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Again I was up at 5AM, I love watching the ship coming into port. The sun is not up yet so all you can see is the lights as we come in slowly to anchor at 6:24. Since this port is small there is no place to dock so we had to take a tender from the ship. We were anchored by the spectacular arched rocks of Los Arcos where the cool Pacific waters merge with the Sea of Cortez. This area was once attached to mainland Mexico. Millions of years ago a vast crack in the San Andreas Fault created the Sea of Cortez and the Pacific rushed in severing the peninsula from the mainland. We left the ship around 8AM and I was very excited to see a sea lion as we came into ... read more

I woke up with Acapulco at my doorstep, it is much nicer than I imagined. I would have been excited to go exploring but I think I am getting a cold. But, up I got dressed and had breakfast at 7 in the buffet. We met Rick and Leisa and together we left the ship. Another cruise ship was parked in front of us and then I realized how beautiful the Princess ship was in comparison. A Mexican man came up to us, he was an official walking tour guide. He only whatever we wanted to give him at the end of the day, even $1 would be enough as he only wanted to feed his family. I wished I was feeling better, I had a fever and the temp was already 30C and the sun ... read more

Today we set a northwesterly course passing the coast of Nicaragua, El Salvador and Guatemala. The temperature got to 82F or 28C for my fellow Canadians. We decided to do something special today so we went to the front of the ship and had Eggs Benedict looking out over a clear blue sea. After breakfast we changed into our swimsuits and got a book. We spent the whole morning lying by the splash pool. I did manage to get a real bad burn on my legs which was definitely a first. I did avoid Christmas activities as much as I could all day, it lets the sadness creep in to not be with you all. After lunch I was back at pool side. It was interesting one of the crew members came out and stood using ... read more

We woke this morning at 5AM; the time changed again which it did frequently on this trip so it was hard to keep a schedule. We are on our way too Costa Rica following the Panama coastline. Breakfast was spent on our deck and we were very excited to see three dolphins swim by. They were jumping in the air and came down with such a crack we could hear it from our deck! We spent a leisurely day at sea just relaxing and eating it got up to 28C, around 3:30 we entered Costa Rica waters. There was a full moon tonight over a beautiful calm ocean. I am very excited about getting to Costa Rica tomorrow. ... read more

Cartegena Columbia Amazing morning, it is hot and muggy. Expected temperature today is 29C and very little cloud cover. We passed through a narrow channel called Bocachica which is 9 miles long to our berth. We slowly travelled through with Fuerto San Jose on our side and Fuerto San Fernando on the other. You can imagine the Pirates trying to come in here past these forts to raid Cartegenas great walled city, this happened over a period of 200 years. This city was so good at defending itself that in 1741 when England attacked with 24000 men and 186 ships they were successful in defending against this great force. We left the ship right at 9AM and walked through the terminal and a beautiful park. Once through this area we were bombarded by taxi drivers all ... read more