thoughts: cruises?

[anotheranon]

Ran across a site for Goth Cruises in one of my communities. Interesting, I suppose, but isn't there a hazard of tanning? It reminded me of Geek Cruises, which surprisingly is still in business, given the economy (Note they do have a section on "Convincing the Boss").

My own thoughts: I don't really know. I've never been on a cruise but I have to be honest and say the idea has never really appealed to me. I suspect I'd feel rather trapped on a boat that I can't stop exactly when I want it to. I'm also not terribly keen on having to pack in ALL my "touristing" on the limited days of shore leave - I like to take my time, wander the streets, etc.

I've also never been a huge advocate of laying in the sun for a week - weekends at the beach are nice, but after a few days I want something other than sand/surf. A book, a museum, a trip to some historic site.

I think a cruise would have to have some really great "shore" locations to appeal to me. Going down the Nile and stopping at the Valley of the Kings, the Giza plateau, etc. would be cool. So would, say, a trip in the Caribbean stopping at all the famous pirate lairs (who cares about shopping?) Yeah, it always comes back to history for me.....

Is there such a creature as "History Cruises"?

Comments

[hadesgirl.livejournal.com]

Ha ha - I'd forgotten about the picture! I only saw the aftermath of that, you know. That WAS rather creepy, wasn't it!

I agree - this would have to happen a ways off - money is very tight right now for us as well, and with Mikey in school, it's another $900 every three months on top of everything else!

Let's keep it in mind though - if not in 2005 the maybe 2006. Something to keep on the back burner.

[jlsjlsjls.livejournal.com]

I"m amazed every picture in the place didn't come down once I saw how they'd been hung. =O

I'd love to see everybody again ... it was, despite the creaky setting, a WONDERFUL weekend! :-))))))))))

[hadesgirl.livejournal.com]

And it was pretty nifty having the house to ourselves 99% of the time too. We were able to keep our ***strange*** behavior private, LOL!

[jlsjlsjls.livejournal.com]

Us? Strange? Really?

Yes, I enjoy the house to ourselves part too ... mebbe we can all chip in and rent a cottage somewhere ...

[hadesgirl.livejournal.com]

Oh, that would be fun! We'd have to be sure it had a DVD/VCR player though - maybe we could get some Lexx watched this time.

[anotheranon.livejournal.com]

That was the one thing I DID like about the hotel we chose - it was all to ourselves. Could emphatically have lived without the frail furniture and hangings!

Should definitely try to do the cottage thing on any future outings!

[hadesgirl.livejournal.com]

Sounds like a plan, ladies. Um - and Tim, too of course.