Rare island lady Posted January 26 Author #2976 Share Posted January 26 10 hours ago, pstone1 said: We had a fantastic dinner at Chops tonight! Our Waiter Paulo spotted a Pod of about 8-10 humpback whales right outside the window! So cool! Hope we continue to see whales as we move north towards LA! Beautiful sunset as well! Wow...sorry we missed them! Will be on the lookout now. Starting to get close to Arica, love seeing the mountains on the horizon now. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare island lady Posted January 26 Author #2977 Share Posted January 26 (edited) Current position...following the mountains to Arica. Very warm now, already almost 80 degrees now that the sun is fully up, supposed to be 86 in Arica. We don't arrive there until 11 am. Edited January 26 by island lady 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare island lady Posted January 26 Author #2978 Share Posted January 26 (edited) Hello Mr. Sunshine! Peeking up over the Andes. 🙂 Edited January 26 by island lady 23 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ocean Boy Posted January 26 #2979 Share Posted January 26 I must be spatially challenged. How is the sun up in the Pacific when it is still dark here? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
d9704011 Posted January 26 #2980 Share Posted January 26 2 minutes ago, Ocean Boy said: I must be spatially challenged. How is the sun up in the Pacific when it is still dark here? Summer in the southern hemisphere and they are in a more easterly time zone. Sunrise in Santiago, Chile was about one hour ago local time. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ocean Boy Posted January 26 #2981 Share Posted January 26 10 minutes ago, d9704011 said: Summer in the southern hemisphere and they are in a more easterly time zone. Sunrise in Santiago, Chile was about one hour ago local time. Yes, thanks. Sometimes I lose track of just where this ship is located.🙃 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mo&fran Posted January 26 #2982 Share Posted January 26 17 minutes ago, Ocean Boy said: I must be spatially challenged. How is the sun up in the Pacific when it is still here? Two reasons. the west coast of south America is close to the same longitude and it is summer there. Days are longer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare island lady Posted January 26 Author #2983 Share Posted January 26 (edited) 1 hour ago, Ocean Boy said: I must be spatially challenged. How is the sun up in the Pacific when it is still dark here? It is 9:12 am right now...while you are 7:12 am, though seems weird to me as well...it is simply the way South America lines up under Central and North America and being in the southern hemisphere. Your winter up there...is Antarctica (And Australia/NZ) summer. Time change tonight...get to gain back one of the hours we lost on the way south on the Atlantic. 😉 And with the big "bump" of South America coming up....we will changing the clock quite a bit as we head north. Edited January 26 by island lady 6 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare island lady Posted January 26 Author #2984 Share Posted January 26 (edited) 1 hour ago, Ocean Boy said: Yes, thanks. Sometimes I lose track of just where this ship is located.🙃 Currently pulling into Arica Chile. 😉 Edited January 26 by island lady 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pstone1 Posted January 26 #2985 Share Posted January 26 1 hour ago, island lady said: Hello Mr. Sunshine! Peeking up over the Andes. 🙂 Beautiful sunrise this morning and beautiful sunrise pictures! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare island lady Posted January 26 Author #2986 Share Posted January 26 Arica pilot boat greeting committee.... 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare SteelCityCruiser10 Posted January 26 #2987 Share Posted January 26 19 minutes ago, island lady said: Arica pilot boat greeting committee.... Just watched the St Maarten pilot boat pick up a diver from Chops breakfast table 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ocean Boy Posted January 26 #2988 Share Posted January 26 I love St. Maarten. I never tire of it and always look forward to returning. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare island lady Posted January 26 Author #2989 Share Posted January 26 17 minutes ago, Ocean Boy said: I love St. Maarten. I never tire of it and always look forward to returning. Me too...always one of my favorite ports in the Carib. 🥰 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare island lady Posted January 26 Author #2990 Share Posted January 26 (edited) Pulling into Arica. Huge condo buildings on other side of the "big hill", other side of town. Busy port area. Big fleet of fishing boats with massive drag nets. Edited January 26 by island lady 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Ozark_Kid Posted January 26 #2991 Share Posted January 26 3 hours ago, island lady said: Hello Mr. Sunshine! Peeking up over the Andes. 🙂 I was looking for the sun all night last night..... and then it dawned on me! 1 17 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare island lady Posted January 26 Author #2992 Share Posted January 26 We have a new chef, since Chef Ronald left us (though not sure if it was due to contract, or due to he had to go to the hospital...hope he is OK). The pastry Chef must have told him how much we adored the dried fruit and nut cups....so we scored another plateful that was sent to us today. 😋 13 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare island lady Posted January 26 Author #2993 Share Posted January 26 Kept hearing parade/band music and shouting when we docked up here in Arica. Found it with the binoculars on the other side of town near the big condos. So now (1 pm) they have all moved to be in front of where the shuttle buses drop off pax by the big white tents. Googled it to find today is the start of their big Carnival festival celebration through the weekend. Not sure if we want to shuttle into town from the ship now or not. Anyone get to enjoy (or get caught in) that parade already? I am wondering what that will doing for traffic in town with tour buses. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare orville99 Posted January 26 #2994 Share Posted January 26 (edited) 45 minutes ago, island lady said: Kept hearing parade/band music and shouting when we docked up here in Arica. Found it with the binoculars on the other side of town near the big condos. So now (1 pm) they have all moved to be in front of where the shuttle buses drop off pax by the big white tents. Googled it to find today is the start of their big Carnival festival celebration through the weekend. Not sure if we want to shuttle into town from the ship now or not. Anyone get to enjoy (or get caught in) that parade already? I am wondering what that will doing for traffic in town with tour buses. We got caught in one of those in St. Thomas last year, and it was absolute gridlock trying to get from the port into the city and back. I wish they would borrow a page out of St. Maartan's playbook and start running water taxi's into downtown. Edited January 26 by orville99 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare island lady Posted January 26 Author #2995 Share Posted January 26 6 minutes ago, orville99 said: We got caught in one of those in St. Thomas last year, and it was absolute gridlock trying to get from the port into the city and back. I wish they would borrow a page out of St. Maartan's playbook and start running water taxi's into downtown. We were half wanting to go to see the festival...but half not wanting to go. We are not fans of crowds and crowding at all. Though I am sure it was fun to watch close up. With the big problem of pick pockets here (though we rarely carry much)...we finally decided to stay on the quiet ship to relax. I was able to watch a lot of it with the binoculars...and could definitely hear it. Lots of colorful feathers! 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Another_Critic Posted January 26 #2996 Share Posted January 26 4 hours ago, SteelCityCruiser10 said: Just watched the St Maarten pilot boat pick up a diver from Chops breakfast table Why was there a diver on the breakfast table? Was this part of an "adult" show? 😉 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pstone1 Posted January 26 #2997 Share Posted January 26 We got off the ship after lunch to walk around and see a few sights! The International Andean Carnival was so much to watch! It was easy to walk right up and get a front row position! At one point, a nice young man came around with a stack of stools in case anyone wanted to sit! The colorful dancers and bands are from Chile, Peru, Bolivia, and the US. We watched for almost an hour as the groups paraded by dancing and playing their instruments! 31 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pstone1 Posted January 26 #2998 Share Posted January 26 We wanted to see the Cathedral de San Marcos, which was designed by Alexandre Gustavo Eiffel, the same engineer as the Eiffel Tower. The Cathedral was pre-fabricated in Paris, and shipped around the world to be assembled on site. The entire church is made from stamped and molded cast iron with paint! We had no idea the church steps would be a major Carnival viewing point! 25 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pstone1 Posted January 26 #2999 Share Posted January 26 We also found the Arica Customs House, which was also designed by Eiffel. It was also pre-fabricated and shipped, and is also constructed of cast iron and painted! 12 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pstone1 Posted January 26 #3000 Share Posted January 26 There was a side street full of small cafes, bars, and restaurants, that intersected a long, uphill, decorated pedestrian shopping street. Oddly, that street and all the sidewalks were constructed of terrazzo tiles, which seemed like they would be very slippery when wet! Jim found a couple of nice shirts in a surf shop, so it was worth the walk! 16 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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