Originally Posted by
Jack
Before I retired most of my travel was in and around Europe, usual suspects!
As well as still doing that my wife and I have taken to long distance cruising.
5 years ago we did New York to Los Angeles via Miami; Cartagena, Colombia through the Panama Canal to Puntarenas, Costa Rica; Puerto Chiapas, Huatulco, Puerto Vallarta, Cabo San Lucas (all Mexico) to Los Angeles.
The highlights were sailing out of New York and it's sky line fading into the distance; the Canal; Costa Rica was amazing and while a wee chappie made a bracelet for my daughter in Puerto Chiapas I taught him how to sing GGTTH!
3 years ago we sailed Buenos Aires to Venice, via Rio De Janeiro, Salvador da Bahia and Recife in Brazil before five days at sea crossing the Atlantic Ocean to Santa Cruz de Tenerife. Cadiz, Malaga and Palma de Mallorca in Spain, and on to Valletta in Malta, Dubrovnik in Croatia before our final stop in Venice.
Highlights Rio and and Atlantic storm!
Last year we did San Francisco across the Pacific to Sydney, via Honolulu Oahu, Bora Bora and Papeete, Tahiti: Auckland, Napier and Wellington New Zealand and on to Sydney.
Lots of highlights here none of which included the P&O ship we were on!
Next year we're off to Durban for a week that will include a safari. We try to include something on each end of the cruise. The Cruise Itinerary is Durban South Africa; Reunion; Mauritius; Seychelles; Pirate seas, Jordan, we're going to Petra; Egypt the Suez Canal; Katakolon Greece; Kotor Montenegro; Split Croatia ending up in Venice again.
Lots and lots of sea days in that lot and we love them too!