Friday, March 3, 2023 I am writing this first thing in the morning, because I don’t know if we will get a chance later. We fly 4.5 hours from Manaus to Sao Paulo, wait 5 hours, fly 9.5 hours to Atlanta, wait 2 hours, fly 2.5 hours home. Here is yesterday’s quiz – we had […]
Thursday, March 2, 2023 Night has fallen on the Amazon. The 30 passenger speedboat heads against the barge dock alongside the ship. Passengers step excitedly onboard. The engines thrum as the water soars in a wall of water eight feet high on either side of the boat. We make rapid progress across the Rio Negro
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Wednesday, March 1, 2023 Happy March! I think spring is just around the corner (because I am in Brazil and it is 90 degrees). It was doughnut day at breakfast, which was pretty exciting because breakfast is exactly the same every day. The unfortunate part was that there was no way to know about it
Tuesday, February 28, 2023 Happy Birthday to Sean and Sue! We started the day out by going piranha fishing. They docked a barge right next to ship that let us walk right onto our little boat. What a great idea. We had a great ride down the river – Keith said it felt more Jungle
Monday, February 27, 2023 We were out on deck before 8am this morning! The naturalist, Richard, is out there every morning, taking pictures that he is willing to share with us. I figured his GIANT camera and excellent skill would be all that is needed to get great shots, but I thought I should get
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Sunday, February 26, 2023 It was a sea day tonight, as we sailed along in the Atlantic Ocean. It was grey and overcast, then really rainy. Keith started out by practicing while whale watching out of our balcony window. He did not see a whale. Or a dolphin. Trivia at noon – Donna and Elio
Saturday, February 25, 2023 Happy birthday to Karen and Marla! Today also marks six years since we lost our brother-in-law, Thom. We are thinking of all of them today. Today was a really unusual cruise stop. We were officially on French Giana soil, on one of the Îles du Salut (Islands of Salvation) (oh, such
Friday, February 24, 2023 It was a sea day today. We had to be up and ready at noon for trivia – and we barely made it. Given enough time, we can waste all of it. We found Regina and Brad to start, then gathered two people from nearby – Elios and Donna – to
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Thursday, February 23, 2023 It’s 2-23-2023! So many twos and threes! Today we were in Barbados. We got to sleep in today, because our excursion wasn’t until 11am. We had to get up in time for breakfast before 9, because we were going to miss lunch (from 11-2). It’s all about planning for the eating!
Wednesday, February 22, 2023 We were in Dominica (Dom-in-EE-kuh) today. The port talks keep telling us that facilities/transport will not be up to the standard to which we are accustomed: vehicles will not be air conditioned/sanitary conditions will not be what we expect/people will be reserved and not willing to share/talk. I think it is