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Good Afternoon,  For some reason I woke up way too early. I got mixed up with the clock, instead of setting it back 1hour , I must have gone forward 1 hour. I decided to get up anyway. When I got to the eating area, there was hardly anybody there, just the odd individual whoContinue reading “Seaday #(lost Count)”

Hi all, another day at sea. The internet connection is still very intermittent, to the point that Carol isn’t able to get on Facebook at all. Don’t worry if she isn’t answering your posts. She is simple not able to respond right now. You must wonder what we do all day to keep ourselves occupied onContinue reading “Seaday”

January 10, 2023 Good Morning, today was  the first of eight seadays coming up. Today I participated in some activities events. first of all at 9:00 something called Corn Hole. This ended up something like bean back tosh. The only difference, there is only one hole to get the bag into. I have been toldContinue reading “Seaday”

January 9, 2023 Fuerte Amador ( Panama City)January 9, 2023Good Day, waking up this morning anchored outside Panama City. We are having breakfast on the back of boat on this beautiful sunny morning looking towards the skyline of the city with all its tall buildings. Today it’s a national holiday in Panama. Most government businesses,Continue reading “Panama City”

January 8, 2023 Hi all, today the Panama Canal crossing is on our schedule. Around 6:30 this morning we arrived at the first set of locks on the Atlantic side. These Locks are named the Gatun locks, raising our ship by 30 meter to get us  into Gatun Lake. This man made lake is homeContinue reading “Panama Canal”

January 7, 2023 Hallo, today we anchored in Puerto Limon a port city on the Caribbean side of Costa Rica. Today we didn’t ventured off on any site seeing tours. We walked of the ship through a maze of vendors trying to sell us anything from coffee and sigars to a variety of handmade products.Continue reading “Puerto Limon, Costa Rica”

January 7,2023 Today we are at sea cruising from Jamaica to Puerto Limon ( Costa Rica). We started with a mandatory Covid test. Currently we are required to where masks when walking around inside the ship. On the outside decks and in bars or restaurants we can take the mask off. Later on it wasContinue reading “Seaday”

January 5, 2023 Hi all, this morning around 9:00 AM we pulled in the port of Fulmouth. Today Carol had signed us up for a tour called native Jamaica. After we made it onto the bus, we departed towards Montego Bay, a well known Reggae and Tourist town with its beautiful beaches. After passing throughContinue reading “Fulmouth, Jamaica”

January 3, 2023 Hi all, today we’re back in Fort Lauderdale , the end of the 5 day warm up New Year’s cruise. There are probably a few hundred of us who are staying on board for the World Cruise. After the majority of the passengers left the ship this morning the return passengers wereContinue reading “Fort Lauderdale”

January 2, 2023 Good Day, After a day and night of cruising on calm seas we woke up offshore from HalfMoon Cay. This is a private Island owned by the Holland America Line. Half Moon Cay is also known by the name Little Salvador Island. The island is 2400 acres in size. 2% of theContinue reading “Half Moon Cay Bahamas”