The Main Event

Day 11: Daylight Panama Canal Transit

I woke up as we sailed by the port in Colón that we were just docked at two days earlier. I was greeted from my bed with a beautiful sunrise. I will say that If you are ever going to take a Panama Canal cruise that transits from the Atlantic t...

A Long Day

Day 10: Puerto Limón, Costa Rica

Costa Rica is not on my do again list. I will be fair though and note that I did not give the place much of a chance.

I ended up bumping into Octavio and Deanna at breakfast and decided that I would join them in exploring Puerto Limón. When we got...

Panama Adventure

Day 9: Colón, Panama

Upon arriving at the port in Colón, the first thing that I noticed was all of the ships waiting at sea for their time to transit the canal. It is more ships that I have seen in one place before in all of my time cruising. It is amazing to think of how many s...

Party in Columbia

Day 8: Cartagena, Columbia

This is one of the ports that I have been looking forward to the most. Yesterday the captain gave us a rough timeline of how arrival would go; apparently, I misunderstood. I woke up in time to see the pilot arrive at the ship to bring us into port, bu...

The Journey Continues

Day Five: George Town

This was the fist time that I have had anywhere in the Cayman Islands on an itinerary so I made sure to get off the ship. Deanna, Octavio, and I had planned on taking a trip to Hell, but it turned out that our attempt to get there was actual Hell. Afte...

Finding My Sea Legs

Day Four

Today we are ported in Cozumel, Mexico. Since I have been here before, I am not planning on getting off of the ship. Instead, I will be enjoying some uncrowded amenities, especially the hot tub. I also have an hour long massage booked in about 30 minutes that I am lo...

Key West

Yesterday was a great embarkation day. I have never boarded a ship so quickly. It literally took longer for the porter to take my bag that it did for me to check in and get on the ship. I feel like I set some kind of land speed record.

In addition to the easy boarding process, we had gr...

Travel Day Wrap

DL2264 : MSP > TPA

I made it safely to Tampa after a great flight. I was seated next to a gentleman, Ron, who is a retired cybersecurity expert that spends his time traveling the word. We ended up talking the entire flight about everything from the best places to travel that are...

The Seas Await

In a few short hours I will start my much needed time away from work. I will begin my travel by heading to Tampa, FL, and from there I will be making my way to the Panama Canal via cruise ship with stops in Key West, FL; Cozumel, Mexico; Georgetown, Grand Cayman; Ocho Rios, Jamaica;...