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Welcome to my travel journal featuring people, places, and food. I write to remember and to share my vacation experiences.
My hope is that my travel opportunities will encourage you to make wonderful travel memories of your own.
There are two ways to find a trip: Links at top of the page or under the Categories menu. Note that there may be more than one trip under certain categories.
Note: All of the posts for each trip are in reverse chronological order.
Puerto Chiapas, Mexico
I have never seen the vaping warning on any previous cruise that had Mexico on its itinerary, so I assumed that this was a new rule. The ship was taking it seriously as the Cruise Director made several announcements about it. Puerto Chiapas is a very small port, and I heard that it was a…
Keep readingPuerto Quetzal, Guatemala
For this port, I hadn’t seen any HAL tour that I particularly wanted to take. I also watched the Travel Director’s informational talk about this port and realized that I didn’t see anything I wanted to do independently either. We just decided to go to the port village and visit the iguana habitat that I…
Keep readingAcajutla, El Salvador
We docked at 8:00 in an industrial port that prohibited any pedestrian traffic. However, if you were traveling independently, they did provide two different shuttles that would either take you to a resort for a beach day or to a town for shopping, etc. Since we had a HAL tour today, we didn’t have a…
Keep readingPuerto Caldera, Costa Rica
Today we had a tour and had to be at the World Stage at 9:00 a.m. We ordered room service breakfast to be delivered at 8:00 and it arrived on time. Holland America still provides a hot breakfast delivered at no charge although the choices have been reduced. As I have heard some cruise lines…
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