Bev in the foreground and husband Carmen Reinke in the background, lovely people and are related to Greg and Judy Reinke, but had never met prior to the cruise, they are originally from N.Z.
Manta Ecuador August 3rd 2014 Manta Ecuador: In the early morning we approached the Bahia De Manta from the North. At approximately 6:00 a.m. we were safely alongside Manta cruise terminal, starboard side to quay. Manta posses the largest seaport in Ecuador, the port was used by Charles Marie de la Condamine upon his arrival in Ecuador when leading the French mission to measure the location of the equator in 1735. I wonder if ... read more
South America » Ecuador » West The "Republic of the Equator" was one of three countries that emerged from the collapse of Gran Colombia in 1830 (the others are Colombia and Venezuela). Between 1904 and 1942, Ecuador lost territories in a series of conflicts with its neighbors. A b... ... read more
Welcome to Jim & Colleen's travel blog for 2014, on Tuesday the 20th of May we depart on a 102 night cruise visiting many and varied exotic and not so exotic ports. We depart from Brisbane and return to Sydney on the 31st of August. One of the highlights of this trip will be meeting up with an old Navy mate in Mumbai. From there we head out to Agra for a visit to the Taj Mahal, which will be very exciting. It is a four day trip where we catch planes, trains, rickshaws, and get to spend much time with the locals. After visiting the Taj, we then pick up the ship in Duba... full info