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Author Archives: patmathews
St. John’s Antigua
April 19, 2018 Antigua is the larger of two main islands which make up the Caribbean nation known as Antigua and Barbuda. Antigua has between 90 and 100,000 people and Barbuda is much smaller and 20 miles away. Their location … Continue reading
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Bridgetown, Barbados
April 18, 2018 First thing this morning we called our son, Adam, for his 35th birthday! We reached him just before he had to go into a meeting and before we were heading out for the day. Happy Birthday, Adam. … Continue reading
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At Sea
April 17, 2018 Well, what ELSE do you do on sea days? For me the first thing after breakfast was a steam room visit followed by a seaweed wrap and fabulous massage in the spa! I almost didn’t want to … Continue reading
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Sailing and leaving the Amazon River
April 15, 2018 We were walking on the deck this morning when we felt and saw that the ship was turning around. At first we thought that we needed to make a turn so that the pilots could disembark, even … Continue reading
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Alter do Chao, Brazil
April 14, 2018 Alter do Chao is one of the administrative districts of the city of Santarem – we visited there on our way into the Amazon River. It was the site of several religious missions in the 17th and … Continue reading
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Parintins, Brazil
April 13, 2018 Parintins is a city of about 100,000 and is on the right bank of the Amazon River on Tupinambarana Island. It can only be reached by boat or plane. It is known as the most hospitable cultural … Continue reading
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Manaus, Brazil
April 12, 2018 Beautiful sunset last night! We arrived in Manaus at about 7 AM and our tour was scheduled to leave at 8:15. After breakfast, we left the ship to board the Amazon Explorer, a large riverboat in which … Continue reading
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Boca De Valeria, Brazil
April 11, 2018 Boca da means “mouth of” and is an entrance to the Valeria River and overlooking the Amazon. We boarded a tender to go to shore. And here is Tom with the most unusual visor I have seen! … Continue reading
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Santarem, Brazil
April 10, 2018 Last evening we were invited to dine with the general manager, Thierry, and the human resources manager, Ileana. We had an enjoyable dinner and as always, learned a lot about life on board for these professionals. Enjoyable … Continue reading
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Amazon River
April 9, 2018 We have had a series of lectures from Don Klein, as I mentioned before. With several more to come. Yesterday, Norm went to the lecture and I watched it on TV later and – wow – what … Continue reading
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