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Galveston Hotel Review: Harbor House

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June 21, 2021

The proximity of Harbor House Hotel & Marina to the port makes it one of the most popular cruise hotels in Galveston.

Location

Here is a video of the walk from Harbor House to the port. A nice slow walk took me four minutes including waiting for a…


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Cozumel Cruise Blog

Cozumel Barhop: Fo-Ho!

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June 18, 2021

My original Cozumel Barhop experience actually took place on the Cozumel Day of my 2019 Carnival Vista cruise. During the pandemic I republished just the barhop portion as it’s own stand-alone Cozumel Barhop Tour article. I entered that into the Cozumel Barhop blog contest and won a free plane…


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Hotel B & Hotel B Unique Cozumel

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June 14, 2021

The Hotel B and the Hotel B Unique are essentially two wings of the same hotel with the B side being the older side and the B Unique side being the newer, more modern side. In this review we will look at both.

This is the Hotel B. You…


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Cozumel: Day 4

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June 11, 2021

Good Morning! This is my last morning in Cozumel as I will be flying out this afternoon. This has been a short trip and it has gone by too fast.

On the last morning I finally figured out the coffee pot here. You can’t put an entire pot of water…


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Cozumel: Day 3

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June 7, 2021

Good morning. I’ve been up for about an hour but I just got out of bed. My friend really likes to have breakfast scheduled so we pushed it back to 8:30 today.

The coffee pot is still only making half a pot which is two cups according to the pot…


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Cozumel: Day 2

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June 4, 2021

Good morning! I know this is my first morning here but since this is such a short trip, I have to get my COVID-19 test today. They were going to schedule us for tomorrow but we have the Cozumel Barhop. That will pretty much take up the whole day…


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Cozumel: Day 1

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June 1, 2021

I won this trip for entering my Cozumel Barhop Tour in the Cozumel Barhop blog contest. For winning I received a free plane ticket to Cozumel, a three night stay at the Hotel B Unique Cozumel, and a free Cozumel Barhop.

A friend of mine wanted to come with…


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Cruise Blog Galveston Memorial Day

Seawolf Park

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May 30, 2021

Seawolf Park in Galveston consists of a fishing pier, playground, sports courts, picnic areas, and The Galveston Naval Museum. It is located on Pelican Island 6.5 miles from the Strand and 7.5 miles from the Pleasure Pier. It was named in honor of the USS Seawolf, a submarine that…


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USS Cavalla

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May 30, 2021

The USS Cavalla, nicknamed “Lucky Lady”, originally served from 1943-1946. In 1944 she sunk the Japanese aircraft carrier Shokaku with three torpedo hits. The Shokaku was one of the carriers responsible for the attack on Pearl Harbor.

The Cavalla was brought back into service in 1951, was refitted twice,…


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USS Stewart

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May 30, 2021

The USS Stewart was named after Rear Admiral Charles Stewart who commanded the USS Constitution in the War of 1812. It is one of just two preserved destroyer escorts.

This is the ship’s store. The store was usually open for a few hours each evening. This is where you could…

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