Click “Show More Posts” to show all the links to the other posts for the 2020 World Cruise Day 13 Recife, Brazil The sound of a nearby motorboat caught my attention early this morning as I was enjoying my coffee. I stepped out on the verandah to spot the Recife pilot boat maneuvering close aboard…
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Click “Show More Posts” to show all the links to the other posts for the 2020 World Cruise Day 10 Belém After a long transit down the mouth of the Amazon River early this morning we anchored off the city of Icoaraci, which is about 10 miles north of Belem. This is as close as…
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Click “Show More Posts” to show all the links to the other posts for the 2020 World Cruise DEVILS ISLAND We first spotted “Devils Island”, which actually consists of the 3 islands known as the Salvation Islands, around 10 AM. The three islands are Ile Royale, the largest and where we will land, Ile Saint…
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Click “Show More Posts” to show all the links to the other posts for the 2018 Seabourn Quest – Patagonia & Antarctica Exploration Day 7, Iquique, Chile – Nov 25 Another beautiful day. Our weather on this cruise has been wonderful with every port being blessed with blue skies and mild temperatures. Seabourn Quest provides…
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Click “Show More Posts” to show all the links to the other posts for the 2018 Seabourn Quest – Patagonia & Antarctica Exploration Nov 24 – Arica, Chile Our first port in Chile is Arica, which is one of the northern most cities in Chile, located only 11 miles south of Peru. Arica is the…
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Click “Show More Posts” to show all the links to the other posts for the 2018 Seabourn Quest – Patagonia & Antarctica Exploration Day 5 – Nov 23- Maratina, Peru The port is very industrial and the nearest town – Maratina – is small with no tourist attractions. The ship offered a complimentary shuttle bus…
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Click “Show More Posts” to show all the links to the other posts for the 2018 Seabourn Quest – Patagonia & Antarctica Exploration Day 3 – Pisco, Peru – Nov 21 Today we arrived at a desolate cruise port, General San Martin (Pisco). There is nothing near the cruise port and not many taxis, if…
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Click “Show More Posts” to show all the links to the other posts for the 2018 Seabourn Quest – Patagonia & Antarctica Exploration Day 2, Nov 20 – Callao (Lima Peru) Room service breakfast was delivered promptly at 6 AM per our request the evening before. They offered warm milk as an option for your…
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Click “Show More Posts” to show all the links to the other posts for the 2018 Seabourn Quest – Patagonia & Antarctica Exploration Nov 19th – Lima, Peru Seabourn Quest – Patagonia & Antarctica Exploration Today is the first day of our first Seabourn Cruise. This will be the 31 Day Patagonia/Antarctica adventure. Antarctica has…
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Click “Show More Posts” to show all the links to the other posts for the 2018 World Knitting Cruise The New Locks As we have transited the canal on previous cruises we always heard a lot of talk about the new canal locks. The completion date regularly seemed to slip further and further into the…
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