Shangri-La

[John Gill]

if you met a young pretty girl in a lavatory would it be love at first sh.te?? jp sorry I just had to get that one in its the pills??

lol JP- keep taking the tablets!

[John Arton]

For me
The scenery on the passage down from Prince Rupert to Nanaimo through the Straits at the top end of Vancouver Island with loads of Killer Whales breaching, the Fjords of Norway, Ice bound in the Gulf of St. Lawrence, the beaches of St. Croix and strangely enough the Manchester Ship Canal with its history of industrial revolution and the fact that many of the original equipment is still in place, such as the water hydraulics operating the swing bridges and things like the Anderton Canal lift still operating. Marvels of engineering that have stood the test of time. Panama and Suez Canal, there are numerous others but amongst them all was the thrill of meeting and learning something of the nature and culture of the countries and the people of those countries visited, even if in some of them , due to an over indulgence in the local culture, you ended up having a gun shoved in your back and thrown in jail for the night or been beaten over the head with a night stick wielded by the local police.
rgds
JA

[gray_marian]

#5, Getting your R's confused Doc, 'twas Ronald

[Keith Tindell]

So So many, the japanese ports, even Hamburg and Rotterdam were good runs ashore, but seven months on the South America run took some beating, Buenos Aires Rio Bahia etc, good beer and Beefy Lomos, leather jacket and boots and homeward bound KT

[cappy]

So So many, the japanese ports, even Hamburg and Rotterdam were good runs ashore, but seven months on the South America run took some beating, Buenos Aires Rio Bahia etc, good beer and Beefy Lomos, leather jacket and boots and homeward bound KT

####yes keith ba took some beating ......the cowboy boots the steaks.....never saw so much meat in my life .....got in with a clip joint tango dancer who took a shine to me me 18 her about 35 had a photo of her for years a real stunner......learnt it all from a to b....if she is still about i think she would be about 90 .....perish the thought .....but of course when you got back home nobody believed you......perhaps they were just jealous.....looking back jeez we had it all .....sadly my mate from shields got it all in the back room of tanker joes......now that was a proper honky.....with guys flaked out all over the shop and them little senoritas flashing there eyes and every thing else......and a trail of guys along the jettyin some right states......and nobody to bollock you the world was our oyster ....and we got paid for it .....regards cappy

[Captain Kong]

I just love the Pacific Islands, from Honolulu down to the Tahitian group, Tahiti, Bora Bora, Moorea, Raiatai, Rangiroa, Rarotonga,etc, . That is why I go there every year, pure Paradise. All the people are so friendly and generous, always singing and dancing. I have a lot of friends in those islands and they always make a big fuss of us when we go. Off there again in February.
Cheers
Brian

[Keith Tindell]

I have a massive memories of the world, in 7 short years , so these guys who have been at sea for many years have lived a life that would astound most shore wallahs, KT

[Doc Vernon]

#5, Getting your R's confused Doc, 'twas Ronald

That's the wallah! LOL

[gray_marian]

#15, My dear cappy, not quite the horizon I was anticipating but hey ho

Thank you for all your responses you have certainly without doubt embraced Mark Twain's quote:

“Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines, sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.”

[happy daze john in oz]

if you met a young pretty girl in a lavatory would it be love at first sh.te?? jp sorry I just had to get that one in its the pills??

The pills, the bloody pills, just keep taking them mate!!

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#5, Getting your R's confused Doc, 'twas Ronald

There were quite a number on UCL who got their 'R's'confused.