Click for Album Well, this should be the last post about this specific cruise. I loved the cruise. I have enjoyed sharing it with you. I hope you have enjoyed sharing this as well. A few last pictures from the ship and a video of my “hardships” at sea. PLAY Apple iTunes MP4 OR OPEN […]

Click for the Miami Album Recently, I was asked off line whether I was viewing the ports of our travels through rose colored glasses. This question arose from my positive review of Miami. Well, strike the pose of Rodin’s Thinker, boys and girls (or click here for some mindless YouTube entertainment), we’re going in. More […]

Click for Album The monkeys of Panama were a rare treat for me. But one of my favorite things in the world to do is to snorkel and Grand Cayman filled the bill. The bountiful reefs of Seven Mile Beach kept me mesmerized. We hope you’ll enjoy these pictures and the video sharing in more […]

Click for Album Our third port was Colon, Panama. From here we headed to the Gamboa Rainforest along the Panama Canal and rode a boat out to Monkey Island. Monkey Island is in Gatun Lake, the fresh water source for the Panama Canal. If anyone wanted more monkey pictures or to ride along in a […]

Click for Album Our second port was Cartagena. Click on the picture above for a slideshow, the caption for the album, or the picture below for a video. PLAY Apple iTunes MP4 OR OPEN FORMAT VIDEO

Click for Album Well, I promised to post slideshows and videos and it begins here. It just isn’t practical to upload big files while on the cruise. It takes quite a long time. When on Royal Caribbean the rate for Wi-Fi is $0.55 per minute or $0.47 if you buy a bundle in advance. The […]

The cruise is over (picture me frowning with a clown tear on my cheek).  But the vacation continued.  We disembarked early to board a tour bus.  We were driven up Biscayne Boulevard a part of Route 1 then over to our first stop at Miami Beach.  The portion of beach at which we disembarked is […]

Who was the star of the cruise?  Maybe Sabrina the female soloist or Ryan the male soloist?  Dazzling performers, both of them.  Perhaps it was Tamara or one of the other Royal Caribbean Singers and Dancers?  It might be Louie, the man who made me awesome omelets every morning.  No, the answer must be the […]

Grand Cayman is awesome.  Their little shopping area is safe and free of beggars or aggressive, in-your-face vendors.  The town lacks the architectural and city planning charm of some of the islands we have visited but once one leaves town one sees all that is missing in town. This has been our cruise to experiment […]

    There had been rain this morning and many of the sidewalks were flooded.  It was just as well that it rained when it did.  We couldn’t dock the ship anyway.  The longshoremen went on strike with the ship ahead of us tied only at the stern.  The dock authorities had everything ironed out one […]