Day 10 - Sunday January 7, 2024 Puerto Quetzal, Guatemala Arrival 09:00 All Aboard 18:30 Departure 19:00 I am generally up in time to see our ship sail into port. Today there was eight ships anchored outside the breakwaters to the harbour waiting their turn to sail into Puerto Quetzal to off load their shipping containers. The port is the main terminal for Guatemala on the Pacific Ocean side of the country for cargo ships and cruise ships. The pilot boat with ...

Day Seventy Two - March 18 A glorious sunrise met the ship as she entered the Santo Tomas harbour this morning. The island looked very lush with its vegetation growing all the way to the ocean. Santo Tomas is one of the most important port cities in Guatemala with a population of 40,000. What I found surprising was that the entire country has a population of 17.2 million which is the most in Central America. It was another sunny day with a high of 89F or 32C...