Random thoughts from the sea
Day 12, 2023 Grand South America and Antarctica Wednesday, Oct.18, 2023, Trujillo, Peru We’ve all heard of the Incans and the Mayans, but there were many, many other civilizations spread across North, Central and South America for centuries. (And to think that we were taught that Columbus discovered this world
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Days 9-10, 2023 Grand South America and Antarctica Sunday and Monday, Oct.15-16, 2023, Guayaquil, Ecuador “Is it safe to walk around town on your own?” This is a question we all ask at some time or another on a long cruise. We are visiting unfamiliar places and don’t know what
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Day 8, 2023 Grand South America and Antarctica Saturday, Oct.14, 2023, Manta, Ecuador I would not have known that we crossed the equator this morning had a fellow cruiser not risen early to get a picture of the latitude on her smartphone app. Apparently the cruise director mentioned it, but
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Days 6-7, 2023 Grand South America and Antarctica Thursday and Friday, Oct.12-13, 2023, Panama Canal Transit and Sea Day Holland American ships have been transiting the Panama Canal since 1916, with its first passenger ship crossing a few years later. My first transit was nine months ago. What took me
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Day 5, 2023 Grand South America and Antarctica Wednesday, Oct.11, 2023, Puerto Limón, Costa Rica When most people think of Costa Rica, they think of the beautiful Pacific Ocean coast and mountainous area bordering it. Puerto Limón is on the eastern coast – the Caribbean side. This is the only
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Days 2-4, 2023 South America & Antarctica Grand Voyage Sunday-Tuesday, Oct. 8-10, 2023, Georgetown, Grand Cayman and sea days While I love visiting exotic and exciting ports, sea days may be my favorite, especially at the beginning of a long cruise. They give me a chance to unpack, learn my
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Day 1, 2023 Grand South America and Artarctica Saturday, Oct. 7, 2023, Fort Lauderdale, Fla., USA There are many wonderful people in the world, and I enjoyed a pleasurable couple of hours with one this morning. She started out as a stranger, but we quickly became friends. Jean discovered this
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Days 12-13, 2023 East Coast Voyage Thursday and Friday, Oct. 5-6, 2023, Port Canaveral, Fla., USA As much as I have enjoyed all the fantastic ports on this 13-day journey from Montreal to Fort Lauderdale, my favorite stop isn’t because of its location, but the friends I visited here. I
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Day 10, 2023 East Coast Voyage Tuesday, Oct. 3, 2023, Norfolk, Virginia, USA What a great cruise port! Norfolk is just the kind of stop I enjoy making. The pier is convenient to town. The area is designed for walking. And our weather was just about perfect – sunny, low
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Day 8, 2023 East Coast Voyage Sunday, Oct. 1, 2023, Boston, USA Today, I paid $60 for the honor of creeping through traffic on Boston’s streets for two hours. In other words, I took the hop-on, hop-off bus, frequently called the HOHO. It circled through Boston’s city center, stopping about
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