We started with a great breakfast and lots of anticipation of travelling through the canal. Afterwards Hope and I headed up to Deck 7 to watch our huge ship transfer through. This was a long, long, long process. The deck was soooooo crowded, people were standing on top of people. The Panama Canal is an artificial 82 km (51 mi) waterway in Panama that connects the Atlantic Ocean with the PacificOcean. The canal cuts across the Isthmus of Panama and is a con...

I'm tired, tired and more tired. This is our 4th stop on this journey. We'd called for a 5:30 A.M. wakeup call. Can you believe that and we're on vacation. We had to get up and get some breakfast, gather up our things and head down to the shuttle buses for a short ride to meet up with Jacinto and begin our tour for the day. Cartagena has played a major part in Colombia's history, protecting the country from a number of invasions, as well as battling pirates w...

Buenos días! Let me tell you, we are all WHIPPED. This is only the third stop and we're barely hanging on. We got breakfast and I had my usual omellette. I like the coffee, but it's really strong and I can only drink one cup, as I have been having trouble sleeping. Santa Marta officially Distrito Turistico, Cultural e Historico de Santa Marta ("Touristic, Cultural and Historic District of Santa Marta"), is a city in Columbia. It is the capital of Departamento...

It's been 24 years since I landed in Aruba. My maiden voyage here was aboard Carnival's Fascination ship in October of 1995. Oranjestad (literally Orange Town in Dutch) is the capital and chief administrative center of Aruba, a Caribbeannation that is located in the West Indies which remains under the jurisdiction of Netherlands. The town had a population of 33,000 people in 2015. Oranjestad is located on the western coast of the island on an enclosed harbor wh...

Mòru! It seemed as though every passenger including us, were ready to charge off of the ship. We just wanted to stand on solid ground. As soon as we hit the dock, we all fired up our cellphones. I called Taxi Max to see where we should go, as the ship was cleared early. He told us to walk around to the Renaissance Hotel. I had everyone to wait, until I walked around the corner, to see where the hotel was. I walked around the corner from the infamous Diamo...