Nice short cruise.  :-)  Ft Lauderdale to Seattle

Happy camper.  Patty traded her First class seat for the way to Florida and gave it to Nancy.

Nancy's sister Teri and her hubby came to Ft Lauderdale to meet us the day before our cruise.

More of the hotel grounds of the Marriott

Miami Beach

Oasis class Royal Caribbean ship headed out along Miami Beach (from Ft Lauderdale)

HAL ship

Sunrise the day of our cruise.  Out on my walk along Ft Lauderdale Beach.

New Shacks going up on the strip.  Only 1.2 Mil starting price

A view of our spacious inside cabin on Nieuw Amsterdam

The sitting area AKA Nancy's bed.

Typical cruise ship bath

The cabin we were in.

Nancy wanting to go for a boat ride.

Another Oasis class getting loaded up

Ready to party

Looking toward the 17th st bridge over the intracoastal.

Condo's/apts along the beach and entrance to port everglades

Ft Lauderdale beach hotels

Start the drinking

And eating

And snoozing (although I think someone was faking it here)

Dinner at Tamerind

First stop. Cartagena Columbia

Poor bus window shot of a cemetary

Castillo San Felipe de Barajas fortress.  Construction began in 1536. 

Cartagena Cathedral

Square near the cathedral

Inside

Yeeewww

Typical day at sea

ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ

Outside the Atlantic side of the panama canal 

Picking up pilot 

New bridge being constructed at the Atlantic entrance to the canal 

Zuiderdam beat us to the punch. Tight squeeze 

One of the MANY tugs along the canal 

The little electric trains that pull us through 

Monkeys greeting us.

1050 foot long lock (old locks) 

Zuiderdam doing some excursions 

Example of carving out the mountain sides 

Centennial Bridge 

 locks 

Bridge of the Americas in the background 

The row boats are still used to day to deliver handling lines to the ships. 

Couple of sailboats headed thru 

Seemingly odd shot.  It's a picture of my phone of the panama canal web cam showing us going thru the locks. 

Ships photographer taking picks of us from land. 

Bridge of the Americas 

The atrium art on the Nieuw Amsterdam 

Nancy getting some sun 

The Lido buffet area 

Templo Nuestra Senora de las Mercedes (steel church) in Grecia Costa Rica 

Some housing in the area 

Sarchi Costa Rica.  

Templo Catolico de Sarchi Norte church 

Elaborate ox cart in the square in Sarchi 

Inside the church 

zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz 

Terry's B-day dinner at  Pinnacle Grill.

Crab cakes to start 

Filet (we had all the sides too)

Lovely dessert 

Welcome to Corinto Nicaragua

Town square 

Didn't do much here.  Was a tad warm.  That was ACTUAL not feels like temp. 

Looking into downtown from the ship 

More drinking 

Bottoms up 

Don't mess with these guys at the dock

Sign says it all 

Ant of some kind with a big load 

Nancy found someone shorter than her.  :-) 

More drinking 

HA 

Pretty crab on the rocks near the ship 

Good bye 

Busy day 

And MORE drinking 

Bento boxes on the ship 

Welcome to Huatulco, MX 

Town square in Huatulco 

Scenic overlook of the ship  

Drinking yet again. :-)

A view you don't want to see from the Sea

Typical evening dining room menu

Nancy beat up the merchant so much on the price of this bracelet he almost gave it to her to get rid of her. 

Sun setting behind the Tamarind bar

Tonight's appetizer at Tamarind

The Lobsta

Yum Yum time

Welcome to Puerto Villarta

Walkway along the waterfront

The Boy on the Seahorse statue. First one on the waterfront

Presidencia Municipal (Government offices)

Our guide

Parish of Our Lady of Guadalupe

Inside

Playa Mismaloya

Couldn't resist the sign for this store

Onward to Cabo San Lucas

Headed out on a boat tour (drink in hand)

Can his beak hold more than his belly can?

One of the more recognizable shots from Cabo

Lazy day

Two tourists

Looking back toward the city and top of Baja.

Dabo Wabo restaurant. Just popped in for some shirts.

Lovely marina

Deck party!

Welcome to San Diego

Lots of ships in port

Bridge to Coronado

USS Midway Museum

San Diego Convention center

Hotel Del Coronado

San Diego Air Space museum

Our ship docked in San Diego

Landlubber

Looking across the harbor at the airport.

Big of a bumpy day

At the bar. What can I say.  :-)

Formal night

Back at Pinnacle

Real rough day

Last stop before Seatle. Victoria BC, Canada

The Fairmont Empress Hotel

Marina Walk

Watch out for bears

Yum

My fav Italian restaurant in Victoria

Soooo Good

My morning walking path on deck

Boo hoo, we're in Seattle and gonna have to leave the ship

Good by Nieuw Amsterdam

Best shot I could get of the space needle.