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We took a rather epic cruise over the Christmas holidays one year, traveling from Tahiti to Florida via the Panama Canal.The single most amazing thing I saw during nearly a month on the water? The Read More …
In 2009/2010, Lane and I spent Christmas and New Years cruising from Tahiti to Florida on the Pacific Princess. This was our first “big ship” cruise, although at 900 passengers, most of our fellow cruisers Read More …
I knew when we signed up for this tour that we would arrive too late in the morning (and in too large of a group) to see much in the way of wildlife and that Read More …
Except for our rain forest tour, we will have no opportunity to get out and explore Costa Rica at all, so I have to content myself with what I can see from the bus window. Read More …
Tahiti to Florida cruise
Going through the Panama Canal is a slow process. The Bridge of the Americas ?? marks the entrance to the canal and everyone is trying to get a look at it – something that is Read More …
Did you know that Panama hats area actually from Ecuador? I didn’t. But that’s just one of the things we learned at a hat factory. Tahiti to Florida cruise
Ah, Lima. Once again I am leaving here with regret, leaving without being able to capture the essence of this place. I know my pictures will have an odd green-gray cast to them that I Read More …
Lima was once a center of wealth and power in South America and, as such, was crowded with fine colonial mansions. Earthquakes, time, and changing economic conditions have taken their toll and few of these Read More …
In Miraflores the upscale residential towers surge toward the coastline, halted just short of the ocean’s edge by the Parque del Amor – Love Park. The park was designed by the Peruvian artist Victor Delfín Read More …