Category Archives: Americas

Disney California Adventure Theme Park – 2025.

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3-day, Galatic Starcruiser Cruise – 2023.

On Monday, September 18, 2023, Peg dropped Jordan and Uncle Jack at the Galactic Starcruiser’s Ground Terminal Spaceport, located just outside Orlando, Florida for a 3-day, 2-night Galatic cruise. If you love Star Wars and you wanted to commit to a full experience by wearing very authentic costumes and interacting with your favorite Star WarsContinue reading “3-day, Galatic Starcruiser Cruise – 2023.”

Cabo San Lucas, Mexico – 2023.

Cabo San Lucas, is an expensive resort city next to San Jose del Cabo on the very southern tip of Mexico’s Baja California (the worlds longest peninsula). It is known for its beaches, water-based activities and nightlife. Playa El Médano is Cabo San Lucas’s main beach, with outdoor restaurants and numerous cantinas. The town isContinue reading “Cabo San Lucas, Mexico – 2023.”

Puerto Caldera, Costa Rica – 2023.

Costa Rica has no standing Army since 1948 security is maintained by a series of police forces, The OIJ and the National Police (Fuerza Pública) are Costa Rica’s two principal law enforcement bodies. Our guide claims some police are not too honest. Tourists in Costa Rica are those who stay more then 24 hours, theContinue reading “Puerto Caldera, Costa Rica – 2023.”

Transiting the Panama Canal – 2023.

The construction of the Panama Canal is one of those epic tales from the past. It’s a feat of engineering, ambition and courage. Over the span of a decade a little more than a century ago, tens of thousands of workers drilled dynamite holes, drove steam shovels and labored with pickaxes, all the while fightingContinue reading “Transiting the Panama Canal – 2023.”

Cartagena, Columbia – 2023.

Cartagena, known since the colonial era as Cartagena de Indias is a port city on the northern coast of Colombian and the Caribbean Sea. I took a Land and Sea excursion in Cartagena, on Saturday, April 15, 2023. It started with a bus to the 1536 Fortress of Castle San Felipe de Barajas (a WorldContinue reading “Cartagena, Columbia – 2023.”

ARUBA – 2023.

Aruba, advertises itself as “One Happy Island.” I visited Aruba Thursday, April 13, 2023. Aruba, officially the Country of Aruba, is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands physically located in the mid-south area of the Caribbean Sea, about 18 miles north of the Venezuela peninsula of Paraguaná. I took a real submarineContinue reading “ARUBA – 2023.”