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A City of Contrasts
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada Sunday May 11, 2025 Fun Facts about Vancouver The California Roll, a popular type of sushi, was...
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Bonus Blog!!
Onboard the Zaandam Wednesday, March 5, 2025 Lido Deck Before the Invasion This morning the Ship Captain came on the intercom and...
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Until We Blog Again
Road Town, Tortola Island, British Virgin Islands Tuesday March 4, 2025 This is the harbor of Road Town, Tortola, where our ship is...
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Rescue & Roseau (row-zow)
Roseau, Dominica Monday March 3, 2025 Interesting morning today! We woke up in time to be ready for today's tour. Then we turned on the...
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When is the Caribbean not the Caribbean?
Bridgetown, Barbados Sunday March 2, 2025 One of many mushroom shaped rock formations on the east coast of Barbados. Answer - When you...
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Monkeys, Agoutis, and Turtles, Oh My!!
Île Royale, French Guiana, an overseas department of France Thursday February 27, 2025 Before starting with our amazing experiences from...
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What Will Today Bring?
Alter do Chão, Brazil Monday February 24, 2025 Today we are anchored off of Alter do Chão. The first thing we noticed, before we even...
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Boi Bumbá Festival Show
Parintins, Brazil Sunday February 23, 2025 Today we went into the town of Parintins to watch a local cultural festival, Boi Bumbá. The...
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We Survived!
Amazon Rainforest, Manaus area February 22, 2025 Here is where we started our adventure heading up into to forest. Today we went on a...
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RAINforest
Manaus, Brazil Friday February 21, 2025 Today we got to sleep in a little bit, have breakfast and relax for awhile, before heading down...
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Up Close and Personal in Boca da Valeria
Amazon River Village Thursday February 20, 2025 Young girl in Boca da Valeria with a baby armadillo to share, and the $1 we gave her to...
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Santarém - Where Two Rivers Meet
History, Food, and Culture Wednesday, February 19, 2025 Dancers welcoming our ship History Santarém is one of the oldest cities along the...
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Tantalizing!
Amazon River February 18, 2025 Katie, Karen and Nancy checking things out as we enter the Amazon River So near and yet so far……. This is...
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The Cruising Life
On the Caribbean Sea and North Atlantic Ocean February 16, 2025 After saying Goodbye to Trinidad and Tobago, we headed out to sea. And...
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We Are Going to Scarborough... (the port, not the fair)
Scarborough, island of Tobago, nation of Trinidad and Tobago Thursday February 13, 2025 Since we didn’t have a planned excursion...
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It's a Women's World
Castries, Saint Lucia February 12, 2025 A 400 year-old Samaan tree in the Derek Walcott Square. What is the most unique fact about the...
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A Tale of Two Countries
February 11, 2025 One Island, Two Nations Today we docked in Philipsburg, Sint Maarten. This island encompasses two countries, Sint...
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Blue Skies and Fair Winds
February 9, 2025 This is the view from the aft (back) of our ship today. Beautiful blue water, blue skies with fluffy clouds, and calm...
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Arrivaderci!
Friday October 11, 2024 Had to have Napoli style pizza on our final night! Soooo good!!! Fun Facts about Italy Romans are said to adore...
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Roaming Roma!
Thursday October 10, 2024 The Trevi Fountain, Rome Fun Facts about Italy The Italian Police Force uses Lamborghinis (sometimes). The...
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