Author Archives: Dale

Circle South America Trip Summary

We’re back from our Circle South America cruise and had a fantastic time.  To make things easier for you (and usView full post »

Diving for Diamonds in St. Thomas

OK, I’ll admit the title is a little deceiving.  I went for a 2-tank scuba dive where I went searching for reefsView full post »

Getting Rum Punched in Antigua!

Ahhh….beautiful Antigua water.  Nice!  The Mariner docked in Antigua early today and before we knew it we hadView full post »

Barbados – A “Supersonic” Experience

Today we are in Barbados, the sun is shining and the water is a thrilling blue.  It’s hot — but not too hotView full post »

Possessed Macaws on Devil’s Island

Today we arrived at Devil’s Island.  Or, to be more accurate, we arrived at the Salvation Islands located 7 miles offView full post »

Santarem – A Drop in the “Bucket” List

Today we are in Santarem, which is one of the major cities on the Amazon.  This will be the last stop on this massiveView full post »

Manaus – Up the River without our Poodle!

We were trying to think of a clever title for our blog entry today…and since we’ve been missing our littleView 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 »