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Our driver tailor-made the tour so we spent most of our time at the various nature reserves..

Dona Ana reserve

The Jungle Crocodile Safari was wonderful because there were only 2 of in our boat (the ship's tour boat was full!) so we were able to do more bird watching than crocodile spotting

We returned to Punta Arenas in October 2019 and booked a private excursion out into the countryside.

The port....

Hi Ardennais, I've enjoyed your photos very much so sad to see you go but have a safe trip home.

We first visited Punta Arenas in 2004 on a repositioning cruise from Los Angeles to Miami. We were much fitter in those days and so enjoyed more adventurous activities. We did a fabulous 'white water' rafting excursion on the Rio Tenorio which was great fun and not particularly scary....

The transit across Gatun Lake

Panama City

The Bridge of the Americas

Passing through the locks is an amazing experience

We entered the canal just as the sun rose

The Eco tour involved a 90 minute coach ride through the countryside to a canal side resort and then a boat trip along the canal which visited several small islands to see the wildlife.....very enjoyable...

Our last trip through the Panama Canal was in October 2019....it seems a lifetime ago. We had sailed through the night from Cartagena in a ferocious tropical thunder storm and arrived in to Colon, Panama, just as it began to clear. it was amazing to see the number of ships that were waiting to do the transit of the canal. 

The ship spent a day in Colon so we had the opportunity to see a little of the town....untouristy and a bit run-down....before going on an excursion to an Eco area of the canal. The pictures are a mixture from a similar trip in 2016 and the 2019 cruise. 

The city was a very nice contrast between Spanish colonial architecture in the centre and the very modern buildings that we saw as we sailed into the port....

Cartagena was a pleasant surprise after hearing so many negative things about Colombia. I'm not a lover of zoos but it was interesting to see the creatures that are kept in the little one at the port terminal...

I found these in the terminal shop!!

Curacao looks lovely so thank you for posting such beautiful pictures. I have really enjoyed our tour through the Caribbean.

I am very sad that so many cruise lines are getting rid of their small ships because we loved being able to visit the smaller destinations like Bequia and Mayreau on Adonia. Unfortunately, our budget doesn't very often run to sailing with the companies that have the smaller ships but thank goodness for FO and their unusual itineraries. Sorry about the rant!

I'm looking forward to docking in Cartagena tomorrow

Our last stop was, of course, Grand Anse beach...

It's a sea day for us tomorrow as we haven't been to Curacao but I'm looking forward to seeing the pictures.

...and then to the Grand Etang volcanic lake and nature reserve...

This was followed by a visit to a rum distillery where for $2pp you could have a guided tour +rum tasting or for $1pp you could just taste the rum!!! My DH enjoyed the rum and I loved the groundnut cake which was a bit like a spicy nut brittle...

We did a tour out to the Annandale Waterfall...

Good morning. We really enjoyed Grenada -nice people, lovely scenery, beautiful beach and clean city.

St. George's

We had a guided walk through the rain forest to a beautiful waterfall before spending some time in Anse La Raye.

In 2016 we did an excursion to the centre of the Island so these photos of Castries were taken from the vehicle

Gorgeous pictures this morning that bring back happy memories of the week's holiday that we had at Morgan Bay in 2000 and the visit in 2016 while on Adonia. We are very fond of St. Lucia.

On our first visit we did a trip to the Sulphur springs followed by the catamaran cruise back to Castries....sorry about sideways photos again!

i wish we were as agile as this now!!!

Loved the bird pictures and Eddie99, you just brought memories of my dear, late father-in-law flooding back. He loved to say that rhyme to his grandchildren who thought it was hilarious. Great memories of a wonderful man. Great pictures of St. Kitts. Unfortunately, we didn't have the best experience there as we were docked way out of town in a very remote area, it was a Sunday so very little happening and the weather wasn't brilliant either. We did enjoy the sugar train ride and there were a lot of very merry passengers when we got off!!!

Cane Garden Bay

Island views

It was our first visit to Tortola and we really liked the island. The pictures of the other islands are stunning so, if we go to Tortola again we will try to visit them.

The port and Road Town

We got some pictures of the lovely coastline as we returned, via a beach, to St. John's

St. John's

Our next stop was at Nelson's Dockyard and  we were amazed to see how much development had taken place since our previous visit in 2000.