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Visiting Arica in Northern Chile

  Day 290 – December 17th, 2014. Arica in Chile. Having put our clocks forward another hour, we found ourselves arriving in Arica in darkness at 6am, sunrise was around 6.50am.   We were awake and saw the first glimpses of Chile before heading to breakfast.   The breakfast buffet was looking a bit depleted […]

The Pyramid of the Moon in Trujillo Peru – Huaca De La Luna

  Continuing the tour in Trujillo near the port of Salaverry we head towards the Pyramid of the Moon or Huaca De La Luna in Spanish. Having just enjoyed the World Heritage listed ruins of Chan Chan Archeological site we made our with our taxi tour driver.   By now the traffic was very busy […]

Visiting Salaverry in Peru – Chan Chan Archeological Zone in Trujillo

  Day 286 – December 13th, 2014. In Peru at the port of Salaverry.   We had slowed down in the early hours and came alongside around 6.30am, however we were not cleared to get off until later. Moni had a coaching call to do at 8am which was good timing until the ships clearance […]

Full Transit Of The Panama Canal In The 100 Year Anniversary

  Day 282 – December 9th, 2014. Panama canal “Full transit of the Panama Canal in the 100 year anniversary” Today we were very excited, it was a huge ‘bucket list item’ for us… Up early at 5.45am so that we didn’t miss a thing. We didn’t get to the first lock until 7.15am, but […]

What To See In One Day In Cartagena, Colombia

  Day 280 – December 7th, 2014. Cruise Day 4. Arriving in Cartagena in Colombia. “What To See In One Day In Cartagena, Colombia”   Cartagena is on the Caribbean coast of Colombia and is the place to stop before heading through the Panama Canal. Before doing our back to back Caribbean cruises we had […]

It Would Be Hell on Grand Cayman Without Tortuga Rum Cake

  Day 268 – November 25th, 2014. Visiting Grand Cayman. “Apparently it’s hell on Grand Cayman and we are going to find out” Cayman Island does not have a port for the big cruise ships to dock alongside and so the port puts on tenders to transport us from the ship to shore, which is […]