“Cruising is a way to see the world and only unpack once.”
World Cruise Journal – Entry #141 – Disembarkation Day
Day 138
We woke up at 6:30 to a wake-up call and to a room service breakfast at the same time, so we could quickly get ready...
World Cruise Journal – Entry #140 – San Diego, California
Day 137
The good-byes continued this morning. It has been a two-week run of final dinners together, final drinks, final games, final everything. Reality is...
World Cruise Journal – Entry #139
Day 136
The ship is cruising along smoothly and the Captain announced this afternoon that we may arrive a little later into San Diego than...
World Cruise Journal – Entry #138 – Cabo San Lucas, Mexico
Day 135
Today, as we sailed into Cabo San Lucas, Mac was able to get some great shots of the interesting rock formations at the...
World Cruise Journal – Entry #137
Day 134
Time is running out and we still are only thinking about packing. Most people we talk with have started packing a few suitcases....
World Cruise Journal – Entry #136 – Acapulco, Mexico
Day 132
Much of Acapulco was developed for tourism in the 1950’s, with post war prosperity and a deliberate effort to make the city an...
World Cruise Journal – Entry #135
Day 131
I felt tired this morning. We lost an hour of sleep with the clock change and I was up a little later working...
World Cruise Journal – Entry #134 – Puerto Quetzal, Guatemala
Day 130
We docked in Puerto Quetzal about 8AM and found ourselves next to the Norwegian Bliss again. This large 4000 passenger ship that went through the...
World Cruise Journal – Entry #133
Day 129
Today is a rescheduled sea day because we are bypassing Nicaragua due to the possible safety concerns. We sat at our usual breakfast...
World Cruise Journal – Entry #132 – Puntarenas, Costa Rica
Day 128
Today we docked in Puntarenas, Costa Rica. It was warm and humid as we headed out on our excursion to “Walk in...
World Cruise Journal – Entry #131
Day 127
Having left the canal, today is a sea day before Costa Rica. I got up early to do some final organization of all...
World Cruise Journal – Entry #130 – Transiting the Panama Canal
Day 126
Today was our day-long transit of the Panama Canal. We were on deck at 6:30AM to witness our approach to the first lock....
World Cruise Journal – Entry #129
Day 125
I had one objective this morning; to have the doctor check my cut from the coral and make sure everything is OK. When...
World Cruise Journal – Entry #128 – Oranjestad, Aruba
Day 124
This morning we had an early excursion, 8:20am, to a snorkeling activity. The bus ride took our group to Port De Palm, a...
World Cruise Journal – Entry #127 – Willemstad, Curacao
Day 123
Today we were in Curacao, a lovely, formerly Dutch, Caribbean island a short distance from Venezuela. Along with Aruba and Bonaire (the...
World Cruise Journal – Entry #126
Day 122
We woke up to smoother seas and had a light breakfast before the morning lectures. For a change, we ate on the rear...
World Cruise Journal – Entry #125 – Scarborough, Trinidad & Tobago
Day 121
Everything was on time this morning at Tobago and our excursion was to Argyle Falls with a chance to swim in the pool...
World Cruise Journal – Entry #124
Day 120
Had our usual morning routine on a sea day, but at 10am, we skipped Terry’s lecture, which was going to be about Cricket...
World Cruise Journal – Entry #123
Day 119
Woke up to a little rock and rolling as we slowed down on the leeward side of the islands. We took our time...
World Cruise Journal – Entry #122
Day 118
Woke up to a gray morning and there would be on and off again rain this afternoon and evening. Pat was happy this...