Queen-Sized: The Queen Mary 2 Visits San Francisco
Posted on February 5, 2007 - Filed Under Cruises, Video | Leave a Comment
FLASH VIDEO
Who gives a toss about the Superbowl? Not San Franciscans, who skipped the game and lined the hills on both sides of the bay Sunday to watch the world’s largest cruise ship squeeze through the Golden Gate. The queenly bearing of the QM2 barely cleared “The Bridge” not to mention the narrow shipping channel. […]
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O Other Town of Bethlehem: Christmas on the Amazon
Posted on December 24, 2006 - Filed Under Holiday, Brazil, Places, Cruises, Photography, Video | Leave a Comment
A few years ago I flew from the real Bethlehem, in the Middle East, to Brazil’s Bethlehem, a town called Belem at the mouth of the Amazon where after some Christmas shopping at a funky, politically-incorrect market, I began a jungly yuletide cruise. Have a look at a Windows Media video and […]
Read More..>>The Little One vs. The Big One
Posted on April 20, 2006 - Filed Under Travel Biz, Cruises | Leave a Comment
The “BIG ONE” vs the “little one”
AUDIO-MP3
San Francisco media have done a fine job instilling fear in our hearts about the next BIG ONE. They’re good about that, media and politicians: media shouting “watch or die” to flog their newscasts and newspapers and politicians diverting our minds from ever-present scandals. One (but perhaps not high […]
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Nirvana Tonic - A Cruise on the River Kwai (with podcast)
Posted on September 22, 2005 - Filed Under Audio, Thailand, Places, Cruises, Video | Leave a Comment
Nirvana Tonic
A Cruise on the River Kwai
Story, photos, audio and video ©2005 Russell Johnson
Audio MP3 5:09
Video: Windows Media
Video: Windows Media HDTV (130MB)
(Do not attempt to download this unless you have a very fast DSL or Cable connection and a very fast computer with a 1280 x 720 or better monitor)
I am a river rat. Not […]
