BON VOYAGE Sea Princess World Cruise 2018

[NSWP]

Great pics, wonderful ye olde Panama Canal, having been through twice on Coral/Island Princesses.

 

The pax on Sea Princess are having a great experience today.

[Kiwi_cruiser]

Great captures David :)

[Kiwi_cruiser]

Web cam captures of the Sea Princess going thought the gatun lock:

 

 

 

 

 

 

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[Kiwi_cruiser]

They are in Manta, Ecuador today:

 

 

[MicCanberra]

Thanks Stu, great captures.

[Aus Traveller]

Thanks for posting. The pictures bring back memories of going through the canal.

[NSWP]

A few pax including our friends Ray & Loretta are getting off in Mantra to do the Macchu Picchu tour, bit rushed that one and cheaper ways of doing it.

 

Yall have a great time in Peru.;) You ain't seen a traffic jam until you have been to Lima.:rolleyes:

[Kiwi Kruzer]

A few pax including our friends Ray & Loretta are getting off in Mantra to do the Macchu Picchu tour, bit rushed that one and cheaper ways of doing it.

 

Yall have a great time in Peru.;) You ain't seen a traffic jam until you have been to Lima.:rolleyes:

 

Wonder if they offered a Galapagos option?

[MicCanberra]

Some Pisco sours would be nice around now.

[Kiwi_cruiser]

Yall have a great time in Peru.;) You ain't seen a traffic jam until you have been to Lima.:rolleyes:

 

oh, dear, we are going to Lima on our Royal Princess cruise... :eek:

 

Might have to think about doing a Princess shore tour there instead of a private one.... hmmmmm :confused:

[MMDown Under]

One day.

 

When we get back from Hawaii next year, the following cruise is the world cruise.

 

I’ve been suggesting to Mrs Gut that we should do a back to back.

 

How could she resist. At least you wouldn't have to fly!

[MicCanberra]

oh, dear, we are going to Lima on our Royal Princess cruise... :eek:

 

Might have to think about doing a Princess shore tour there instead of a private one.... hmmmmm :confused:

Research it for both options and also for a contingency if something goes pear shape on the private tour. Then make your decision.

[Aus Traveller]

We have been to Lima four or five times (one of those was on a land tour). None of our tours of Lima have been with Princess. We didn't notice any particular traffic congestion. It was more than in Brisbane, but not as bad as in some other cities. A local tour operator will have their plans taking the usual traffic into account. I wouldn't worry, but tell the tour operator your latest time to be back at the ship is half an hour earlier than it really is. We do that in any port where we do a private tour.

[NSWP]

We have been to Lima four or five times (one of those was on a land tour). None of our tours of Lima have been with Princess. We didn't notice any particular traffic congestion. It was more than in Brisbane, but not as bad as in some other cities. A local tour operator will have their plans taking the usual traffic into account. I wouldn't worry, but tell the tour operator your latest time to be back at the ship is half an hour earlier than it really is. We do that in any port where we do a private tour.

 

We were last in Lima in 2016, it was chaos. Been there 4 times, including a stay of 3 weeks when my son lived there. The road trip from Callao @ the port into central Lima is often gridlocked. Compliance with traffic laws appears voluntary.:rolleyes::evilsmile: The Road infrastructure leaves much to be desired, they seem to keep running out of money to complete projects.:(

The locals are also prone to bunging on a demo in Lima CBD at short notice, which does help re traffic delays. The South Americans do get a bit excited sometimes.

 

I would recommend anyone going there to carefully plan their shorex, ships tour or private, as per the advice of Aus Traveller.

 

Buenos Dias, Senors, Senoritas, Senoras.:eek:

[MicCanberra]

We had some bad traffic when in Lima, but nothing worse than LA, Sydney, or Phnom Penh.

[Kiwi_cruiser]

If any early birds see this message can you check the Sea Princess webcam (you can see it on page one of this post) and save / capture a webcam capture of her in port please? :)

 

I will tell you how to post it here :)

 

As she is not due in to Callao (Lima), Peru till about 12noon Peru time, which will be about 2 - 3 am NSW time.

 

Thank You :)

 

Goodnight! (1:30am NSW time).

[Kiwi Kruzer]

They are in Callao today, the port for Lima , Peru.

 

[MicCanberra]

Cheers, I wonder if the ship next door is from Colombia or Spain?

[Kiwi Kruzer]

Cheers, I wonder if the ship next door is from Colombia or Spain?

 

According to Marine traffic AIS ,it sails under a German flag.

[MicCanberra]

According to Marine traffic AIS ,it sails under a German flag.

Perhaps just named after one of them then.

[NSWP]

Cheers, I wonder if the ship next door is from Colombia or Spain?

 

Colombians probably sold it to the Germans. What a lovely scenic container port Callao is. :rolleyes: The colours of those containers are just beautiful to the eye.