Part 3…We booked 4 cruises!…Here are prices, itinerary and details…Excitement for the future..
The days are flying by. In only 18 days, we'll be on our way to Nevada, arriving on December 18. It will...
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Part 1…We booked 4 cruises!…Here are prices, itinerary and details…Excitement for the future…A weird glitch…
Yesterday afternoon, after Tom's considerable research, we booked four cruises at Costco Travel. Over the next four days, we will present one...
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Part 1…Pros and cons of retiring on a cruise ship…
Over our years of world travel, we've been asked countless times if we'd ever consider living full-time on a cruise ship. In...
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What happens if you don’t return to your cruise ship on time after a port of call tour?…Family of nine stranded…
This morning, I stumbled across an article on this site that piqued my interest. After 34 cruises and many tours at ports...
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Our friends, Lea Ann and Chuck, are enjoying their nine month world cruise…Would we do that?…
When our friends, Lea Ann and Chuck, whom we met on a cruise in 2017 sailing from Sydney to Seattle, came...
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Flying away tonight…Can’t wait to get down to sea level…Final photos from Galapagos Islands…
Note: Our naturalist, Orlando, took today’s photos, which he sent me daily via WhatsApp. Thanks, Orlando! Shockingly, I haven't suffered with Afib...
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We’re back in Quito…Good to be back on land, but again we’re high in altitude…Whew!…Wrapping up The Galapagos photos…
Note: our naturalist, Orlando, took all of today’s photos, which he sent to me each day via WhatsApp. Thanks, Orlando, for thinking...
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Day 6…Celebrity Xploration…The Galapagos Islands…Charles Darwin’s influence on The Galapagos Islands…A reader writes, asking a valid question…
In yesterday's post, we mentioned we'd be sharing information about Charles Darwin and his impact on The Galapagos Islands, emblazoned in the...
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Day 5, Celebrity Xploration…The Galapagos Islands…A funny post office…
Galapagos Facts: "Hunted as food by pirates, whalers, and traders from the 17th through the 19th centuries, between 100,000 and 200,000 Galápagos...
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Day 4…Celebrity Xploration…The Galapagos Islands…The stunning photos continue…
The 14 passengers on this boat, plus Tom, are having a fantastic time going to the islands two or three times...
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