HUATULCO, Mexico — If we didn’t know what to do as first-time visitors to this little-known hamlet off the Pacific, and we really didn’t, the decision was made for us. Huatulco is known for its church, the Our Lady of Guadelupe, so when it’s 10 to 10 on Sunday and there’s a man on the… Continue reading Gems on the Shores of Mexico
Category: Ports
Eco Scenes, The Good and The Bad
ON BOARD THE CELEBRITY MILLENNIUM, sailing from Puntarenas, Costa Rica — In these days of political correctness, especially of the eco kind, sometimes the skeptics among us wonder if people professing to being good custodians of the planet are just saying that because it’s the thing to say. Are they practising what they preach? Do… Continue reading Eco Scenes, The Good and The Bad
When Cruise Ships Change Plans
PUNTARENAS, Costa Rica — You know how they’re always telling you on cruise ships that you better sign up for a shore excursion with the cruise line because the ship will never leave without you. Let us share a little story with you. The last time we were in this beautiful country of 4.5 million friendly… Continue reading When Cruise Ships Change Plans
The Aquatic Highway, Atlantic to Pacific
ABOARD THE CELEBRITY MILLENNIUM — Reflections on the waters of the Panama Canal (add it to your bucket list, please): • The three pilots and crew that boarded the ship on the Atlantic entrance were changed for a Pacific crew about halfway across the country, at Gamboa. There was one exception. Celebrity lucked out in… Continue reading The Aquatic Highway, Atlantic to Pacific
Last of the Locks in Panama
ABOARD THE CELEBRITY MILLENNIUM — Have you any idea what it feels like to be four stories up at ground level? Right there on the other side of the railing is grass. Also railway tracks. And trains. And the bottom of the hull of a huge ship, just 50 yards away. And workers, at eye… Continue reading Last of the Locks in Panama