Hi Everyone! The last few days at sea have been wonderful for seeing wildlife. I've had the honor of seeing whales breaching, coming completing out of the water twirling vertically in the air, hundreds of dolphins following alongside the ship as if happily playing with this huge vessel, stingrays, marlins, sea lions, turtles, eels, flying fish, and some odd flat looking fish that came out of the water and flipped several times in the air. Easter Sunday was spent in Acapulco and was blessed with my favorite....margaritas, tacos and chips and salsa! I decided to take a tour with a group [View Full Entry]

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As I'm writing, it's Good Friday and I've just returned from visiting the small port town of San Juan del Sur in Nicaragua. This is the first time the Star Princess has stopped at this port but the towns people were well prepared for our visit with plenty of security and opportunities to buy handcrafted goods. Since it's a holiday, a lot of locals were spending the day at the beach and waiting for the annual parade. Three of us paid $5 to take a scenic ride around the town on a bicycle carriage made for two, the poor cyclist huffed [View Full Entry]

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I woke up and stepped out onto my balcony to pure beauty. We are in Panama! What a country..I really thought it was going to be another poverty stricken hell-hole with crappy souvenirs but to my sheer delight, I was happily mistaken! We took the tender into port and boarded a tour bus to the Embera IndianVillage called Parara. Nicko, our tour guide, was so informative and you could tell he was thrilled to share the history of Panama with all of us. You may or may not be aware but the United States gave up control of the Panama Canal [View Full Entry]

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As we get closer to Central America, poverty becomes more apparent. Our last two ports were Callao, Peru (near Lima) and Manta, Ecuador. For some reason both of these ports left me depressed and homesick. I'm not sure if it was the absence of TP in the ladies restrooms in Peru or the poor crafted souvenirs foreigners were given the opportunity to purchase, but I've been a little testy lately. I would like to properly thank Trent for responding to my text messages when I was most desperate for home communication. - Thank you, Brat! I was not able to make [View Full Entry]

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Hi Everyone! It's our second day at sea with the new passengers that boarded in Valparaiso, Chile. The ocean is so calm and peaceful showing no signs that the 30-40 foot waves will return. Everyone that was here to witness the havoc, including the crew, are still talking about it. The ship even made CNN news - I guess they thought we possibly wouldn't return. LOL I can't believe how empty the ship feels now that we are missing about 800 people. There are so many vacant rooms and people are being upgraded to other parts of the ship so they [View Full Entry]

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We are at sea and the weather has been horrific to say the least. We've had to secure anything that moves in our stateroom, they've drained all the pools and production shows were canceled for this evening due to the all the rocking. I even had a spa appointment this morning and had to cancel because I was too sick to attend...up all night with crap banging back and forth and motion sickness has gotten the best of me. Thank God for Dramamine! We've had to change course tonight due to the violent storm and this will put us a day [View Full Entry]

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Hi Everyone! It's Friday, March 27th and for half the ships passengers, the last few days at sea before disembarking in Valparaiso, Chile. I've met a lot of new friends and most of them are getting off at this point however there are a lot of Californians and quite a few of them are heading to San Francisco as well. The last couple of days, the weather has been totally unpredictable. This part of the world can see four different seasons in one day. Mother Nature was pleasant in Punta Arenas, Chile, even though it was in the 40's, the violent [View Full Entry]

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Hi Everyone! Well I can take the Falkland Islands off my bucket list of places to see! We arrived about 6 am Monday morning into Stanley, Falkland Islands. The night had been a rough one at sea and I anticipated high winds and cold weather, so I bundled up in preparation for the chilly day in town with my new turquoise cashmere sweater and scarf that I picked up in Scotland. The Falkland Islands consists of approximately 200 islands covering 4700 sq. miles. The islands are ruled by the British government however Argentina still claims it to be theirs and call [View Full Entry]

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Hola! The first couple of days at sea have been busy. There is so much to do, one can never be bored. Between eating anytime you like, you can choose from a huge variety of activities including line dancing, lectures, trivia, shows, games, casino, you name it, it's here. I actually played Bingo Wednesday and won one of the four games. Thursday we arrived into Buenos Aires, otherwise know as Paris of the South, at 6:30am this morning. The water near the port was not what I was expecting, it is a mucky brown and extremely shallow. As a matter of [View Full Entry]

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Hi Everyone! I'm at sea now and the ship is OMG huge. I'm getting tons of exercise just walking up and down the stairs. My stateroom is on the Caribe deck of the Star Princess which is located on 10th floor and the restaurants are on 5/6 and 14 so you can imagine all the taking place :- ) I went to a solo party last night and a whopping 3 people showed up. There is another one today so I'm hoping more people will show up because tonight is a formal night and I have a new outfit just waiting [View Full Entry]

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