Day: October 20, 2025

Tuesday 10/7 Puntarenas is called the Pearl of the Pacific. It sits along the Gulf of Nicoya on a peninsula in Costa Rica.  It is the largest city in the central Pacific and home to fine Spanish colonial architecture. The first European to discover Puntarenas was Gil Gonzalez Davila in 1522.  The…

Saturday: 10/4 As we were having breakfast we were treated with another pod of dolphins, some spinners, entertaining us with their jumps and flips.  There was a huge number of them, and the show continued for quite a while. We were warned that we were travelling through a tropical depression, and…

Tuesday 9/30 This morning, we arrived at the Port of Los Angeles, which is actually in San Pedro, south of Los Angeles. Again, having lived in the area, we had no desire to go offshore; however, Bob needed to get a prescription filled, so he walked until he found a…

Sunday: San Francisco 9/28 Overnight, we picked up our pilot to guide us under the Golden Gate Bridge into San Francisco.  That all happened before I awoke, so I will have to see it when we leave tonight.   We docked at Pier 27 on the Embarcadero, close to Fisherman’s Wharf. Since…

Thursday: 19/25 The day has finally arrived; we are packed and just waiting to leave for Pier 91.  I did not see the Queen Elizabeth arrive this morning although I did see the Coral Princess come in.  It will be paralleling us to Los Angeles and then will return to Vancouver, B.C.…