NOVEMBER 2, 2008

DAY ONE - 5PM

LEAVING SAN DIEGO FOR OUR 13 DAY PANAMA CANAL CRUISE.












FROM SAN DIEGO TO: ( DISTANCE BETWEEN ) NAUTICAL MILES

CABO SAN LUCAS, MEXICO 768
ACAPULCO, MEXICO 682
HUATULCO, MEXICO 246
PUNTARENAS, COSTA RICA 792
PANAMA CANAL 482
CARTAGENA, COLUMBIA 270
FT. LAUDERDALE 1,149
TOTAL NAUTICAL MILES 4,369

NOV. 4TH

LEAVING CABO SAN LUCAS AT SUNSET. ONE OF OUR FAVORITE PLACES, WE SPENT THE DAY WITH SANDIES COUSINS, TOMMY AND ALI MOODY.

NOW ON TO ACAPULLCO - 682 MILES.

DAY 5 - NOV. 7TH

HUATULCO, MEXICO

VERY CLEAN AREA, HERE WE ARE AT A SMALL SHOPPING AREA WITH LOCAL CRAFTERS.












HEADING BACK TO THE SHIP TO CONTINUE ON TO COSTA RICA,

NEXT STOP IS 792 MILES

SUNDAY NOV. 9TH

PUNTARENAS,
COSTA RICA

HAD AN ALL DAY TOUR TO THE MOUNTAINS AND A COFFEE PLANTATION.

HERE IS SANDIE HELPING TURN THE BEANS WHICH ARE DRIED IN THE SUN






HERE IS RON TASTING THE COFFEE, AFTER 6 DAYS OF THE SHIPS COFFEE (MUD) THE FRESHLY BREWED COFFEE WAS TERRIFIC !!!



FROM PUNTARENAS TO THE PANAMA CANAL ITS 482 MILES

NOV. 11TH PANAMA CITY 6AM



STARTING TO GET TO THE ENTRANCE OF THE PANAMA CANAL












GATUN LOCKS ON THE CARIBBEAN SIDE WITH THE LAKE IN THE BACKGROUND














LOCOMOTIVES FOR MOVING THE SHIPS, WE HAD A TOTAL OF 8 PULLING US THRU THE LOCKS















COMING INTO THE 3RD LOCK ON THE PACIFIC SIDE, PEDRO MIGUEL LOCKS, WITH THE CENTENIAL BRIDGE COMING INTO VIEW.












PASSING THE CENTENIAL BRIDGE AND GOING THRU THE "CUT" HEADING FOR THE LAKE.

OVERALL - 50 MILES LONG, 6 PAIRS OF LOCKS, IT COSTS APPROX. $200,000.00 FOR A BIG CRUISE SHIP TO GO THRU, IT TOOK FROM 8AM UNTIL 5 PM.

CARTAGENA, COLUMBIA
NOVEMBER 12TH

OLD TOWN - LOOKS LIKE NEW ORLEANS, HAD A WONDERFUL TOUR OF THE AREA, LOTS OF GREAT MEMORIES.

NOV. 12TH

CARTAGENA SKYLINE, BEAUTFUL AND VERY CLEAN CITY. VERY HOT AND THE MOST HUMID OF THE TRIP.

WE HAVE 1149 NAUTICAL MILES YET TO TRAVEL TO GET TO FT. LAUDERDALE. THE TOTAL TRIP WAS 4,369 NAUTICAL MILES. AND 2500 AIR MILES TO GET HOME.