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Puntarenas, Cost Rica April 13th, 2024 I was most upset that for our recent visit to Puntarenas on the Sapphire Princess, our ship’s tour to the Arenal Volcano and hot springs had been canceled. It actually turned out to be a good thing as we would probably never...

At Sea April 12th, 2024 Even though our Medallion apps say we are still on the Sapphire Princess, I suppose we really are on the Emerald Princess, so it's about time I corrected the heading! It was incredibly hot and humid today, and we ended up spending the whole...

At Sea April 11th, 2024 We have settled into a sea day routine. The morning is spent in enrichment talks or activities, lunch by the pool, and the afternoons reading and relaxing, and if the weather is fine, having a swim. This morning Brian went to a talk entitled...

Huatulco, Mexico April 10th, 2024 When we woke up this morning, Brian said he could smell smoke. Hoping that the ship wasn’t on fire, I went out onto the balcony to see if I could see any evidence of the cause of the smoke. A pale pink haze hung over the hills...

At Sea April 9th, 2024 Well, after all of the excitement of yesterday, it was nice to have a typical relaxing sea day. I have clients who dislike sea days intensely, and I have to book cruises for them so that there is the minimum amount of time spent away from the...

Total Eclipse of the Sun April 8th, 2024 Well, today is the day. I have seen my Incas, penguins, and llamas. Today is Brian’s chance to see the eclipse. We chose this cruise as we thought it would give us the best chance of seeing the eclipse without any cloud...

Cabo San Lucas April 7th, 2024 We were due to arrive in Cabo again at 1:00PM but when I looked out our window at 8:00 AM it looked like we were almost there. Then the captain announced that there had been a medical emergency on board, so we would be arriving early,...

At Sea April 6th, 2024 I finished unpacking and went to explore the ship in search of a lounge/bar with a convenient outlet so I could work and watch the world go by. Alas Club Fusion didn’t have any really well placed outlets, so I decided to try Skywalkers. We...

Los Angeles April 5th, 2024 Well, it was raining as we arrived in San Pedro. And it was jolly cold. I can’t wait to get down south again. There was the Emerald Princess not too far away. We said goodbye to our cabin, and as if it was sad to see us go, the toilet...

At Sea April 4th, 2024 Packing day. Luckily this didn’t take too long. It is so much easier to pack at the end of a cruise than it is to pack for the start of a cruise. Although this is fun – we are packing for the end and the start of the next cruise. It has...

At sea April 3rd, 2024 On opening my email this morning, there was the email that we had been expecting, but hoping would not come. Our November Seabourn Around Africa cruise has been re-routed. At least it hasn’t been canceled, but many of the ports that we had...

Cabo San Lucas April 2nd, 2024 We were lucky that we were anchored with a good view of the beautiful Cabo rocks. As well as using the ship’s tenders, there were water shuttles taking passengers ashore, so getting off the ship to join our tour was easy. Right as we...