Day 5 Belize Dec 1 2023

The ship has dropped anchor a ways out because the harbor is too shallow. We have to take a tender to get ashore. It takes about 25 minutes. Then we board our bus for our tour of the islands and the ancient Maya site. It's almost an hour drive but we have an excellent tour guide who is full of info about Belize. The Maya Temple site of Autun Ra is much bigger than the one on Cozemel. We got the opportunity to climb to the top of a smaller temple and then the largest one. I opted out but Steve did one of them.

We are back at the dock at 1:30 but requires an extra half hour to get back to the ship so we decide to eat at the pier. Not much choice and food is not great. Steve has some street tacos. I have a grouper fish sandwich. But I do try a billiken beer. Time to tender back to the ship. Listen to port talk on Roatan. Quick swim. Dinner at the Restaurant. Steve starts with cold prawns and I have a delicious duck and goose liver pate. Then a pasta ragu and salmon with a crab topping. Dessert was cherry torte and chocolate souffle. 


Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Day 6 Roatan Honduras Dec 2 2023

Image
After an overnight sail we are docked at Roatan. Our tour today is of the botanical gardens as well as a drive around the island. We get squeezed into a very small bus as bigger buses are not allowed on Roatan's roads. Weather is nice but a bit hot. Would be a nice beach day. The gardens are interesting enough and our garden guide is very knowledgeable. We don't see much of the garden and get to taste some fresh fruit. then we climb back on the bus to finish our circle of the island. A little shopping at the pier -- we buy a little wooden bowl and a tshirt. Lunch back on the ship. Steve heads to pool bar. I go back to World Cafe.  Afternoon by the pool. Steve is really into his pina coladas! We leave Roatan around 4pm. I watch us sail away. Roatan is very pretty, much like Hawaii, and doesn't appear to be as poor as the other stops we have been on.  Dinner at the Chef's Table. We join up with 2 other couples, one from Spokane, the oth...
Read more

Day 1 Travel to Fort Lauderdale Nov 27 2023

Image
We are up and ready for our Uber at 6:45. Can't cancel all of the park dia but get some of it cancelled by calling. We are at the airport by 7:30. Have time to visit the capital one lounge for coffee and breakfast. Plane leaves right on time and we are in FLL a few minutes early. Our Viking guide is waiting for us. Onto the bus and we are at the ship shortly. A quick safety demonstration and then we head to our room. We stop at guest services to get the silver beverage package. Baggage not in room yet but it is time for dinner. We get a glass of wine in the lounge and then head to the restaurant. Short wait but then we are seated. I have a goat cheese souffle and a fish with a chorizo coating and a morel sauce. Steve has beef tartare and a shrimp dish. We love the staff. Pauli is from South Africa. Off to bed. 
Read more

Day 9 Canal Transit Dec 5 2023

Image
Today we are transiting the canal, the whole reason we are here. Steve is up at 6:30 am to grab us some seats in the Explorers Lounge. We are the early birds. Soon the ship is starting to move in. After a short sail we are entering the Gatun Locks. Tony, the geologist, does some running commentary. So interesting to see the ships go up and and then down in the locks. Best view is from the top decks but it is hot so hard to last up there. Once we are in Gatun Lake we head back to the room to shower. Then we grab some lunch while we are going through the Culebra Gap.  Another lock and then we make our way to the last set of locks, the Miraflores. We end up watching the last lock passage from our room. You really get the picture of how the locks fill and empty. We go thru with two little ships. We finally head into Panama City and dock. The skyline is very impressive.  We do dinner at The Restaurant. It's busy so we join up with another couple for a table ...
Read more