Wed 4 Nov. At Sea. Housekeeping day with only a few days left to get laundry done, collect passports and check forward bookings. John and Margaret have champagne on ice and are ordering up the canapes for a little farewell drink with Phil, Carol and ourselves. We will share pictures and laughs. Thur 5 Nov Punta del Este, Uruguay. A sleepy town on the River Plate at this time of year. The River Plate or Rio de la Plata, has the biggest estuary in the ...

Thurs 22 Oct General St Martin, Peru, in the Attaca Desert is our alternative port. There are a number of excursions (sea life on the Baleros Islands; sand buggy riding in the desert; Inca ruins and lunch in a hacienda; visit to a red sand beach) planned but we decide to take a shuttle to the very small village. As we manoeuvre to berth about 6.30am there is the opportunity to view "The Candelabra", a geolith dug by man about 200 AD and the lines marked with ...

Thurs 22 Oct General St Martin, Peru, in the Attaca Desert is our alternative port. There are a number of excursions (sea life on the Baleros Islands; sand buggy riding in the desert; Inca ruins and lunch in a hacienda; visit to a red sand beach) planned but we decide to take a shuttle to the very small village. As we manoeuvre to berth about 6.30am there is the opportunity to view "The Candelabra", a geolith dug by man about 200 AD and the lines marked with ...

The internet is slow and expensive and often when we send a message which we later find has not gone. Likewise our telephone is expensive to use anywhere around South America so apologies for the limited communication. Fri 16 Oct At sea Sat 17 Oct Manta, Ecuador. A lovely day. The fishermen we saw in the port have brought their catch to the beaches. We take the shuttle into this small town where the Saturday market is in full swing. Loud South Americ...

The internet is slow and expensive and often when we send a message which we later find has not gone. Likewise our telephone is expensive to use anywhere around South America so apologies for the limited communication. Fri 16 Oct At sea Sat 17 Oct Manta, Ecuador. A lovely day. The fishermen we saw in the port have brought their catch to the beaches. We take the shuttle into this small town where the Saturday market is in full swing. Loud South Americ...