Monthly Archives: May 2008

We arrived into the port of Acapulco around 10:30am – a bit earlier the expected. One good thing about arriving after the crack of dawn is  we were awake and preparing for the day so had a chance to really enjoy the … Continue reading →

A second day at sea… I must admit I was skeptical about how I would do with so many days at sea….  but now that I am over halfway through the voyage I really like the forced relaxation.  Today is much … Continue reading →

Wow……  day 8….  Really????  Personally I prefer to look at it like its the first day of our next 7 day vacation. Today was a leisurely day enjoying the ship including Spa Jackpot Bingo, the beginning of a ship wide … Continue reading →

Its very hard to describe the awe. Passing through the Panama Canal was one of my personal ‘life list’ items and it certainly was a day that I will not soon forget….  especially sharing with friends and people wedged in … Continue reading →

At the Pedro Miguel Locks we were still right behind our friends in the USS NoInternet. Behind us the line of container ships stretched around the corner of the canal.     As you leave the Pedro Miguel locks you cross … Continue reading →

The middle part of the trip across Panama is mostly take up by sailing through Lake Gatun and then the canal cut as it you pass thru the continental divide and then pull up the the first of the two … Continue reading →

The first part of the journey is to leave the saltwater on the Atlantic side of the canal. To do that we have to slide our 970+ foot x106 foot ship into a space 1000 feet by 110 feet. The Magic … Continue reading →

Let me take a moment to apologize for two things. First, the delay in getting this posted, which was caused by an Internet outage on the ship followed by some insane technical problems on my laptop. Second, the fact that some of … Continue reading →

3:00 our time, and we’re past the centennial bridge and thru the Pedro Miguel locks and now in the 1 mile long lake approaching Miraflores Locks. The URLs for these locks are: http://www.pancanal.com/eng/photo/camera-java.htmlhttp://seacruisechat .com/panamacanal/miraflores.htm