After breakfast we were off to our next island, Isla Plaza. A quick(?) 45 minute bus ride took us back to the Ferry (we soon learned that all trips started at the ferry so we had several more of these bus rides to go). We boarded a boat for a 1-1/2 hour ride to the…

The next morning we awoke in the city of Quayaquil, Ecuador. We didn’t spend any time there as we were off to the airport for our flight to the Galápagos Islands, Ecuador. Our flight was 1-1/2 hours and we landed at Seymour Airport on Baltra Island. Other than the airport, there’s nothing on the island….

Two days after exiting the Panama Canal, we arrived in Ecuador at the city of Manta. Manta is the largest seaport in Ecuador. It’s main industries are fishing (primarily tuna) an tuna canning. It was fun to watch the ships next to us unloading the tuna. A lot of this tuna is shipped to the…

We are making our way down the west coast of South America to our next port of call in Ecuador. Manta is the port. The next day we land at Guayaquil where we leave the ship for a six-day excursion to the Galápagos Islands and then Machu Picchu. Today on ship we are attending lectures…

We arrived at the Panama Canal at about dawn today. Since we did this passage last year, we did not jump out of bed in the dark to watch the approach. However, the call of the “Panama Rolls” and coffee DID get me dressed and on deck early. They only serve these treats until 9:00…

We got up early today for breakfast and then set off on our 7.5 hour excursion. The excursion included a bus ride where we got to see some of the local sites and then on to the Veragua Rainforest Research Center. We met up with our naturalist guide, Daria, who began the talk with how…

Luckily, we had no sea-sickness symptoms since that first day at sea. After a nice breakfast, we went to a cooking demonstration by Samantha. This class was entitled, All About Salmon. We learned about two new recipes for salmon that each look good. Poached Salmon with Herb and Caper Vinaigrette and oven-roasted salmon. The additional…

The Cayman Islands are composed of three islands: Grand Cayman, Little Cayman, and Cayman Brac. They are a sovereign territory of Britain. They have an independent government but still claim Queen Elizabeth II as their Head of State who appoints a Governor as her representative on the Islands. Besides tourism, Banks are big business on…

Here we are on our first sea day traveling to Grand Cayman, the largest of the three Cayman Islands, just south of Cuba. The seas were a little rough and after breakfast and exercise (four times around the deck = 1 mile), we headed off to the first lecture, but we both felt woozy and…

It was windy and a little wet at the hotel. At breakfast, we met up with some friends from the 2017 Grand World Voyage. Some were going on our cruise and some were off on the 2018 World Voyage. It was fun to do a little catching up. At noon, about 100 people were to…