February 19-20, 2024–Honolulu, Hawaii
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CHADWICK WORLD CRUISE
After two great days on the Big Island of Hawaii, our next port of call brought a complete change of pace and scenery, as we docked in...
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- Feb 20
- 4 min
February 18, 2024–Kailua-Kona (Part 2)
Greetings, blogistas. When we left off on part one of our day in Kailua-Kona I was sampling coffee that would cost about $50 a pound if...
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- Feb 19
- 5 min
February 18, 2024–Kailua-Kona (Part 1)
What a day. Today we were on the opposite side of the Big Island from Hilo, in the popular tourist town of Kailua-Kona, and we made the...
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- Feb 18
- 5 min
February 17, 2024–Hilo, Hawaii
Land ho! Five sea days after leaving Los Angeles, we arrived today at Hilo, our first port of call in Hawaii. It was overcast and raining...
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- Feb 12
- 4 min
February 11, 2024–Los Angeles, California
Two months and a day after we left Miami, Michele and I were back in the USA, and we made good use of our time back home, if being three...
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- Feb 11
- 4 min
February 10, 2024–Ensenada, Mexico
Ensenada, Mexico, is the northernmost city in what is unofficially known as the Mexican Riviera, and it was the last port of call on the...
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- Feb 8
- 5 min
February 8, 2024–Cabo San Lucas, Mexico
Culture shock. Those were the first words that formed in my head when I set foot on the pier of this tourist town at the southern tip of...
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- Feb 6
- 5 min
February 5, 2024–Antigua, Guatemala
Our second and final stop in Central America landed us in Puerto Quetzal, Guatemala, the nation’s most important seaport. We didn’t spend...
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- Feb 4
- 5 min
February 3, 2024–Puntarenas, Costa Rica
South America is now in our rear view mirror (do ships have rear view mirrors?), and today we made the first of two ports of call in...
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- Feb 2
- 6 min
January 30, 2024–Cusco to Lima, Peru
Today marked our third and final day in Peru, and we certainly made the most of it. From ancient Inca ruins to a high tech laser light...
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- Feb 1
- 7 min
January 29, 2024–In Search of the Incas
Today was supposed to be the day we visited Machu Picchu, the crown jewel of the Incan Empire. However, a protest and strike by locals...
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- Jan 31
- 5 min
January 28, 2024–Pisco to Cusco, Peru
Greetings from the Serenade of the Seas, where I’m back on board after an amazing three day, two night adventure in the Peruvian Andes....
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- Jan 26
- 6 min
January 26, 2024–Arica, Chile
Buenas noches from Arica, Chile’s northernmost city, lying only eleven miles from the Peruvian border. I had an amazing day here, but...
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- Jan 24
- 4 min
January 24, 2024– Coquimbo and La Serena: A Tale of Two Cities
Today marked our second port stop in Chile, with visits to two neighboring cities that share a section of Pacific coastline in north...
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- Jan 23
- 5 min
January 23, 2024–Santiago, Chile
Today brought our first port of call since that incredible day in the Chilean fjord, and it couldn’t have been more different. Instead of...
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- Jan 20
- 3 min
January 19, 2024–Punting on Punta Arenas
Sometimes the”B” in Plan B stands for “Better,” and I think that was probably the case today. As I said yesterday, our itinerary called...
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- Jan 19
- 3 min
January 18, 2024 (part two)—The Beagle Channel
Welcome back. When we last left off, the Serenade of the Seas had cast off as scheduled from Ushuaia at 2:00 pm, headed west on the...
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- Jan 18
- 4 min
January 18, 2024–The End of the World
Greetings once again from Fin del Mundo, the end of the world. Today was our second day in Ushuaia, and this time we really did travel to...
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- Jan 17
- 4 min
January 16-17, 2024–Cape Horn and Ushuaia
Greetings from the bottom of the world, or at least the inhabited part of it. Yesterday we rounded Cape Horn, crossing from the Atlantic...
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- Jan 14
- 4 min
January 13, 2024–Elephant Island
Our final day in Antarctic waters was highlighted by a visit to an isolated, uninhabited, snow and glacier covered rock known as Elephant...
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