Colombian Tall Ship - 27 July 2013
My boys did not even know where's Colombia! Daddy told them it's named after Christopher Columbus (though he never set foot in Colombia), they guessed it's in South America. They've surely heard of the Brazilian football, but not much from that continent. Then we heard the ARC Gloria, one of the world's biggest tall ships, which is a training vessel from the Colombian navy arriving at Port Klang, and we 're one of the early birds to visit it. Such a beauty! This 3-masted ship came a LONG way, from Cartagena in Colombia via the Panama canal. So the boys also learnt about this awesome waterway that connects the Atlantic and Pacific oceans. The Armada Republica de Colombia (ARC) "Gloria" had its 1st stop in Hawaii before the grand tour to Asia. First time in Asia and it's our privilege that it docked at SouthPoint in Port Klang! It took them about 2 months to reach our shore. Setting foot on the Colombian ship. The AR