are two public domain photos of a cruise-by location I've been to from the land side.  This location is not on our unseen list, although there is a Cunard ship located only 11 nautical miles away.

 

 

[ExArkie]

12 hours ago, sfred said:

Here are two public domain photos of a cruise-by location I've been to from the land side.  This location is not on our unseen list, although there is a Cunard ship located only 11 nautical miles away.

 

 

The second picture is the Memorial Garden at the Lusitania Museum in County Cork, Ireland. The ship was sunk a (relatively) short distance from that point in 1915.

 

I believe that the location is referred to as the Old Head of Kinsale. Nearest town is Kinsale.

[sfred]

11 hours ago, ExArkie said:

The second picture is the Memorial Garden at the Lusitania Museum in County Cork, Ireland. The ship was sunk a (relatively) short distance from that point in 1915.

 

I believe that the location is referred to as the Old Head of Kinsale. Nearest town is Kinsale.

 

Correct on all points, @ExArkie.  The Lusitania sank about 11 nautical miles from the Old Head of Kinsale on 7 May 1915.  A tragic event for the passengers and crew, Cunard, and world history.

[Colin_Cameron]

On 9/7/2021 at 4:40 PM, bluemarble said:

It appears this thread is finally winding down after a very long and interesting run although there are hints that a few more port photos may be on there way.

I should have a couple more but I've been quiet recently as I'm trying to recover from three, yes THREE!, hard disk failures

[exlondoner]

1 hour ago, Colin_Cameron said:

I should have a couple more but I've been quiet recently as I'm trying to recover from three, yes THREE!, hard disk failures

For an awful moment I thought you had a really bad back, but now I deduce it is something IT related: deeply tedious, but less agonising.

[ExArkie]

4 hours ago, Colin_Cameron said:

I should have a couple more but I've been quiet recently as I'm trying to recover from three, yes THREE!, hard disk failures

Ian Fleming:
"Once is happenstance. Twice is coincidence. Three times is enemy action."

 

[bluemarble]

Here are public domain photos from the 1930's of a place on our unseen ports list I've visited on a Cunard cruise but alas I don't have any of my own photos to show for it. I'm taking it somewhat on faith that the photos' descriptions are correct since I can't say I recall seeing these specific features in the landscape. They are certainly representative of the location in any event.

 

 

[sfred]

9 hours ago, bluemarble said:

Here are public domain photos from the 1930's of a place on our unseen ports list I've visited on a Cunard cruise but alas I don't have any of my own photos to show for it. I'm taking it somewhat on faith that the photos' descriptions are correct since I can't say I recall seeing these specific features in the landscape. They are certainly representative of the location in any event.

 

 

My feeling was this was somewhere in Norway, but no luck on any searches so far.

[bluemarble]

We're overdue for a hint on my last contribution. I'm not surprised this has been a difficult one. Knowing the location, I still wasn't able to find a match in other sources.

 

Here is a photo of my own which might help. This photo was not taken at the location I'm looking for. But it was taken on the same day we visited the location shown in those public domain photos I posted above. I figure this is only about 5 NM sailing distance to the start of the location I'm looking for.

 

[exlondoner]

Looks even more Norwayish, but one Fjord does look much like another.

[sfred]

On 9/10/2021 at 12:31 PM, sfred said:

 

My feeling was this was somewhere in Norway, but no luck on any searches so far.

 

I've been trying to "cheat" by doing searches for @bluemarble's two public domain photos.  I've tried a bunch of keyword combinations for 1930s norway, 1930s fjord, 1930s scotland, 1930s isle of, and 1930s iceland.  No luck, I'm afraid. I might be looking in the wrong part of the world entirely (that has certainly happened before!) or  using the wrong keywords for the photo captions.

[exlondoner]

While we are wracking our brains about Norway, here is a very old postcard, clearly showing a Cunard sail by, which I gather at the time was a frequent occurrence. It is also a route many of us will have followed on cruises, though not mentioned as a sail by. No points for the ship, by the way.

 

[bluemarble]

While we ponder @exlondoner's latest contribution, it's time for another hint about mine.

 

It will probably come as no great surprise when I suggest the key to identifying my last photo is to identify the waterfall shown in it. Although it may look rather insignificant from that angle, it is a fairly well-known waterfall. However, it is outshone by a larger and more well-known waterfall across from it.

 

Remember once you have figured out the location of my last photo, the next step is to determine what location on our unseen ports list is nearby. That other location is the purported subject of the public domain photos I posted Thursday.

[Yaldi]

Merok, Norway? The waterfall appears to be ‘The Suitor’ the more famous mentioned is ‘Seven Sisters’ in Geirangerfjord. Internet searches for Merok seem to tie both Geiranger and Merok together so will go with that as my guess.