I was recently posting from the waterfront and mentioned a passing ship, to which someone replied: "Where’s the picture of the ship?" Well, here we go.
The ship was Princess Cruises’ Diamond Princess. She was back in Vancouver a couple of days ago and I went for a closer look. The 116,000 gross tons ship is as impressive up close as she is from a distance. Imagine a gentle giant with the looks of a spaceship and carrying up to 3700 people across the seas …
Built in Japan at the cost of a half billion dollars, the Diamond Princess (as her sister the Sapphire) is 952 feet long, has a beam (width) of 158 feet and totals 18 decks! She features very prominent enclosed and extended bridge wings and her trademark jet-engine style decorative pods on each side of her funnel. Her electric propulsion system is remarkably environment friendly and driven by a gas turbine / diesel engine combination.
As my friend Silvia was commenting as we stared in awe, mankind – despite its rather dark tendencies (see my previous post) – can certainly show tremendous imagination and infinite creativity. The things we build are simply fantastic. If only we could show the same talents when it comes to our spirituality…
the twin sisters Club Med 1 and Club Med 2.]
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