Month: October 2022

I was writing a letter to my pal, Nono, and realized there are some stories I haven’t shared here…weird.  I feel like I’m talking all the time! In San Salvador we had 15 free minutes before the bus left. Of course we ran for coffee.  We entered this great air conditioned place with my future…
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Well, we need to chat a little more about this day long Panama Canal experience. It is full of surprises.  The locks are fascinating. We got up close and personal with them in our room.  It was disconcerting. It was so creepy. There are dead people in there. I’m sure of it. Then we spent…
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Day 17, 10/27/22 “The World’s Greatest Shortcut” is the title of our daily agenda. We are traversing the Panama Canal.  We just went through Lock#2 , Milleflores.   We started the journey through at 7 AM, and will complete it at 3:30 PM – projected. This is our 6:30 AM view Here is the first lock…
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Tony pointed out that I should write about the days “at Sea”. Maybe I should take pictures of the ship? The last day at sea we were in the fitness center ( yay for us) ellipting and looking out the window and suddenly we passed a pod of dolphins swimming and jumping in the water. …
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Day 15! And we get to stop in the most beautiful place in the world. Costa Rica.  The King of Patience was here today… We toured the Botanical Gardens. But on the way our guide spotted this cute guy and stopped for a photo op.  He was so busy! We were here in 2018, I…
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Day 12/41. On our way from Puerto Quetzal, we passed by two volcanoes,  one on each side of the road.  One was called Water and one was called Fire.  As our guide was explaining about the volcanoes, she told us that Fire always was hot and you can see the lava bubbling at night. Suddenly…
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OH MY GOSH!!! A BEACH! Hualtulco,  Mexico. It was glorious!  Tony and I walked off the boat to explore the town and I didn’t care anymore, I just wanted to swim! We walked this pink beach and found treasure. There were shells with holes already in them!  Boom!  A necklace is born! I think one…
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Hey!!  We are officially through the first half of the first half! Day 10. We were surprised by Acapulco.  We remember it as a getaway for the rich and famous from the 50’s and early 70’s.  And it looks like that was the last time anyone invested in it.  Except rich people in condoms on…
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Oh what a night! Mid October twenty twenty two.. We rocked and rolled all night long. Tony said it must be like being in the womb.  To me I’d felt like skiing on a rough lake. Rough seas, high waves. We have a little motion sensor light in here and whenever the bow hit a…
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Day 8 Mazatlan is a lovely city. Less touristy than Cabo.  We took a Historical Walking Tour.  There was graffiti: Aztec Dancers Great Headpieces BTW. Beaches with pools. Also little crabs in that pool, so not so tempting. Bodegas and hearts.. Cliff Divers These guys.  I am so glad I am not their Mom. Olas…
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