March 22, 2025 Salvador da Bahia is the fourth largest city in Brazil and one of the many ports we are visiting as we sail up the long east coast of Brazil after having left Rio de Janeiro. I’ve attached a map where you can see the locations of Maceio and Recife two other ports… Read more

March 20, 2025 After a hectic few days in Rio de Janeiro, it was nice to arrive at a laid-back beach resort. Some ports are designated “tender ports” because they are too shallow to accommodate cruise ships. This requires that the ship anchor offshore and you take a tender, a small vessel, the ones you… Read more

March 19, 2025 My friend, Rich Holman shared a comment on our first day in Rio de Janeiro and our trip to Sugar Loaf Mountain. Moonraker was a 1979 film so changes to Sugar Loaf but if you are a James Bond fan enjoy the clip below. Tom,There is a very famous scene in one… Read more

March 19, 2025 There are amazing sights that one would want to see in Rio de Janeiro including one of the Seven Wonders of the World. The only way to try and accomplish that task is to break your mission into two days. With traffic it can be a daunting task, imagine visiting the Empire… Read more

March 18, 2025 Brazil was discovered by accident. Did you ever hear of the explorer Pedro Fabrel? I don’t think Pedro was such a good explorer. On April 22, 1500, he began sailing for India and got just a little off course and ended up in Brazil! As was the custom in those days he… Read more

March 15, 2025 There is something noticeably different about Uraguay. The people walk with a deliberate, purposeful gait. Services feel very efficient and orderly. Buildings are well maintained and unlike other South American countries we have visited no graffiti to be found anywhere. Cars even seemed to be recently washed with older vehicles showing a… Read more

March 13, 2025 Being a pastor is not an easy job. CEO, CFO, Administrator, Facilities Manager, Supervisor, Visionary, Teacher, Counselor, Confident, and Cleanup Crew are all roles that a pastor finds himself wearing. And he is expected to prepare a good sermon, no, a great sermon every week. Week after week after week. By definition,… Read more

March 12, 2025 Hiroshima, Japan, Chernobyl, Russia, Selma, Alabama, Twin Towers, New York City. There are some places that will always be aligned with an event that defined them So is the case of Montevideo, Uraguay. Members of the amateur Old Christians Club rugby team from Montevideo, Uruguay, were scheduled to play a match in Santiago, Chile, against… Read more

March 9, 2025 There is not much to see in Puerto Madryn. Although we left the ship early with the sun still rising, we were only met with two statues on the small beach boardwalk (did not know what they represented) and a vendor who had us take a photo with a wooden whale (did… Read more

March 8, 2025 Volunteer Point is home to 1,200 adult king penguins plus at times several hundred chicks. It is the largest colony of king penguins in the world. Seeing king penguins at all, let alone up close, is an almost unheard-of event. It is an enormous privilege for even the most experienced traveler, and it… Read more