Veendam cruise to Bermuda photos
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From: Tom K on 28 Jun 2010 19:12 On 6/28/10 6:00 PM, Charles wrote: > In article<88sekvFm30U1(a)mid.individual.net>, D Ball > <diana(a)removespamball.net> wrote: > >> On 6/28/2010 2:52 PM, Charles wrote: >>> Photo album I put together from my cruise a few weeks ago on the Holland >>> America Veendam to Bermuda. >>> >>> http://chasfotos.smugmug.com/Travel/Veendam-to-Bermuda >> >> Nice album, Charles. Did you rent a scooter? > > I did not rent a scooter. I took the buses and ferries. Bermuda has a > very good bus and ferry system. They have one, two, or three day > transportation passes which allow one to hop on and off both buses and > ferries. I obtained one of the passes. > Was St. Georges any busier this time of the year? When we were there the White Horse and the Pub on the Wharf were the only places that were busy (they had to do lunch for all the people who took the ferry from the Dockyard). --Tom
From: Charles on 28 Jun 2010 20:33 In article <4c292c3d$0$22551$607ed4bc(a)cv.net>, Tom K <tkanitra(a)optonline.net> wrote: > Was St. Georges any busier this time of the year? When we were there > the White Horse and the Pub on the Wharf were the only places that were > busy (they had to do lunch for all the people who took the ferry from > the Dockyard). It was somewhat busy when I was there. Between the White Horse and the Tavern on the Wharf there were a couple of other eating and drink places that looked busy. Besides the Veendam there were two ships docked at Kings Wharf. Enchantment of the Seas and NCL Spirit. Plus since it was middle June I expect that there were more people at hotels on the island than when you went in early May which is off season. I was told that a number of the stores in St. George only open on the days when cruise ships are docked on the island. And there are some empty stores. The bookshop is closed for example. They have been affected by the lack of cruise ships that actually dock. We were supposed to tender but because of the weather the Veendam docked in Hamilton instead. Great for the passengers, not good for St. George. Docking in Hamilton the whole almost four days was the best Bermuda itinerary I have been on. Because of skipping St. George they gave us a free one day transportation pass with the idea that we would use it to go to St. George on any of the days. I was one who did use it for that purpose. However the pass could be used to go anywhere and while I think most on the Veendam went to St. George at some point during the week, some did not use it to go to St. George. I heard that because of the economic effect of no ships docking at St. George that support for widening the town cut for larger ships to go through it and dock in the town has increased. -- Charles
From: Tom K on 28 Jun 2010 21:02 On 6/28/10 8:33 PM, Charles wrote: > > I heard that because of the economic effect of no ships docking at St. > George that support for widening the town cut for larger ships to go > through it and dock in the town has increased. > Not like they couldn't see it coming. Obviously that side of the island has been in trouble some time, as evident by the closing of the hotel on the hill well over 10-15 years ago. --Tom
From: Charles on 28 Jun 2010 21:13 In article <4c29463d$0$4989$607ed4bc(a)cv.net>, Tom K <tkanitra(a)optonline.net> wrote: > Not like they couldn't see it coming. Obviously that side of the island > has been in trouble some time, as evident by the closing of the hotel on > the hill well over 10-15 years ago. What I heard which I can't verify......it could just be sour grapes, is that politics is involved. The St. George Parrish has not been an area that supports the political party that has been in power and runs the government so St. George gets less attention. -- Charles
From: Susette on 30 Jun 2010 15:29
On Jun 28, 6:00 pm, Charles <f...(a)his.com.remove.invalid> wrote: > In article <88sekvFm3...(a)mid.individual.net>, D Ball > > <di...(a)removespamball.net> wrote: > > On 6/28/2010 2:52 PM, Charles wrote: > > > Photo album I put together from my cruise a few weeks ago on the Holland > > > America Veendam to Bermuda. > > > >http://chasfotos.smugmug.com/Travel/Veendam-to-Bermuda > > > Nice album, Charles. Did you rent a scooter? > > I did not rent a scooter. I took the buses and ferries. Bermuda has a > very good bus and ferry system. They have one, two, or three day > transportation passes which allow one to hop on and off both buses and > ferries. I obtained one of the passes. > > -- > Charles I love the bus/ferry pass its like having a excursion seeing how beautiful bermuda is! Charles our picnic will be in September do you work every Sat? |