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Welcome to Santa Marta, Columbia
This is a fairly new stop for cruise lines and you can tell. The coast is much more mountainous than Aruba but still full of scrub and cacti. We arrived at a working pier where there is a huge coal mining operation going on. Therefore, we [...]
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Welcome to Oranjestad, Aruba
How can you tell this is a Dutch colony??? There is blue Dutch pottery everywhere….
We went on the Aruba Sea & Shore tour in the morning. If you haven’t been to Aruba, here is an idea of its size. It took us about 15 minutes [...]
Day 3 is an “At Sea” day. These are very important days as you need a little rest after the previous day’s adventures and you need to get ready for the formal evening.
Rick and I hosted coffee and danishes for our tour group at 10:00 by the Lido deck pool. It was a nice [...]
Welcome to Half Moon Cay, Bahamas
Holland America has its own private island in the Bahamas with beautiful beaches, parasailing, horseback riding, swimming with stingrays, and much more. When we arrive at the island, there is a welcome centre where you can meet for any activities you may have signed up for or just hang out [...]
We are finally at Day One of our cruise. We got everyone assembled in the lobby of the hotel and checked that everyone’s luggage was properly tagged and on the luggage trolleys. After collecting some that were still in their rooms, we managed to get it all together.
The hotel had all the luggage put on [...]
Continue reading about Panama Canal Cruise – Day One – Hurray!!!
Today was a fun lesson in getting from one place to another. I had to get to Fort Lauderdale airport by 10:00 am and wasn’t sure how far it was or how to get there. I asked at the front desk of my hotel, but got more information through the Internet.
If you ever need to [...]
Continue reading about Miami to Fort Lauderdale – Day One -1
Day One started with a very early morning at YVR with nothing open at the gates – not even coffee. The 767 was full so even though I sat in economy, my carry on flew in style in First Class where the Pods are. Those are pretty cool.
I made a major mistake on the first [...]
Thanks to Bonnie Sainsbury at Connect the Dots for recommending this package. She always has great ideas of time savers that I need. I was looking for a way to write my blog offline and then upload and publish it when I get to port. I’m heading off on a cruise for 3 weeks and [...]
The Canada Marketing Summit kicks off next week, March 26-29. Possibly the biggest event for internet marketing and direct response marketing with 16 of today’s top names flying into Vancouver, BC for 4-days of specialized money-generating training.
Regular ticket prices are already a very low $1397, that’s less than $87 per speaker and includes luncheons and [...]
Installation of Google Gears

