Monthly Archives: July 2015

Bar Harbor was once a summer playground for the very rich and famous. They built mansions here for summer holidays. As we sailed in we saw numbers of them. This one perched below Cadillac Mountain. We hired a car and … Continue reading →

We woke early … goodness, lets hope we’ll get to see something! The fog cleared. We shuttled to town. We walked miles. We started at the old Quincey Markets on the Boston Freedom Trail. Pretty quiet here before 10am … … Continue reading →

Ya just can’t do Noo Yawk in a cupla hundred words and 20 photos, so here’s some more … On sunday night we went to the Top of the Rock (with 500 or more others) … Let the images speak … Continue reading →

We arrived at the Narrows Bridge, the entrance to New York harbour, about 9:30 on a beautiful warm Sunday. The new Freedom Tower glistening in the distance. Past her ladyship … Past downtown … and then up to mid-town … … Continue reading →

Norfolk is a massive commercial port, sort of on/in the Chesapeake Bay, and has the biggest Navy Base in the world … these are just some of well over 50 naval vessels we saw lying about as we came into … Continue reading →

For the first (and maybe only time) on this adventure, Jan and I chose something different. I wanted to see the Kennedy Space Center. Jan had no interest in rockets. So off I went in a huge Kennedy Space Center … Continue reading →

We pulled into the 8 berth “cruising capital of the world” before sunrise (not another cruise ship in sight!). More than 90% of passengers getting off here … and we had to change cabin. So lots to do before we … Continue reading →

After bouncing across the Caribbean through the night, the sea calmed. We sailed into the vast Cartegena Bay mid morning. Past a pair of old Spanish forts guarding the entrance. An hour later we approached the city. This part (the … Continue reading →

We passed by Panama City in the early morning haze(?) … … and pushed up the inlet towards the Panama Canal under the Bridge of the Americas … a flimsy looking version of the SHB, but much bigger than it … Continue reading →

We’ve been accompanied in and out of ports by all manner of things … how appropriate that these guys shepherd us in to Costa Rica … flying, diving, “talking”, and fishing for miles. The ship’s schedule was changed. We arrived … Continue reading →