La Pérouse the Explorer
Cruise Idea Suggested by Savvy Mom Ruth Paget
As
a follow-up to the La Pérouse the Explorer Game I developed on this Savvy Mom
Ruth Paget website, I would like to suggest a cruise for the American portions
of La Perouse’s expeditions for the whaling and fur trades for the following
ports-of-call:
-Alaska
– Lituya Bay in Southeastern Alaska
-California
– Monterey Bay with visits to the Presidio of Monterey Fortress - (modern-day
Defense Language Institute Headquarters) and the Carmel Mission (San Carlos
Borromeo).
I
cleaned the bronze plaque at the Carmel Mission commemorating La Pérouse’s
mission and stops around the Pacific along with my daughter Florence and
husband Laurent on behalf of the Alliance Française of the Monterey Peninsula
as community service. It was completely
black at the time and now it is blue, but legible. It is nice for souvenir photo ops.
-Hawaii
(Maui)
La
Pérouse was the first European explorer on the island of Maui.
The
best chocolate and macademia nut candies are from this island.
-Samoa
Samoa
is a US territory like Puerto Rico and Washington, D.C. It is not a state, but it is the US located
in the Western Pacific area called Polynesia.
There is an American Polynesia and a French Polynesia.
Samoa
has many places of natural beauty that could be viewed by glass bottom boat,
helicopter, or SUV tours on paved paths through rainforest terrain.
Why
tours in an air-conditioned SUV on paved paths?
Snakes,
biting insects, spiders, and animal feces falling from treetop dwelling animals
like birds and monkeys are not only disgusting, but hazardous to your health in
most cases.
These
are the sites of natural beauty to see in Samoa:
-coral
reefs
-rainforests
-waterfalls
There
are several cruise lines that might be interested in offering La Pérouse the
Explorer Cruises, especially for fall and early winter cruises:
-Princess
Cruises
-Alaska
Cruises
-Holland
America
-Cunard
Cruise Lines
-Norwegian
Cruise Lines
-Viking
Cruise Lines
-Carnival
Cruise Lines
These
cruise lines already have service set up in places like San Diego, Los Angeles,
and Santa Barbara in California to allow cruise passengers to eat, buy
souvenirs, and sleep on the way to a first stop in Monterey Bay, California.
The
cruise I have suggested here is a little different from cruises that people
already take in the Pacific, but travel agents might be able to set this up for
university alumni groups or other organizations along with tour guides and tour
buses on shore.
By
Ruth Paget, author of Eating Soup with Chopsticks and Marrying France
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