PORT | ARRIVE | DEPART | |
SAT 4th | Puerto Caldera, CR | 5:00 pm | |
Sun 5th | At Sea | ||
Mon 6th | Coiba Island, Panama | 7:00 am | 3:00 pm |
Tue 7th | Drake Bay, CR | 7:00 am | 7:00 pm |
Wed 8th | Quepos, CR | 7:00 am | 5:00 pm |
Thurs 9th | Playa Flamingo | 10:00 am | 10:00 pm |
Fri 10th | Curu/Tortuga Islands, CR | 8:00 am | 5:00 pm |
SAT 11th | Puerto Caldera, CR | 7:00 am |
Hotel room view for 2-day pre-trip. |
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Same room, better clouds. |
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Our trip to Arenal volcano. What a beautiful (l-o-n-g) ride! Lots of Waterfalls, rivers |
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Hot springs at the foot of the volcano. |
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Arenal volcano, as we would have seen "IF" the bridge had been finished! |
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What we ACTUALLY saw (after 3-hours in a cab). All because the bridge wasn't finished. But we did get to HEAR & FEEL it! |
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Note: Best to get there before the noon fog, which will be possible once the bridge is finished. |
For the obligatory drill, our muster station was in the BAR! (Somebody "tipped" the crew about this family, I'm sure.) |
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Being At Sea, inside. |
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Being At Sea, outside. |
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When everything is right in the world. |
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And when it's not. [lost a passenger, no?] |
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Some of the local inhabitants. The moneys acted like they wanted the camera. |
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This macaw ran us around before allowing its picture to be taken. |
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Everybody helps everybody with equipment... |
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..........mask, snorkel & fins. |
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JoAnn & Joan assist Peggy with the fine art of entering the surf with fins. They are both soooo supportive and helpful. |
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Until things don't work-out as planned. Then the criminals flee laughing....leaving poor Peggy to drown! |
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Gotta have a banana boat picture! |
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Some took an island tour, placing all trust in the crew's abilities. |
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Absolutely Beautiful! |
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And our favorite coffee roaster, Cafe Milagro. We brought back so much coffee from here But, they deserve a plug here, now that We now order all our coffee on-line at: |
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Some took to the canopy. |
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Some took a hike. |
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The divemaster & Rick rushing back from a dive for the crew's required "Man Overboard" drill. |
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Only lost one tourist the whole trip... ...during the crew's "Man Overboard" drill. |
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As one of the ship's officers put it: "Well, that was embarrasing!" |
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Joan's in there, somewhere. Havin' FUN, too! |
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We have NO idea what made this, but it plays in the sand and lives on Tortuga Island. |
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What can one do while while waiting for dinner? How about egg tricks. |
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Anybody into fork tricks? |
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Last Night: One had a dive log to fill-out... |
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...others had drinks. DUH! |
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