We are preparing to depart on an 86 day trip that will take us from Los Angeles to Ft Lauderdale aboard an old friend, The Regent Mariner. We lay over for five days in South Florida and then reboard the Mariner for the circumnavigation of South America. If you would like to view our detailed itinerary it is available on the Regent website. For the December 20 - January 5 trip from Los Angeles through the Panama canal it is http://www.rssc.com/cruises/MAR091220/Itinerary.aspx. For the 65 days around South America, the site is: http://www.rssc.com/cruises/MAR100110B/Itinerary.aspx. It is less than two weeks until we leave so we are starting to get quite organized. How does one pack for an 87 day trip? It's actually overwhelming and simple at the same time. We take clothes for touring in the really hot ... read more