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We docked outside of Panama City, Panama on a series of former islands connected to the mainland from the construction debris of the Panama Canal. Panama City is a large city with a skyline of skyscrapers similar to Miami Beach. We boarded a tour bus around 8:30AM for what was supposed to be a 4 Read more

Today was a thrill, going through the Panama Canal. It is quite an impressive engineering site to see. We went to bed the night before with a tentative ship schedule to be in the queue to enter the canal at 6:30AM. but when we woke up at 6:30, we had already entered the canal and Read more

We’re heading due East in the Caribbean Sea towards Aruba, an island off the coast of Venezuela. Winds are high, seas are rough today, but it is mostly sunny. The outside promenade and top sun deck were closed during the morning due to the high winds. Its calmed enough in the afternoon to open them Read more

What a gem of an island. I’d get stranded on this island anytime! Busy day at the cruise terminal, with our ship one of three docked in Aruba for the day. Patrick, our concierge, had mentioned some of the hotels offer day passes for use of their amenities, but as I later confirmed at the Read more

We’re sailing towards Ft. Lauderdale now, arriving in 2 days. Our course runs us between Haiti on the east, Jamaica further west, and a narrow strait between Cuba and Haiti later tonight. I took a picture of Haiti as we sailed past within 10 miles from shore. Not much to look at, but there it Read more