Due to drug wars at Mazatlán, our planned stop over was canceled so we spent another day at Cabo San Lucas. We stayed aboard, Bree went to Camp Carnival and yes, we sat by the pool and drank cocktails.... read more

Bree joined Camp Carnival and headed off for the first day of activities. We sat by the pool, in the hot sun, applied sunscreen, wore a hat and drank cocktails, had a dip in the pool to cool off, drank more cocktails etc etc........ Not much more to report :)... read more

Packing again we caught the shuttle to Long Beach Port and arrived around 10.00 and joined the 3000 other passengers in the hustle and bustle to get checked in, baggage stowed and stateroom keys issued. We finally boarded around 12.30 and as we couldn’t get access to our room until 2.00 it was time to explore and check out the boats lunch service. The ship is absolutely huge some 11 stories high and full off everything the heart could desire. Lunch was splendid and after getting to the room it was time for a quick change and then out to the pool. Dinner that night was at the Black Pearl restaurant and set the standard for the days to come. The food aboard the ship is just fantastic and runs 24 hours a day.... read more

Well the time to leave Europe has come and packing up as usual is a bit of a drama, still we finally got that done and it was off to the airport to catch the big silver bird to the good ol' US of A. Arriving in plenty of time we weighed our bags and found we were more then 10kg over weight so a rapid re-pack and chucking out of some less essential gear was called for. Joining the queue to check in we finally got aboard for the Lufthansa flight to LA. Some 12 hours later we arrived and caught the shuttle to our hotel, the Marriott at LAX. Deciding to head off into the Santa Monica area we caught a public bus to town and saw the pier, the famous beach and downtown ... read more

After a peacefully night it was back to work for Pam, and Bree and I started the clean up of the van, it was quite a job as it has been our home for 2 months and lets face it we had not focused on that for a while. It took most of the morning and we packed bags while we were at it and with the day drawing to a close, Pam had finished work and it was off to the restaurant for dinner. The restaurant was a great little Italian place with good food and a great atmosphere. With the Europe leg of the trip drawing to a close it is with mixed emotions that I write now, part of me is pleased that it is ending as we are all tired with traveling ... read more