Today we are at sea. We awoke this morning with a distant view of Cuba from our cabin window on the port side of the ship. We are leaving the Atlantic Ocean and by late afternoon will be heading south passing the Yucatan Peninsula of Mexico and entering the Caribbean Sea and travel overnight …
Today is embarkation day. There are 6 cruise ships in the port such as The Queen Elizabeth, Harmony of the Seas, which at the time of construction was the world’s biggest, capable of carrying some 7,000 passengers. Our ship, the Coral Princess, is not as large but still provides one with plenty of exercise to …
Today we explored the waterways which form the Port Everglades and the marina section of the Intercoastal Waterway. The water taxi took us from Pier 66 near our hotel passed endless numbers of luxury houses all, according to the tour guide, owned by somebody famous. The Americans on the boat seemed more interested in the …
Our flight to Miami from London Heathrow followed the most northerly Great Circle route because of the very strong headwinds. This route took us west of Derby, up the middle of the Pennines , across northwest Scotland and over Greenland at 61 degrees north. From here we went towards the south over the frozen rivers …
Fort Lauderdale to Los Angeles via the Panama Canal.