Category: Travel
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Monday 30 December 2024Highlights: The views from Rockland Estate of Sint Maarten, The comedy and magic of Bill Cook My booked activity for a catamaran cruise around Sint Maarten and a snorkel in the Caribbean Sea was unfortunately cancelled today. There wasn’t much left to book by the time I knew of the cancellation but…
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Sunday 29 December 2024Highlights: Ghosts & Legends of Old San Juan Tour, Exploring Castillo San Cristobal (largest fortress built in the America) A morning on the ship meant time to relax, explore and enjoy the Atlantic Ocean rolling by. We didn’t arrive until 2.00 pm in Puerto Rico which had a one-hour time change (so…
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Tour Title: Galápagos – Central and East Islands aboard the Reina Silvia VoyagerTour Company: G AdventuresTour Leader: Omar Medina Cities and Islands Visited: Quito, Puerto Ayora, Española Island, San Cristobal Island, Santa Fé Island, South Plazas Island, Genovesa Island, Santiago Island, Rábida IslandCountries Visited: EcuadorDates: Friday 13 December 2024 to Sunday 22 December 2024 (Duration 10 days)Meals Included: 9 breakfasts, 7 lunches, 7 dinnersTour Type: Marine…
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Saturday 28 December 2024Highlights: The Labadee Coastline, Visiting Labadee local village Today was my first shore visit for this Caribbean Cruise. While this stop is for Haiti, basically a failed country at this point, it is in Labadee a very remote part of the country.
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Friday 27 December 2024Highlights: Mini Golf fun, Ice Spectacular: Spirits of the Season, Production Showtime: Invitation to Dance. My first full day on Explorer of the Seas. I slept well last night. The ship movements are very minimal, nothing like the catamaran I recently sailed on in the Galapagos Islands.
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Tour Title: National Geographic Journeys: Ecuador’s Amazon and VolcanoesTour Company: G AdventuresTour Leader: Angeles ValenciaCities Visited: Quito, Otavalo, Papallacta, BanosCountries Visited: EcuadorDates: Friday 06 December 2024 to Saturday 14 December 2024 Duration: 09 daysTour Type: National GeographicTour Itinerary (PDF) and Journal Entries
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Thursday 26 December 2024Highlights: Exploring the ‘Explore of the Seas’ cruise ship, The Welcome Aboard Show It was finally the day of my first leisure cruise. I woke up excited and went straight into research mode. My check-in time wasn’t until 11.30 am and I was only a 25-minute Uber from the Terminal so I…
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Wednesday 25 December 2024Highlights: Exploring Miami Beach at night A very relaxed day before my Caribbean Cruise commencing tomorrow as all I had planned for today.
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Tuesday 24 December 2024Highlights: Experiencing the Florida Keys chain of bridges, Conch Train Tour of Key West, Erin arriving in Melbourne, Talking to my family at their Christmas lunch Today I had organised a 15+ hour day trip down to Key West. I had been fascinated with this key of islands and bridge linking to…
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Monday 23 Decembner 2024Highlights: Farewlling Erin, Sunset on Miami Beach On day 25 of this world trip it was time to farewell my niece after an amazing adventure together. Erin was ready to go home after such a fast-paced trip. I’m not as sure I was ready for her to leave.
