Stanley Falkland Islands take two, so here goes again as my computer ate my last blog before I could upload it. So several days out I must remember the great time we had there. Arriving in Stanley early morning we were welcomed by howling winds and a dark gray treeless landscape. Making the call Captain Rikard made the call for the tenders to head to shore. The tender ride was a 30 minute bouncy chilly roller coaster ride to the pier; we all had our picture...

Ocean Princess continues on this time stopping at Natal Brazil, Joy and I jumped off and jumped into a Taxi and headed out to the local sand dunes park. We've been warned over and over how bad the crime is in Brazil so we always were on guard. Once at the Dunes we loaded up in a dune buggy and went careening up and over the huge dunes. We stopped at a high point with a couple thousand other people and dozens of dune buggies who were also enjoying the view. We d...

Ocean Princess 2016, maybe not worthy of a STATravel.blog but here goes. Joy got it right this year for our flight to Miami to meet Ocean Princess or OP for short. Our plane was equipped with pod style lay flat seats and we started our vacation off in First Class! Once in Miami we arrived in our Miami home The Intercontinental Port of Miami. Here we just get our bearings and meet up with some friends for drinks, in the morning we catch a ride to the local Walma...

Easter Island at Last! What started in me as a child after watching a PBS special on Rapa Nui (Easter Island) came to a crescendo as we anchored just off shore of Rapa Nui. Joy and I watched and patiently waited for the call ashore. You see the seas were restless and it was tossing the small tenders around like toys. Our Captain took a shot thinking the seas would calm as the day wore on and he gave the go ahead to allow us passengers ashore. Joy and I wai...

Easter Island at Last! What started in me as a child after watching a PBS special on Rapa Nui (Easter Island) came to a crescendo as we anchored just off shore of Rapa Nui. Joy and I watched and patiently waited for the call ashore. You see the seas were restless and it was tossing the small tenders around like toys. Our Captain took a shot thinking the seas would calm as the day wore on and he gave the go ahead to allow us passengers ashore. Joy and I wai...