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Cruises
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and either one or two days in
Bermuda.
Less in demand because of the
lack of luxury accommodations en-
route but still a gem of an island
is Nassau. Eastern Steamship s
Evangeline makes a six-day Mas
sau cruise with a return stop at
Grand Bahama Island. This can
be combined with week at But
Inns resort.
One of the most fascinating OF
the prewar cruises available
again this year is the Furness
West Indies trips-19 days me-
andering among islands distin-
guished by the fact that each has
it's own personality, its own past,
customs and habits. Travelling on
the Fort Amherst or Fort Town
shend, you visit st. Thomas, st.
Croix, st. Kits, st. Lucia, Trini-
dad, Grenada. Barbados, Marti-
nique, Antigua and Puerto De
Hero in Venezuela.
If there is more time for de-
parture from Boston, the Lady
Nelson and Lady Rodney go by
way of Bermuda through the Lee
ward and Windward Islands to
Trinidad and British Guiana. The
Lady Rodney in August and Oc-
tober and the Lady Nelson in
September offer space at Is per
cent reduction in room rates and
there's plenty of space available
This one takes a month or more
More luxurious and proportion
ately more expensive are the Alcoa
sailings through the Caribbean
from New Orleans. This is one
of the dressy cruises, making calls
at Jamaica, Dominican Republic
Curacao, Venezuela, Trinidad ane
Mobile, Ala.
Casual Cruises Popular.
Grace Line responds to the de.
mands of both those who want
de luxe cruises and those who pre-.
fer a more leisurely pace. The
12-day luxury cruises visit Cura.
Gao, Venezuela and Colombia. Tht
casual cruises take 16 to 18 day.
for the Venezuela and Colombo
round trip. The latter cruises art
reported sold out until late Au.
gust and the shorter trips are
repeatedly booked heavily through
June and early July.
United Fruit Co.'S Great White
Fleet can still take passenger.
during the summer, if they
make their reservations a month
ahead of sailing date. Guatemala
is the principal destination ane
an ever-popular one, not only fol
it's scenery, but for its mountain
GOODNESS in summer.
The Great White Fleet offer.
17-day cruises to Havana anc
Guatemala, 24-day trips with II
days in Guatemala and 12-day
combination cruises that star
from New York and wind up after
Guatemala in New Orleans. The
latter are designed particularly
for the two-week vacation travel.
erS.
Luxury Liners to Brazil.
Space is also available or
Moore Nc Cormack's luxury liner.
to Brazil and the South American
east coast. The round-trip takes
38 days, but can be shortened by
combining one-way sea voyage
with return by air.
Among other island bound
cruises to the Caribbean is the
Bull Lines 11-day trip to Puerto
Rico and the Dominican Repub-
lies Ciudad Trujillo.
Along the seaboard, through the
Panama Canal and visiting
South American coastal towns art
the cargo ships carrying IL pas.
sengers. For those with plenty ot
time and no particular craving
for ships orchestras and cruise
directors. these freighters are
ideal. Because of the limited
passenger space. however, these
are usually fully booked month.
ahead of sailing time.
For this type of travel, you have
to think a year ahead. For mos
of the other ship vacations around
and about this hemisphere. how.
ever, this is the year you can make
up your mind now and still get .
reservation this summer.