The World's My Oyster ; Cruises Are No Longer the Exclusive Domain of the Idle Rich, As Paul Cole Discovers
Birmingham Post › June 17, 2010
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It is 5.25am and sunrise is still two hours away. We glide almost noiselessly underneath the Golden Gate Bridge, past Alcatraz and into the Bay, destination San Francisco.
The moon paints the waters of the Bay a misty silver; the lighthouse on the prison island standing sentinel, its beam sweeping a wide radius like a searchlight seeking escapees.See the full content of this document
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The World's My Oyster ; Cruises Are No Longer the Exclusive Domain of the Idle Rich, As Paul Cole Discovers
It is 2pm and the sun beats down on the Caribbean island of Aruba. We cut across the azure water in an open tender before boarding the semi-submersible boat off the coast. Then we dip beneath the waves and enter a deep blue world, floating above the wreck of a sunken German warship, fish darting across its living carpet of marine life, a turtle swimming lazily by....
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