Today we got an early start expecting to have a nice made-to-order breakfast accompanied by a few glasses of champagne in the United...

After 18 months of staying put, our first adventure since December 2019 is about to begin. Today we say “goodbye” to Tumble Creek in Cle...

Back on US turf. We are here overnight on the ship but have the whole day to enjoy the city. Balboa Park, Coronado, Little Italy, the...

Our last day at sea as we cruise along the Pacific coast of the Baja Peninsula. For the next 36 hours we’ll eat, drink and merry-make...

Cruised into Cabo today, a place we first visited on our honeymoon more than 34 years ago. It has grown up, the beach and people are...

One of our favourite places in Mexico and we’re here for a day. After a breakfast feast in our suite which was part of my birthday...

Another beautiful day at sea. It’s 30 degrees Celsius and clear skies. A day for Yahtzee, Rummikube, and drinks around the pool. We...

We are two days at sea, sailing from El Salvador to Puerto Vallarta, Mexico. The Pacific is calm, the skies are clear and it’s a perfect...

We arrived at mid-day in El Salvador, the smallest and most densely populated country in Central America. Organized crime in El Salvador...

After a night at sea we arrived this morning into the port of San Juan Del Sur, Nicaragua which is about 120 Km southwest of the capital...

An early morning flight to San Jose then UBER to the Port of Puerto Caldera where the Crystal Symphony was waiting for us. 11 days of...

Today we met up with the Chief Biologist at Playa Cativo Lodge, Alejandra, for our jungle hike. She is a graduate of the University of...

A day at complete leisure. How decadent to sleep in, watch the monkeys play in the trees off our balcony in the « tree house » with our...

We jumped on a short 50 minute flight on Sansa Airlines from San José to Puerto Jiménez then a 30-minute speedboat transfer to reach...

So the journey begins and it’s a bit like planes, trains and automobiles on the eve of the holiday season. We jumped in our rental car...

The day starts with the clatter of rain on the roof and against the wooden shutters of our villa, and echos in the faint daylight of dawn...

As the first light of the morning shone through the shutters that had only been partially closed last night, I slipped out of bed and put...

Today we bid farewell to Milos and boarded the Sea Jet 2, the fast boat to Santorini via Folegandros and Ios. The seas were a bit rough...

Our last full day on Milos. It has been an absolutely fabulous time made even better by the beautiful weather and the lack of tourists. ...

Another lazy day. There aren’t many of these left before we head home to Palm Springs. The sun hung lower in the sky today, and the...