Category Archives: South America

At Sea

Posted on March 27, 2018 by patmathews

March 26, 2018 So what did we do on a day at sea? Four miles around the deck. Cooking demonstration with Raffaele Saia, our executive chef, and Sugiri Fnu the chef from the fabulous Red Ginger restaurant.  It was Asia … Continue reading →

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Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

Posted on March 25, 2018 by patmathews

March 25, 2018 Last night we were invited to dinner with Thierry Tholon, the General Manager, and Alex Norton, the Oceania Ambassador.  We had two other couples at our table, one from Australia and one from Vienna. We had a … Continue reading →

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Montevideo, Uruguay

Posted on March 24, 2018 by patmathews

March 23 and 24, 2018 Whenever the captain comes on the intercom and it is not noon – when he makes his daily update announcement, we have learned from previous cruises that it is not good news.  So when we … Continue reading →

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Buenos Aires, Argentina

Posted on March 22, 2018 by patmathews

March 21 and 22, 2018 Wednesday, March 21 We checked out of our hotel, the Emporador, and had a tour of the city with Pablo. Buenos Aires has a population of 3.5 million and it is a study in contrasts.  … Continue reading →

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A couple more from Iguazu and tango show

Posted on March 21, 2018 by patmathews

My readers know I love photographing children from their native countries. With permission of course. Here’s a little cutie at the Falls in a raincoat that was much too big! The butterflies were all over the place and beautiful. Our … Continue reading →

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Iguazu Falls

Posted on March 20, 2018 by patmathews

March 19 and 20 After a nice dinner and walk in Buenos Aires on Sunday after our arrival, we got up early yesterday for the flight to Iguazu Falls. Just under 2 hour flight, and we didn’t even go to … Continue reading →

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Flights and arrival in Buenos Aires

Posted on March 18, 2018 by patmathews

We traveled on Latam Airlines from Miami to Buenos Aires via Sao Paulo. Normally I wouldn’t write about flights but this was unusual. We never heard of an airline letting you bid on upgrades, but we got an email about … Continue reading →

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Cartagena, Colombia

Posted on January 10, 2017 by patmathews

January 10, 2017 Ok, first thing to say today is that I can’t get my pictures to download.  This is due to the slow and spotty internet connection right now and I will post them when I can get them … Continue reading →

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