Jan 28-30, 2024 At 6:15 AM, we went through a quick immigration line to get our passports stamped for Peru, grabbed breakfast and back to the Tropical Theater to assemble into our tour groups by 7:15. We arrived at the Pisco airport by 9. The airport appeared brand new and …
January 24-26, 2024 John and I (and Liam, Alan, Guy and Karen) all made the same decision concerning La Serena – to just “wander about”. First of all – we docked in the town of Coquimbo, about 15km/10 miles away from La Serena. Good news for me- Coquimbo has a …
$1 US = 970 Chilean pesos After enjoying the fjords, our first port of call in Chile was the city of Valparaiso. Leaving the ship an hour before the tour, we (John, Alan, Liam and myself, along with Flat Stanley) yenned when we should have yanged in finding the beginning …
Jan. 7-9, 2024 Sea days, for me, are a blend of exercise, blog work and fun social time. I get together with some fellow guitar players – the participants seem to ebb and flow, and the growing Tiktok/Instagram and bloggers group. You may recognize a few of the faces. We …
September 25-October 11 $1US = 38 Surinamese dollars. I had a bit of a hiatus – I went to Virginia to help take care of my mother for almost 2 months. She’s stable. John had all sorts of adventures in my absence, and we rejoined in Paramaribo, Suriname. For those …