We booked a whale watch for Juneau. I have not been hugely successful seeing whales on tours, but we took a chance. The tour we booked also included a stop at the Mendenhall Glacier as well. You could just book the whale watch alone. Our tour was at 10am. We signed in with the group not far from where the cruise ship docked. We took a bus to the Mendenhall … Continue reading Princess Cruise Alaska: Juneau
This is our second cruise in Alaska. We went four years ago in September on NCL. This time it’s August on Princess. We are stopping at many of the same places. On our previous cruise two out of three excursions were canceled. We are hoping for better luck this time. Our first excursion is the most important one for my husband. He is dying to see bears catch salmon in the … Continue reading Princess Cruise Alaska: Ketchikan
Our port today started at noon. We got off the ship as soon as we could and headed to the bus stop so we could get to Torshavn (the main city). Ahead of us it looked like half the boat had the same plan that we did. When we saw the group of people waiting for the bus, we changed plans. First we had to go back to … Continue reading Runavik, Faroe Islands
We woke up this morning with the boat tossing in the water like a kids’ bath toy. The drawers were opening and closing and we could hear banging all over the ship. I thought to myself, I don’t want to go snorkeling this morning! Then my husband says to me, I don’t think I want to snorkel today! He had also signed us up to go kayaking right after … Continue reading Galápagos Islands: Santiago Island
We had a flight from Fort Lauderdale to Guayaquil that was supposed to leave at 11am. We were delayed for three hours and I started to panic because I know our schedule is very tight. However, we arrived at 6pm in Guayaquil. Apparently, this is a dangerous city. Is is level 2/3 (depending where you are located) on the US state department alerts. We are traveling with National Geographic … Continue reading Guayaquil, Ecuador
We bought a tour from shore excursions. We met the guide inside the mall. There were nine people on our island spice tour. The tiny bus that we boarded was parked in the super busy lot near the terminal. It took us about ten minutes to get out of our parking space. It was crazy. I was so happy that I didn’t have to drive there. We drove through the … Continue reading Grenada
We are currently on an Azamara cruise to some of the smaller islands in the Caribbean. We boarded the ship in San Juan, Puerto Rico. Our first island stop was at St. Thomas. Since we have been to St. Thomas many times (we even got married there), we just wandered around Havensight, ate lunch at our favorite fast food spot, Tap and Still, and met up with … Continue reading Antigua
We have been wanting to visit the Dry Tortugas National Park for some time. We just have not made an effort to get to Key West, even though there are very cheap flight from Tampa every day. We finally got a hotel deal and flew down for a few days. There are only two ways to get to Dry Tortugas National Park. One is the ferry and the … Continue reading Dry Tortugas National Park
We arrived in San Juan a little before 10am. We took the shuttle to the car rental agency and began our adventure to El Yunque. It takes about 30 minutes to drive there from the airport without traffic. I was excited to finally see a place that I used to teach in my Spanish classes. You would never know that you are headed to a National Forest … Continue reading Puerto Rico: El Yunque National Forest
We are on a Carnival cruise to the ABC (Aruba, Bonaire, and Curaçao) Islands. I would rather not focus on the cruise side of this trip. Honestly, Carnival is not my favorite cruise line for a variety of reasons. However, you should know that if you take a cruise to these islands, there are going to be FOUR sea days. Two to get there and two to get back. This … Continue reading Aruba
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