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Well, yesterday was a travel day. We sadly left Island Princess in the morning, then took a brief tour that took us to a...
01/21/2025

Well, yesterday was a travel day. We sadly left Island Princess in the morning, then took a brief tour that took us to a few iconic locations enroute to the airport.

We saw Marina Del Ray, Venice, where we toured the canals and saw Muscle Beach. Then we went to the Santa Monica Pier. The day was nice, a little cool, but sunny. We arrived at LAX in plenty of time for our flight. The HOLLYWOOD sign photo is from the air.

Thanks to everyone who followed our trip. It was amazing.

Saddest day of a cruise. Luggage is packed and in the hall. We have had an amazing time. We saw some amazing places, had...
01/20/2025

Saddest day of a cruise. Luggage is packed and in the hall. We have had an amazing time. We saw some amazing places, had great food, and made new friends in Lyria and Marshall, and Linda and Brent.

We will be docking in LA in the morning. We are doing a debark tour that includes airport transfers. I will probably post photos tomorrow after the tour, if we see things not affected by the fires.

01/18/2025

I think these are the videos I wanted to post. My test didn't work. Hopefully you'll see the whales too.

Today was the last port before the end of the cruise. We were in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico today for an early, short call....
01/18/2025

Today was the last port before the end of the cruise. We were in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico today for an early, short call. We did a whale watching excursion that was great. We saw lots of humpback whales, including mom's and babies. It was awesome.

We have two sea days now. The most unfun part of a cruise is upon us.....packing. I'll post on the sea days, at least I'll try. Once in LA we have an excursion that includes airport transfers. I'll post from that as well.

Today is the last of two sea days before Puerto Vallarta tomorrow. We've not been doing much, which was needed. This mor...
01/17/2025

Today is the last of two sea days before Puerto Vallarta tomorrow. We've not been doing much, which was needed. This morning I actually walked almost two miles on the Promenade deck. I was happy about that. After lunch we were witness to a large pod of dolphins alongside the ship. That was really cool. There were a lot of them. After dinner we came back to the room to really cool certificates of our Panama Canal transit. That was neat.

We are whale watching tomorrow and hope to have amazing pictures tomorrow.

Yesterday was Puerto Quetzal, Guatemala. Of our ports so far this cruise, our favorite. During our long bus ride up the ...
01/15/2025

Yesterday was Puerto Quetzal, Guatemala. Of our ports so far this cruise, our favorite. During our long bus ride up the mountains, volcanoes, to Antigua, we learned that Guatemala produces bananas, sugar cane and coffee. We learned about jade at the Jade museum and factory. Interesting place. We did a brief walk around town, then a sightseeing tour by van. Pretty place, very clean, friendly people. If you look close at one of the mountain pictures, you can see that is an active volcano that was spewing ash.

Sorry I missed a day. Two days ago, we had a sea day on the way to Puerto Quetzal, Guatemala. We walked around the ship ...
01/15/2025

Sorry I missed a day. Two days ago, we had a sea day on the way to Puerto Quetzal, Guatemala. We walked around the ship a lot, had fancy pizza for lunch, saw the first other cruise ship of this cruise, (Norwegian Joy, going the other direction). We shared a huge sundae during art trivia. Lots of general chill time.

We were in Costa Rica yesterday. I watched the nearly full moon set over the mountains and watched the sun rise.This was...
01/13/2025

We were in Costa Rica yesterday. I watched the nearly full moon set over the mountains and watched the sun rise.
This was my most anticipated excursion, today we'd see sloths. The bus ride to the sanctuary was pretty long, winding up the mountains. There were a few Sloth in the trees that were difficult to see, monkeys, parrots, and coati. Then we got to the nursery. Three orphan babies. The two climbing were a litte older than the one in the red tub. Look at the face! Cutest thing ever. Did you know baby Sloth make noise?

After the sanctuary we went to an orchid garden, then had lunch. After, we went to an oxcart factory. It was interesting, lots of beautiful handcrafts. We finally got on the shipand to our 5:00 dinner seating at 5:20. Long, exhausting day, but good. Just look at the baby Sloth. Worth it!

Sitting on the Lido Deck after dinner, watching playoff football. We are headed to Costa Rica tomorrow.
01/11/2025

Sitting on the Lido Deck after dinner, watching playoff football. We are headed to Costa Rica tomorrow.

01/11/2025

In all the locks, mules, the metal vehicles attached to the ship, and with ship movement along the locks. The whole system is fascinating with drops and inclines. This video shows how far we actually went down in the last lock.

01/11/2025

At the last locks in the Panama Canal, there was a viewing area for locals. It was strange, but kind of cool. We were told later that the building is an IMAX theater.

Ok, the Panama Canal was fascinating, and amazing features of engineering. The Gatun Locks raised us up. We sailed throu...
01/11/2025

Ok, the Panama Canal was fascinating, and amazing features of engineering. The Gatun Locks raised us up. We sailed through Gatun Lake to the next single lock, the Pedro Miguel locks, that dropped us. We then went through the Miraflores Locks that dropped us yet again.

We passed under the the Atlantic bridge. The Centennial Bridge and the Bridge of the America's. I'll post some videos in a separate post. It was agreat experience. Our balcony was a great location.

01/10/2025

Yesterday, the 9th, we had a sea day. It was very nice to have nothing on the agenda but, well, nothing....Bob needs that every once in awhile.

Today we will transit the Panama Canal. From my current seat on the balcony I can see lights ahead. It will take all day to fully transit, and I will post photos tonight.

We were in Cartagena, Colombia today. We did an excursion to the Old Town, and boat tour around the harbor. The Old Town...
01/09/2025

We were in Cartagena, Colombia today. We did an excursion to the Old Town, and boat tour around the harbor. The Old Town was pretty, but the locals selling were a little overwhelming. The boat around the harbor was neat. The skyscrapers here are skinny. No hurricanes here, but earthquakes. At the port there is basically a small zoo. The macaw and parrots are native here. Cool seeing them fly around. They are so loud though. A discovery today; the sun is hotter closer to the equator, as Bob's red head and my red face attest to.

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In all the locks, mules, the metal vehicles attached to the ship, and with ship movement along the locks. The whole system is fascinating with drops and inclines. This video shows how far we actually went down in the last lock.

At the last locks in the Panama Canal, there was a viewing area for locals. It was strange, but kind of cool. We were told later that the building is an IMAX theater.

Current sea day situation is a thunderstorm. We are on the way to Ocho Rios Jamaica.

Well, our chariot has arrived for our journey. We will be exploring London, then a cruise through Europe. Follow our journey here.

So, these little guys are pretty agile. WE ARE ON THE SECOND FLOOR!!! We have seen them climbing the stairs twice, but this little guy was on our veranda. It literally had to climb the side of the building to get there.

This is the drive into the resort. The blind hill is crazy

This is the view from Point Udall

Welcome to our new home for the next 14 days. We can go outside and move around the building, but we have to wear masks when we do. It seems we will be well cared for. This whole process is very surreal. At least now maybe, we won't be watching our life on national television.

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