Category Archives: South America

Boca De Valeria, Brazil

Posted on April 11, 2018 by patmathews

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

Posted on April 11, 2018 by patmathews

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

Posted on April 9, 2018 by patmathews

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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Fortaleza, Brazil

Posted on April 7, 2018 by patmathews

April 7, 2018 We had three sea days to travel from Rio to Fortaleza. Our original itinerary was to stop in Recife, but that got changed to Fortaleza.  We did find out that the reason had to do with a … Continue reading →

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Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Posted on April 3, 2018 by patmathews

What a fabulous 3 days we had in Rio.  It is actually hard to decide which photos to post – the city is absolutely beautiful. Sunday, April 1, 2018 Well, to get started, on Easter Sunday we were told that … Continue reading →

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Buzios, Brazil

Posted on March 31, 2018 by patmathews

March 31, 2018 The Passover seder last night was well done!  Tom did a great job organizing and running it.  There were 104 people there, well over expectations. Quite a few weren’t Jewish but wanted to experience the seder. Here … Continue reading →

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Ilha Grande, Brazil

Posted on March 30, 2018 by patmathews

March 30, 2018 We had a great dance party under the stars and moon last night. The ship’s entertainment team sang and we had caipirinhas which is the national drink here. This morning at breakfast, the bunnies appeared! And there … Continue reading →

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Parati, Brazil

Posted on March 29, 2018 by patmathews

March 29, 2018 What a beautiful place!  The sun was shining this morning and it is a warm day.  We were picked up at the ship (at anchor as the port is shallow) by the schooner that took us around … Continue reading →

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Santos/Sao Paulo, Brazil

Posted on March 29, 2018 by patmathews

March 28, 2018 We arrived in Santos Brazil at 8 AM.  We are in a shipping port and it is the largest port in Brazil.  We headed to Sao Paolo with our guide, Pedro ( on the right in the … Continue reading →

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Porto Bello, Brazil

Posted on March 27, 2018 by patmathews

March 27, 2018 As our cruise director jokes, we are in Porto Bello, home of the mushrooms.  Not really.  Porto Bello is a quaint fishing village on the southeast coast of Brazil. The harbor is shallow so we had to … Continue reading →

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