Around South America in 68 days After leaving Ft.Lauderdale, our first stop was Cayman Island, before arriving to Costa Rica. We docked at Puerto Limon and then took a bus ride inland about 200 km to get to the rain forest. The rain forest excursion was wonderful, and definitely a place I would want to revisit. Our next sighting of land was the passage through the Panama Canal which took all day. In the late afternoon we docked in Fuerte Amador, the port for Panama City. What a booming downtown, full of condominiums under constructions, casinos everywhere, and heavy traffic. You [View Full Entry]

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AIndia diary A retired university professor of fine arts assembled a group of 20 adventurous Canadians, mapped the route , booked the flights, an Indian bus, a driver and the hotels and away we went on a unique 24 day journey through northwestern and central India. (See map) Our trip was like a visit to two different countries: the more prosperous touristy India of Delhi, Jaipur and Agra, and the desperately poor and less traveled rural areas of Madhya Pradesh. Friday, Feb 23 Toronto - Amsterdam - Bombay (Mumbay) After good flights we arrived at our hotel at 1am local time [View Full Entry]

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