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Shimizu, Japan Cruise Ship Port
The port of Shimizu is located between Tokyo and Osaka. With Mount Fuji looming large in the background, views from the port are spectacular on clear days. Fuji is a registered UNESCO World Heritage Site. A nearby pine tree grove … Continue reading
Posted in Holland America, Japan, Port Cities, Ports of Call, Westerdam
Tagged #shimizujapan, cruise, Holland America, Japan, Mount Fuji, photos, Shimizu, Shimizu cruise port, travel, Westerdam
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North Pacific Crossing
We started our journey on the Amtrak Cascades train from Washington State into Vancouver B.C. on a rainy day. The train was full of people traveling to various cruise ships, some for that day and some for the next. One … Continue reading
Posted in Alaska, Canada, Holland America, Japan, Pacific Ocean & Islands, Shipboard Life, Westerdam
Tagged Amtrak, Bearing Sea, Holland America, photos, train, travel, Westerdam
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Exploring Yokohama
In a port stop at Yokohama, Japan’s Osanbashi Pier passengers don’t have far to go to find tourist attractions. In fact the pier itself is an attraction with trails and green space on top of the port buildings. From our … Continue reading
Posted in Holland America, Japan, Port Cities, Ports of Call, Westerdam
Tagged cruise, Cup Noodle Museum, giant ferris wheel, Holland America, Japan, Osanbashi Pier, photos, roller coaster, travel, Westerdam, Yokohama
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Yokohama Cruise Port
Yokohama Cruise Ship Port Osanbashi Pier in Yokohama, Japan is an attraction in itself with green spaces and a rooftop park with floorboards that mimic rolling waves. Though the architecture resembles a skate park skateboarding is not allowed. The pier … Continue reading
Posted in Holland America, Japan, Port Cities, Ports of Call, Westerdam
Tagged cruise, Holland America, Japan, Osanbashi Pier, photos, travel, Westerdam, Yokohama, Yokohama cruise port
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Exploring Hakodate
Holland America Westerdam slowly glided into port in Hakodate, Japan escorted not only by the usual tugs, but also by a boat with Welcome to Hakodate painted in large bold letters easily readable from neighboring ships on its side. This … Continue reading
Posted in Holland America, Japan, Port Cities, Ports of Call, Westerdam
Tagged #HakodateJapan, cruise, Hakodate, Holland America, Japan, photos, travel, Westerdam
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Kodiak Cruise Ship Port
Kodiak is one of Alaska’s lesser visited cruise ports with just a few mostly smaller cruise ships visiting each summer. Because of this the port currently remains as it was before cruise ships came to town rather than having the … Continue reading
Posted in Alaska, Holland America, Ports of Call, USA, Westerdam
Tagged Alaska, Holland America, Kodiak, Kodiak Cruise Ship Port, Kodiak Cruise Terminal, photos, travel, Westerdam, what's in port Kodiak
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Double Glacier Visit to Glacier Bay
In a span of just a few hundred years Glacier Bay went from a fertile valley where native Tlingit people lived in the 1600’s with the Grand Pacific Glacier on high mountain ridges above the valley to completely buried in … Continue reading
Posted in Alaska, Holland America, USA, Westerdam
Tagged #glacierbay, cruise, Glacier Bay, Holland America, Johns Hopkins Glacier, Margerie Glacier, photos, Westerdam
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Westerdam Ocean View Cabins
Like any cabin category, ocean view cabins can vary from ship to ship and even among cabins on the same ship. Holland America Westerdam is no exception having lower level ocean view cabins on deck 1, obstructed ocean view cabins … Continue reading
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Tagged cruise ship, cruise ship cabin, Holland America, ocean view cabin, photos, Westerdam
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Holland America Westerdam
Somehow when sailing with Holland America we always end up on one of the same 3 ships – either the Oosterdam, Westerdam, or Veendam, even though none of the cruises have been repeats of a previous cruise and the starting … Continue reading
A Quick Stop in Victoria
Port Stop in Victoria From Ketchikan to Victoria, the Westerdam raced against a Princess boat that left about the same time. Apparently whoever arrives first gets through customs first and the other ship has to wait. I’m not sure … Continue reading
Posted in Canada, Holland America, Port Cities, Ports of Call, Westerdam
Tagged Black Ball Ferry, Canada, cruise, photos, ports, travel, Vancouver Island, Victoria, Victoria Clipper, Westerdam
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