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Topic: Help Please!

Malcolm @ cruisepage
Cruise Director
Member # 301

posted 07-15-2013 02:35 PM

What ship is this:

Any idea where it is taken?

What are the cows names?

[ 07-15-2013: Message edited by: joe at travelpage ]

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Ernst
First Class Passenger
Member # 5369

posted 07-15-2013 02:45 PM

The ship is of course Crystal Symphony.

I first though I recognized Berta but now I am sure that it must be another cow.

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linerguy
First Class Passenger
Member # 4289

posted 07-15-2013 04:47 PM

The more pressing question is...what happened to the poor cow just over the hill, the one with three legs sticking up in the air?!
-Russ

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FuzzyFish
First Class Passenger
Member # 33185

posted 07-15-2013 04:50 PM

I love this board lol.

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joe at travelpage
Administrator
Member # 622

posted 07-15-2013 05:01 PM

quote:
Originally posted by linerguy:
The more pressing question is...what happened to the poor cow just over the hill, the one with three legs sticking up in the air?!
-Russ

Maybe this photo was take shortly after this video was shot.

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Galaxy
First Class Passenger
Member # 5160

posted 07-15-2013 06:18 PM

Im sorry Malcolm @ Cruisepage....the cows want to be anonymous,so we cant give u the name on them.

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Tim in Fort Lauderdale
First Class Passenger
Member # 953

posted 07-16-2013 12:28 PM

quote:
Originally posted by linerguy:
The more pressing question is...what happened to the poor cow just over the hill, the one with three legs sticking up in the air?!
-Russ

The cow, unlike the crew, was tipped!

In all seriousness, the photo was taken in Chan May, the POE for Hue,Vietnam. And the cows are actually not cows, they are water buffalo.

Best,

Tim

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linerguy
First Class Passenger
Member # 4289

posted 07-16-2013 10:48 PM

LOL

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Brian_O
First Class Passenger
Member # 3910

posted 07-18-2013 12:12 PM

Tim is correct. They are water buffalo.

Brian

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