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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 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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We had found a HAL excursion that we wanted to do but we were wait-listed and never got off the list. So, we went to Plan B – take a 20-minute walk to the nearby Nature Center. Then I checked the website and it didn’t open that day. Plan C – walk to the port…
Keep readingPanama Canal
So you can do all the sea day activities today that you want. However, the focus is on the traversing of the Panama Canal. On one of the early sea days, the Travel Director (a different position from the Cruise Director) did a long presentation about the Panama Canal history in the World Stage. I…
Keep readingApril Ports of Call
On our 22-day cruise in April, we had 10 ports of call. Cartagena, San Diego, and San Francisco were the only ports that we had visited before; however, we have been to Guatemala and Costa Rica before but at different ports. Some people call the Panama Canal day a port of call because there are…
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