Category Archives: South America

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Boca! Amazon-Style

When you hear the name Boca, you think of pink high rise condos and, in general wealthy people.  TheView full post »

We Say “Ciao” to Alter Do Chao

Today we arrived in the “resort” town Alter Do Chao, which is 20 miles West of Santarem or a 45 minute bus ride alongView full post »

The Amazing Amazon (not “dot com”) River

OK, I’ll admit.  This title may not be for everyone.  But, if you were as big an Amazon.com shopper as I am youView full post »

Fortaleza — High Rise Art and Sand Dune Ski-Bunda

The ship remained docked last night in Fortaleza and we had a few hours in the morning and early afternoon to exploreView full post »

Fortunately, We’re in Fortaleza

We wanted to post a blog to let our friends and family know that yesterday we arrived safely in Fortaleza inView full post »

Salvaging Salvador Da Bahia

We arrived in Salvador Da Bahia Brazil yesterday.  This area was first discovered by Vicente Yahex Pinzon who landed aView full post »

Le Cordon Bleu Day 2

We met this morning at 9 am for the 2nd session of our cooking class.  Today we are creating a dessert!  We will makeView full post »

Roasting in Rio

We arrived in Rio this morning to a beautiful view of the beaches, Sugarloaf and the spectacular Christ the RedeemerView full post »

Sea Day — Final Soirée for the Machu Picchu Group?

We are at sea today and having a good time relaxing and enjoying ourselves…it’s the weekend, there are noView full post »