the island of st. thomas. the us virgin islands and shopping mecca ofover the top stores, chuck had many rum punches and went crazy in the jewelery store much to the delight of me, and shannon and megan, only they don't know it yet...went out on a marvelous catamaran, sailing and snorkeling and island hopping, last stop before ft. lauderdale and home....we are looking forward to visiting rita and ginny and graeme in florida....2 restful sea days ahead and packing....hugs

well antiqua is a beautiful island, with lovely beaches and harbors, with tons of sailing ships and expensive boats in general...went on a big jeep all over the island and some off road...swam in the blue, warm water...overall a neat place....next st. john's...

Barbados

well after 3 days at sea, doing trivia, eating, playing bridge, more trivia, did i mention eating, seeing shows, movies under the stars,meeting lots of travelers......yikes...we arrived in barbados, a lovely island and port, along with 4 other cruise ships... we elected to go on a catamaran trip out to see green back turtles, fish and beaches..weather was good and trip out was fun...tomorrow is antigua ...love mom

salvador, brazil

well another day on shore in the city of salvador...couple of million people and not many english speaking people...went walking , up an elevator to the high gound with the old city and many churches...365 to be exact in the town...old an d beautiful...stumbled into a part of town that we probably shouldn't have but no incidents...hot and muggy so we didn't stay out long...cobblestone streets and wonderful costumes by the women and men....2 days at sea and then on to fortaleza, brazil... drills by the ship to day have been interesting to watch...man overboard and resetting the compass...still playing bridge and winning at trivia....hugs to all...

rio de janiero, brazil

well we arrived in rio on the last day of carnival after 2 days at sea...said goodbye to our first cruise friends, one bridge partner and 4 trivia partners, and we won the trivia contest onthe last day and each got a deck of cards....yeeehaww....spent the whole day in rio...tram to sugar loaf mountain..i only made it half way but i was proud of that scary, didn't see much as my eyes were closed the whole way...went up the cog train to christ the redeemer but had fog to contend with managed to get a few good picts too bad as the view is out of this world...went to ipanema and copacabana and saw hang gliders galore landing on a very wide beach...raining this evening but we are scheduled to leave tomorrow....carnival was over but the remnants were every where....next stop salvador, brazil...hugs

Well a couple of shore days in a row...the first port was buenas aries in argentina...we docked and took a bus to the reo deaplata river and boarded a boat and went all over the canals.crazy driving with no seeming speed limit so big boats creating wakes that were enormous and kayakers bobbing all over and beaches getting waves, it was wild but fun....then we came back and hired a cab for a city tour, between his poquito english and our limited spanish we did just fine...huge city but lovely parks and statues and flowers...weather perfecto....then back in the ship and off we go to uraguay and the city of montevideo, we had a city tour then off to a fabulous winery, where we ( i mean chuck) drank wine , as much as he could possibly drink, he bought 5 bottles, which i had to help him carry, and a bbq to die for...chicken,beef,sausage,pork, ribs, salads, vegetables...dessert...a feast. and a huge winery...then a walk into town to sober up...heehe...and now 2 days at sea to rest...sunny and warm from now on...little breezy but not to rough...

Well today was a good day, we were at Stanley, in the Falkland Islands...and spent the afternoon with the penquins following a hair raising 4 wheel drive across streams, mud, grass, huge ruts , mounds, ect......for about 30 minutes...between the mine fields still left from the 1982 event , which is what they call the invasion from argentina....The town has 2500 inhabitants and we had around 2000 passengers tender in for the day....cute little town walked it in about an hour...weather has been really unusually nice for us, cool but sunny.they have sheep ranches small ranches are about 35,000 acres...medium around 100,000 acres..saw cows that look like oreo cookies.....we now have 2 days at sea before arriving in buenas aries...trivia, bridge, eating (no kidding), musical shows, lectures, spa facials,