Robert Swanson's photos with the keyword: cruise ship

While we were walking around the pier near our cruise ship, we saw this truck. It was probably unloading supplies for the ship. We like the "Bibendum" characters perched on the cab. Image processed with GIMP.

Very atypical of us, but we were NOT on a cruise. We were visiting Maine in our motorhome, and stopped for a few days in Bar Harbor. This town is popular with cruise lines, hence the ship anchored in the harbor. The rock formations of the harbor are interesting, a feature often applied to the entire coast of Maine. The folks in the foreground are probably crew members, not cruise passengers or idle tourists like ourselves. This photo was taken in 2011. Over the next few years, we took several cruises on the Maadam. I believe that she has been recently sold. Image processed with GIMP.

We have sailed out of San Francisco, with the Golden Gate Bridge now in the background. Note the fellows sitting in the hot tub on the ship. The wind was blowing strongly, and I wouldn't want to walk around in a bathing suit. They obviously found a great place to view the majestic bridge. Image processed with GIMP.

Under the Golden Gate Bridge, as we sailed out. The wind was blowing very strongly. It was hard to hold the camera steady. End of a beautiful day in San Francisco. I like the heat waves made by the exhaust of the ship's engines. Image processed with GIMP.

At the trolley station near the pier in Astoria, Oregon. The trolley wasn't running, so I had to hoof it. That's our ship (Regatta) in the background. Image taken with phone and processed with GIMP.

During our South America cruise in 2008, the cruise line went out of their way to have "special" nights in the main dining room. Each time, all new decorations were put up. Certainly made for a festive evening. This table is decorated for "Oscars Night". We were at sea when Hollywood had its special night. Image processed with GIMP.

We were on a Holiday cruise from Melbourne, Australia to New Zealand and back. During the cruise, we celebrated Christmas, and then arrived back in Melbourne just in time for their spectacular New Year event. This was the "champagne pyramid" onboad ship, waiting for the big night. Image processed with GIMP.

We took a great cruise in 2019 on the Oceania Marina. While walking around this elegant ship, we saw a number of decorations, including this vase. Added to Sunday Challenge as a "still life". According to some sources: "A still life (plural: still lifes) is a work of art depicting mostly inanimate subject matter, typically commonplace objects which are either natural (food, flowers, dead animals, plants, rocks, shells, etc.) or man-made (drinking glasses, books, vases, jewelry, coins, pipes, etc.)." Image processed with GIMP.

During our stay in the Canary Islands, we stopped and looked around Tenerife. In the harbor was the "C. Columbus 2" a cruise ship from Hapag-Lloyd. This ship design was very familiar to us, as we cruised on a "sister" of this ship, one of the old R-ships. When Renaissance went broke, they sold their ships to a number of other cruise lines. Image processed with GIMP.

That's our cruise ship in the background. When we first visited Roatan in 2005, all they had was a large concrete slab for cruise passengers. This photo taken in 2019 shows that they have more now, including a shopping zone, but the port is now under major construction. Image taken with phone and processed with GIMP.

During our December 2019 cruise, we stopped at Costa Maya, Mexico. While we perhaps thought that our cruise ship was large, the "Allure of the Seas" is a monster. Looked better in monochrome, so I used GIMP to make the changes. (Does look better on a black background) See: swansongrp.com/P/p and swansonphotos.com/riviera1

Seen during our 2004 transit of the Panama Canal. More photos at: swansongrp.com/panama/panama_canal.html

Seen from our transit of the Panama Canal in 2004. More photos at: swansongrp.com/panama/panama_canal.html

Part of our transit of the Panama Canal in 2004. More photos at: swansongrp.com/panama/panama_canal.html

Original buildings in the Panama Canal, seen during our transit in 2004. For the Sunday Challenge the building itself is a "street sign". Once you see the sign, you know where you are. More photos at: swansongrp.com/panama/panama_canal.html

They were next to us during our transit in 2004. They are locking down, soon to enter the Caribbean. More photos at: swansongrp.com/panama/panama_canal.html

Pretty tight. More photos at: swansongrp.com/panama/panama_canal.html

We were on another cruise ship, docked in Honolulu Harbor. Across the way was the Regal Princess, a P & O cruise ship, based in Australia.