Category Archives: Cor’s South America Cruise

Currently we are back home in Nanaimo, BC, and got past our 2 week mandatory isolation with no issues. I like do a recap of our trip and share my highlights with you. The number 1 highlight for me was definitely sailing the waterways of Antarctica. The looks of the emerald green colour of the water withContinue reading “Recap South America Trip”

Fort Lauderdale Today is the day that we leave the ship and start our journey home. During our 75th breakfast on the boat, we said good buy to our regular breakfast table mates and new friends Mark and Pam from Minnesota and Gerry and Colleen from Alabama. When it was our time, we made ourContinue reading “March 20, 2020”

SEADAY’S First of all happy St Patrick’s day . The Corona virus the talk of the day around ship. Severe cleaning going on. Handrails and door handles no less than 6 times a day. Very strict control at the hand was stations. Now the next 2 stops are cancelled, we are sailing straight for FortContinue reading “March 17,18,19, 2020”

BARBEDOS Today’s stop at Bridge Town Barbedos is a go. By 8:30 we were all cleared to go on land. There are currently no cases of the virus on the island. There were 3 cruise ships already anchored in port and 1 anchored off shore. Apparently the German government was sending 3 charter planes toContinue reading “March 16, 2020”

SEADAY’S Because we cancelled our Devils Island stop we now have 3 seaday’s in a row. On the first seaday we celebrated the fact that we crossed the equator. A tradition on the longer cruises is the King Neptune Ceremony. This is a celebration of a sailers first crossing of the equator. Groups of theContinue reading “March 13,14,15”

SEADAY Today a river cruising day. Also a day to catch up on the blogs. At 2:30 this afternoon we crossed the equator for the last time this trip. No magic line crossing the river, but there is a buoy in the river positioned on top of the equator. Not much more for excitement toContinue reading “March 12, 2020”

ALTER DO CHAO, BRAZIL Today’s stop Alter do Chao. This is a small village on the Rio Tapajos. This river is a tributary of the Amazon River. Compared to the Amazon’s murky water, the water in this river is very clear. This  village is known as the Caribbean in Brazil because of its beautiful beachesContinue reading “March 11, 2020”

PARINTINS, BRAZIL Today we stop at the small town of Parintins. The town is situated half way between Santarem and Manaus on Tumpinambarana Island. It has 100,000 residents. The main attraction for this town is the famous Boi Bumba festival. It is held every year in June. For today they put on 2 shows exclusiveContinue reading “March 10, 2020”

MANAUS, BRAZIL (Day 2) Today day 2 in Manaus. We went on foot today to explore the city. There was was a short bus ride to the port terminal building, as we were not allowed to walk through the port area. It was very busy on the street with vendors and a lot of pedestrians.Continue reading “March 9,2020”

MANAUS, BRAZIL (Day 1) Around 10 am this morning we arrived in Manaus. Approximate 6 miles before we got to Manaus we passed the meeting of the waters. This is where the dirty waters of the Amazon River meets the clean water of the Rio Negro. These waters don’t mix, and a dividing line isContinue reading “March 8, 2020”