Route and Highlights -- Interactive Map Traces PixTraveler's 25 Day 2014 Mediterrain Cruise

This is the story of our the entire 25 day cruise. The highlights of the trip were visits to beautiful Dubonik, Croatia, the ruins of ancient Pompeii, Italy, and the utterly beautiful Alhambra in Spain. We had an unexpected experience when on Day 6 we stopped to help rescue a boat dead in the water with refugees from the Syrian conflict. You can follow that incident by clicking on minute 8:50 in the guided tour. Zoom out the map to see how far they had come from the mid-east. Fortunately, the seas were calm, but if there had been a storm their overloaded small boat would surely have been lost. War and hunger still remain humanities greatest challenges. We were all disappointed when, at minute 12:48 in tour, the captain decided to skip our stop in Livorno, Italy due to high winds. Toward the end of the trip, at minute 31:09 in the tour, the captain diverted from our planned route to take a critically ill passenger for medical care in Bermuda. Otherwise, the entire trip was a delightful experience. I hope you enjoy the highlight photos in the album and the slideshow.

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[0:00] Start -- Starting at the beginning of the Google Earth Tour

[0:22] Day 1 -- Leaving Venice

[0:45] Day 2 -- Sailing to Dubrovnik, Croatia

[1:24] Day 3 -- Approaching Dubrovnik, Croatia

[4:02] Day 4 -- Approaching Kotor, Montenegro

[6:51] Day 5 -- Approaching Corfu, Greece

[8:50] Day 6 -- Stopping to rescue stranded Syrian refugees

[9:36] Straights of Messina -- Passing through the Straights of Messina between Sicily and the Italian mainland

[9:56] Day 7 -- Approaching Naples, Italy

[10:04] Pompie -- Bus Excursion and Walking Tour of the ruins of ancient Pompie, Italy

[12:19] Day 8 -- Approaching Civitavecchia, Italy, the port for Rome

[12:48] Day 9 -- Approaching Livorno, Italy. We did not stop due to bad weather.

[13:33] Day 10 -- Approaching Monaco.

[14:48] Day 11 -- Visiting Marseilles, France

[16:55] Day 12 -- Approaching Barcelona, Spain.

[19:39] Day 14 -- Approaching Alicante, Spain.

[24:06] Day 15 -- Approaching Almera, Spain.

[24:12] The Alhambra -- Excursion to the Alhambra

[26:38] Gibraltar -- Approaching the Straight of Gibraltar into the Atlantic

[26:47] Day 16 -- Cadiz. Spain

From Cadiz we begin our transatlantic crossing.

[29:02] Day 19 -- Stopping at Ponta Delgada, Spain in the Azores

[31:09] To Bermuda -- The captain announces that there is a critically ill passenger and alters course toward Bermuda

[31:27] Bermuda -- Pausing in Bermuda to send critically ill passenger to the hospital

[32:10] Bahamas -- Passing through the Bahamas heading for Ft. Lauderdale

The track ends here. We have turned off the GPS and started packing

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