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MORE ANTARCTICA!
Have you ever wondered who owns Antarctica? It wasn’t really something I had thought much about until I ran into it face-to-face on my cruise. I had heard earlier that both Argentina and Chile lay claims to some land areas there. However, Antarctica is the only place in the world where the land is not…
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THE FALKLANDS! Rule Britannia.
We made it into the Falklands!! In 2020 weather prevented us from landing here and we were all very disappointed. The chance of getting in here because of the weather is about 50/50, so there were a lot of crossed fingers, thumbs and toes!! I guess it worked and the weather was comfortable. Windy. Always.…
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WHAT A DIFFERENCE A DAY MAKES!!
From the burning desert to the seaside city of Coquimbo, with its endless beaches. It is situated in the narrowest part of Chile making it a premiere location for exploring the Chilean Andes. It is an industrial and shipping centre especially for fruit, and copper from the mines in the region. I have been here…
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ANTARCTICA!!!
USHUAIA, Argentina – claims the title of the world’s southern most city and calls itself – Ushuaia -Fin del Mundo – end of the earth! It’s a quiet little town, well set up for tourists and the jumping off place for trips to Antarctica. There were at least seven ships in the harbour today. Oceania’s…
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Gorgeous Galapagos!
It was a long day. We were up at 4am and off the ship by 6am for a three and a half hour bus ride to Guayaquil Airport. We passed through Manta Ecuador, home of the panama hat and beautiful lush scenery along the way,. We learned that Ecuador is the leading exporter of tuna…
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TEQUILA
🎶….wasting away again in Margaritaville. Searchin’ for my lost shaker of salt. Salt! Salt! Salt! 🎶. Jimmy Buffet may have made margaritas and tequila famous with this song, but in reality tequila has been around at least since the 1500s. Tequila is the ancient indigenous or Nahuatl word meaning “the place of harvesting plants.” They…
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Zihuatanejo (Ixtapa), Acapulco & Puerto Chiapas and Sea Days
The weather has been wonderful as we sail along the Pacific coast of Mexico. Some days the ocean has been like glass. The weather Gods are really making up for all that bad weather at the start. ZIHUATANEJO was a tender stop where we anchored nearby in the ocean. Since I didn’t have a tour…
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México es muy hermoso!!
We have several stops in Mexico along the way – Ensenada, Manzanillo, Zihuatanejo (Ixtapa), Acapulco, and Puerto Chiapas. My cooking class in Ensenada was cancelled due to ‘muddy roads & inclement weather”. Not sure where they were taking us to learn how to make fish tacos, but it was raining again. I guess we were…
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ON BOARD, AND SAILING…
I am somewhere off the coast of Mexico bear the bottom of the Baha Peninsula. The weather has finally started to warm up and we haven’t had rain since yesterday. The skies are still cloudy and the sun is weak but it is now somewhere in the 60s I believe. Much better than when I…
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On The Road Again…
After an almost three year hiatus from cruising, well not quite. I managed to slip in a couple of cruises in November & December 2021 and all went well. So I am off again on another Around The World (ATW) Cruise. This is actually the 2020 ATW cruise that was cancelled in March of 2020…
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