Category: Travel Journey
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Puerto Vallarta, Mexico Day 109 May 8, 2023
Puerto Vallarta remained small until director John Houston filmed The Night of the Iguana in and around Puerto Vallarta in 1964. Now, it’s a booming tourist destination. We have been here before numerous times. So …we walked to Sam’s Club and Walmart. Most of the crew and plenty of the passengers were there too! I…
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Huatulco, Mexico Day 107 May 6, 2023
Huatulco “wah-TOOL-co” sits on the Mexico’s coast known as the Pacific Riviera. It’s our first time here! Frijoles frescos! 😎🇲🇽🇲🇽🇲🇽 We walked around the downtown area and grabbed some lunch with our friends Danny & Pat, and our favorite Wheelhouse crew members Zeny, Masha, and Rolan. We had tacos, rice, and fish! High of 93…
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Puntarenas, Costa Rica Day 104 May 3, 2023
We went to a Scarlet Macaw Sanctuary! It was amazing. Lots of parrots and other Costa Rican animals. But wait there’s more! We also enjoyed a boat ride where we saw wildlife including monkeys and one crocodile! Next we got on a boat at the Costa Rica Yacht Club marina. We tooled around passed mangroves,…
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Panama Canal Day 102 May 2, 2023
Our transit through the Panama Canal took all day. It’s my first time ever journeying through it. Going through the Gatun Locks. We’re lucky to be on the port side. We are able to view all the action from our balcony. 🚢⚓️🚢 I have been striving to work on eating healthy the whole cruise. Kicking…
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Cartagena, Colombia Day 101 April 30, 2023
We are on the last leg, Panama Canal itinerary, of our world cruise! Our first port is Cartagena. Bet you didn’t know… • Colombia is the only South America country with coast lines on both the Pacific Ocean and the Caribbean Sea. • 95% of the worlds emeralds come from Columbia. • Only Mexico and…
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World Cruise Day 100 🎉🥳🍾 April 29, 2023
As crazy as it is to know we’ve been onboard for 100+ days, it will be hard to go back to our everyday lives. I do miss my family and friends. Thank goodness for FaceTime audio calls and email! Not to mention the convenience of having a computer in my pocket, my iPhone! 📱📱📱😁😉😅 I…
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Fort Lauderdale, Florida Day 98 April 27, 2023
We went on an Airboat ride in the Florida Everglades. The Everglades is a World Heritage Site and International Biosphere Reserve.
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Bermuda Triangle Day 96 April 25, 2023
Well, I guess I really have been most everywhere, now that we are passing through the “Bermuda Triangle!” 😅😆😉😜😜😜 Total of seven sea days as we cruise across the Atlantic Ocean. 🌎🌎🌎 I still have one more Canary Island day to post. I thought the website was down but now realize it’s something else. I…
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Canary Island of La Palma: Santa Cruz de la Palma, Spain Day 90 April 19, 2023
Santa Cruz de la Palma is the 2nd largest city and the capital of the island of La Palma. We went on a tour to the volcano 🌋and to a bodega for wine tasting. 🍷🍷🍷 Next, a quick photo stop! Next, we visited the volcanic land area created by nature. I got a volcanic rock…
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Canary Island of Lanzarote: Arrecife, Spain Day 89 April 18, 2023
Lanzarote is seventy miles away from the African mainland and the northernmost of the four Canary Islands. We walked around the lovely marina on the way to shopping!!! 😎😎😎🤑🤑🤑😅😅😅 The island has a population of about 142,000 people, so not a big city. Yet they have an Ikea Store! Bartender competition yesterday afternoon. Extremely entertaining!…
