Day 2 of our Sandals vacation was spent hanging out on the beach, reading a good book, taking a nap and sampling the mixed drinks from the pool bar. After some much needed rest and relaxation, we wanted to stay up a little later and sample some of the entertainment Sandals has to offer. After dinner at Giuseppe’s, we headed Read More…

For our 20th Anniversary, my husband and I decided that we wanted to celebrate by going some place with “blue water”. That was about the only instruction we gave Mike of Southern Travel Agency in Augusta, GA. I had been searching on the internet for all inclusive resorts in the Caribbean or Mexico, but there was so much information to Read More…

We came through the pirate waters of the Arabian Sea off the coast of Yemen without incident.  There were precautions taken by Captain Wells, such as eliminating exterior lighting for several nights and some razor wire strung on the afterdeck.  Also, there are special forces from the British army on board.   We were in Aqaba today.  A lot of Read More…

The Opera House is to Sydney as the Eiffel Tower is to Paris.  The opera was “Carmen”, but anything would be wonderful in this magnificent building! The Queen Mary 2 was in port at the same time.  How exciting is that? Shopping in Sydney is nice, as well.

Here in Pago Pago, American Samoa, the people are so happy.  We were shown the highlights of the island by two teen-agen guides.  They were so very proud of their heritage.  The tour bus left something to be desired, but the enthusiasm of the guides was contagious.

We were at anchor at La Haina, Hawaii island of Maui.  What a wonderful place this was. I took a tour to the top of a dormant volcano… about 9000 ft. high.  We could look down into the crater.  The picture is of a “silver sword”.  It lives high on the sides of the volcanic mountain and blooms one time, then die. Read More…

There were two other large cruise ships at anchor in the bay at Cabo San Lucas. Everything was jumping and the shopping was great.  The houses built on the cliffs look as if they might topple into the bay at the first big wind.  I don’t know how they do it.  

To think the Panama Canal was excavated, constructed, engineered without the use of modern equipment… No heavy earth movers, no steam shovels, just man power. The Gaillard Cut, which represents 15% of the waterwayʼs total length, necessitated the excavation of enough material to have built 63 pyramids, similar to those found in Egypt. First the ship had to be raised Read More…