Silver Whisper cruise from Los Angeles to Fort Lauderdale through the Panama Canal - November 27 - December 13, 2016
November 27-29, 2016
I joined the Silver Whisper at noon and enjoyed the day relaxing and visiting old friends. The first two days were at sea, as we headed down the Baja Peninsula.
November 30, 2016 - Cabo San Lucas, Mexico
This is an amazing and beautiful resort town. The weather was perfect and I took a nice long walk through the tourist area and beach.
November 30, 2016 - Cabo San Lucas, Mexico
This is an amazing and beautiful resort town. The weather was perfect and I took a nice long walk through the tourist area and beach.
December 2, 2016 - Acapulco, Mexico
I walked along the beach, heading to the resort area on the other side of the bay. This is definitely a much more crowded city then Cabo San Lucas. I enjoyed seeing the old Volkswagen Beetles.
There are 100s of these taxis on the streets in Acapulco
December 3, 2016 - Huatuico, Mexico
Today I again took a long walk, which is much easier then walking the deck 10 times per mile.
December 4, 2016 - Puerto Chiapas, Mexico
Today I took an excursion to learn how to cook Mexican. Luckily there was no cilantro. Well there was, but I didn't use it.
Three chefs - Tom, Stephanie and me
December 6, 2016 - Puntarenas, Costa Rica
Today I walked to the end of this resort island. Since it was a weekday, it was deserted. I here it is packed on the weekends.
Looking up the beach from the cruise pier.
December 8, 2016 - Crossing the Panama Canal
We started in the Pacific where Panama City is located. We traveled the entire day across Lake Gatun. We ended in Colon, on the Atlantic side. You take three locks to get to the lake, and then three more down to get back to sea level.
I did get a glimpse of a large cargo ship going through the new canal, but we used the older one.
This was my third time in the canal and I've seen it many times from the shore.
Entering the Panama Canal
Looking at the new canal
Casting the lines to this small row boat
Going through the locks
December 9-10, 2016 - Cartegena, Colombia
I was in Cartegena many, many years ago and did not recognize anything. In the morning I had a very relaxing massage. Then I walked through the walled city.
Tower on the wall surrounding the old city
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