Where in the world is HAL?

[RetiredMustang]

10 hours ago, J_M_F said:

Looks a bit like Fanning Island.

 

1 hour ago, StLouisCruisers said:

 

I think this looks like Fanning Island, too.  J_M_F guessed first.  Are we right?

 

Yes!  Fanning Island.

 

 

Dave

[RetiredMustang]

This may be easy for some.  What port are we looking over?

 

 

Dave

[St Pete Cruiser]

1 hour ago, Alberta Quilter said:

 

Tallinn?

Yes, that church certainly looks like the one in Tallinn.  The port as I remembered it looked quite different, with large ferries, but then the Prinsendam often got the smaller docks away from the crowds.

[RuthC]

21 minutes ago, RetiredMustang said:

This may be easy for some.  What port are we looking over?

 

 

Dave

Looks like Dover. 

[RetiredMustang]

20 minutes ago, RuthC said:

Looks like Dover. 

 

Winner!  The white cliffs are pretty distinctive.

 

Dave

[RuthC]

14 minutes ago, RetiredMustang said:

 

Winner!  The white cliffs are pretty distinctive.

Seeing the castle on top helped confirm it. 
I don't remember ever seeing the lighthouse. 

[RetiredMustang]

OK, somewhere different.  What port are we approaching?

 

 

Dave

[ScottishMaid]

OK, somewhere different.  What port are we approaching?
 

 
Dave

Bali

[ski ww]

2 hours ago, Alberta Quilter said:

 

Tallinn?

Correct

[bennybear]

18 hours ago, bennybear said:

Where’s the Westerdam?  

Another clue

[cruzingnut]

4 minutes ago, bennybear said:

Another clue

 

Osaka, Japan! 

[YXU AC*SE]

8 minutes ago, bennybear said:

Another clue ...

 

Osaka, JP

[RetiredMustang]

1 hour ago, ScottishMaid said:

Bali

 

Yes!  The port of Benoa, Bali, is actually around the peninsula and then to the left.  Here is the port, and the welcome we received.

 

 

 

 

 

 

The day before we arrived, we learned that the captain was going to allow the crew to bring aboard family members and friends, to show them the ship, where they worked, lived, etc.  The dining room was closed for lunch that day, and as many of the crew as could do so could also go ashore if they wanted. 

 

Someone had a great idea that a lot of us adopted -- we left notes to our cabin stewards that we could make our own beds and clean our cabins for the day, and they should skip us to have more free time to spend.  We also included an extra tip for them.  My guess is more than half of at least the cabins on our deck posted notes, and I expect some also tipped as well.   We heard from our cabin stewards that one had brought family on board, and the other who had no family to meet him, had enjoyed the day ashore, eating good food, shopping, etc.  Our DR stewards also enjoyed the visit to their home country.

 

Dave

Edited October 6, 2020 by RetiredMustang

[VMax1700]

OK, where is Koningsdam?

[oaktreerb]

I need your help here.  This photo was taken as we cruised on the Eurodam from Finland to Sweden?  What is this area called?  Is it in Finland or Sweden?

[Copper10-8]

On 10/5/2020 at 10:02 AM, RetiredMustang said:

Where is this tender pier?

 

 

 

 

 

 

Looks like you've got a pic of a HAL security guard (or supervisor) on the little dock at Fanning Island waiting for the arrival of the next tender. The time I was there with Statendam, the dock was in sad shape with several of the wooden planks missing/rotted away. Two of Statendam carpenters came out and replaced (planks)/repaired the dock that day. It was Captain Eric van der Wal's first contract after being promoted, and an interesting one, it turned out to be incl. a medevac by the a French Navy Dauphin helo from Flotille 35 of a sick crew member off Tahiti   

[RetiredMustang]

13 minutes ago, Copper10-8 said:

 

Looks like you've got a pic of a HAL security guard (or supervisor) on the little dock at Fanning Island waiting for the arrival of the next tender. The time I was there with Statendam, the dock was in sad shape with several of the wooden planks missing/rotted away. Two of Statendam carpenters came out and replaced (planks)/repaired the dock that day. It was Captain Eric van der Wal's first contract after being promoted, and an interesting one, it turned out to be incl. a medevac by the a French Navy Dauphin helo from Flotille 35 of a sick crew member off Tahiti   

 

Well, the Statendam carpenters did a great job, as the pier was in excellent repair when we visited in 2018.

 

I saw the security person looking like he was in an Otis Redding song (Sittin' on the Dock of the Bay) and had to take the shot.

 

Dave

[RetiredMustang]

Where is this port?

 

 

Dave

[Copper10-8]

2 minutes ago, RetiredMustang said:

Where is this port?

 

 

Dave

 

I know that pier; there's a pontoon portion attached to it where the ship docks and it used to be covered by astroturf, a real tripping hazard. Inside that big palapa, you can get your passport stamped; Puerto Quetzal, Guatemala

[RetiredMustang]

34 minutes ago, Copper10-8 said:

 

I know that pier; there's a pontoon portion attached to it where the ship docks and it used to be covered by astroturf, a real tripping hazard. Inside that big palapa, you can get your passport stamped; Puerto Quetzal, Guatemala

 

Winner!  The first time we visited, there was not much at all, just a staging area for tour buses, and a smaller shuttle to the seaman's across the port.  When we came back a few years later, there was the developed port area with, as you say, the astroturf pontoon tripping hazard.

 

I didn't get my passport stamped, but I did get my whistle wetted at the bar to the right of the palapa.😁

 

Dave

[bennybear]

5 hours ago, cruzingnut said:

 

Osaka, Japan! 

 

5 hours ago, YXU AC*SE said:

 

Osaka, JP

Winners!  Looks like a tie,  love the contrast of the old and new architecture! 

[bennybear]

This port was substituted for the original.  Home to a famous sculptor’s work

[RetiredMustang]

One more for today.  Where is Zuiderdam?

 

 

Dave

[J_M_F]

Where is the Prinsendam?

[J_M_F]

Here is another Prinsendam port to identify.