Category Archives: South America

Fortaleza, Brazil

Posted on March 13, 2023 by patmathews

March 12, 2023 Today we took a tour of the highlights of Fortaleza. We were here before, but I was confused about which city it was. I thought it was one of the smaller cities we visited on our Amazon … Continue reading →

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Natal, Brazil

Posted on March 12, 2023 by patmathews

March 11, 2023 I will be doing two posts today since (for now) we have wifi service – it has been really bad for the past several days. Natal is the closest city to Africa and Europe and has a … Continue reading →

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Recife, Brazil

Posted on March 12, 2023 by patmathews

March 10, 2023 Norm was pretty tired of Brazil after our last tour, so he decided not to go on the one we had scheduled for today – Catamaran and Casa da Cultura. Before the tour, we could see the … Continue reading →

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Maceio, Brazil

Posted on March 11, 2023 by patmathews

March 9, 2023 Day 55 of our 180 day world cruise. Hard to believe so much time has gone by already. Today our tour was Maceio highlights. Well, there really weren’t too many highlights here. We spent most of our … Continue reading →

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Salvador de Bahia, Brazil

Posted on March 8, 2023 by patmathews

March 7 and 8, 2023 We have two days in this port due to the cancellation of our port in Vitoria.  When we arrived into port, I was sort of surprised how large the city was – I hadn’t really … Continue reading →

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At sea

Posted on March 6, 2023 by patmathews

March 6, 2023 It is a sea day and my adventure started after breakfast. We were walking down from our breakfast at the Terrace Cafe, when I spotted some food on a step. My attention went to avoiding that, and … Continue reading →

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Cabo Frio, Brazil

Posted on March 6, 2023 by patmathews

March 5,2023 As we left Rio, I was able to capture the Christ the Redeemer statue and Sugarloaf Mountain. We had a tender port at Cabo Frio, and our excursion was a boat cruise and Papagaio Island. Cabo Frio is … Continue reading →

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Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Posted on March 4, 2023 by patmathews

March 3 and 4, 2023 Rio de Janeiro literally means “River of January” and is mostly known as Rio. We were here in 2018 and spent a couple of days here, including the main tourist attractions – Sugarloaf Mountain, Christ … Continue reading →

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Santos, Brazil

Posted on March 2, 2023 by patmathews

March 2, 2023 Yesterday was a sea day, and we had a guest chef do a cooking demonstration with our executive chef, Farid. The guest chef was Philippe Boulot who is currently the Executive Chef at the Multnomah Athletic Club … Continue reading →

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Montevideo, Uruguay

Posted on February 28, 2023 by patmathews

February 27, 2023 Before I post about Montevideo, here is the beautiful sail away sunset from Buenos Aires. For our day in Montevideo, we chose the Jewish Heritage of Montevideo tour. This was our second visit to this city and … Continue reading →

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